U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Judge: Lawsuit to continue vs D211 over gender 'affirmation policy;' alleges violates students' Title IX, religious rights
A group of parents and high school students in Chicago’s northwest suburbs have won the chance to continue with their lawsuit against one of the state’s largest public high school districts, asserting the district violated students’ rights by imposing a policy to allow transgender students to use the locker room and restrooms of their choice, and allegedly shaming anyone who disagreed. -
Waste hauler can pursue retaliation complaint against Village of Riverdale, its mayor
A federal judge will allow a commercial waste hauler to continue its lawsuit accusing the village of Riverdale and its mayor of political retaliation. -
Judge orders contempt arrest of two suspected of aiding Madigan's alleged 2016 sham candidates effort
A Chicago federal judge has ordered the arrest of two men who are suspected of helping the political organization of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, after the men have allegedly repeatedly ignored requests from the court to testify under oath in a lawsuit accusing Madigan and his organization of dirty election tricks. -
Judge boots class action suit decrying L.L. Bean's new warranty for its footwear
A federal judge again dismissed a complaint accusing L.L. Bean Inc. of misrepresenting the expected lifespan of its iconic boots. -
Judge: Enough proof big hotel brands manipulated online search results to let antitrust class action continue
A federal judge has turned down a bid by the world’s largest hotel brands, inlcuding Hilton, Hyatt and Wyndham, to shut the door on an antitrust class action accusing them of conspiring to boost room rates by working together to make it harder for consumers to compare prices online. -
AbbVie accused of using 'thicket' of patents to block generic versions of Humira drug from U.S. market
Drug maker AbbVie is facing federal antitrust lawsuits accusing it of using patents to stifle competition and boost the price of its drug, Humira. -
Judge: Union doesn't get to force IL public worker retirement funds to factor politics into investment decisions
A federal judge has rejected the attempt by a union to win a court order requiring a pension fund for Illinois local governmental workers to take the political views of companies into consideration when investing public pension funds, as the judge said the Illinois Municipal Retirement Funds’ current practices don’t violate the First Amendment rights of union members. -
Chicago sues electric truck maker Motiv, says $1.3M electric garbage truck has been a lemon
Less than five years since trumpeting its purchase of “North America’s first all-electric” garbage truck, the city of Chicago has taken that truck’s manufacturer to court, alleging the truck has been a lemon. -
Judge: Labor unions don't owe non-union state workers refunds, despite unconstitutional fees
Labor unions representing public employees shouldn’t need to refund fees they unconstitutionally collected from non-union employees, because they were acting in “good faith,” relying on state laws and prior legal precedent, a federal judge has ruled. -
Irish bank can't be sued in U.S. court over loans made in Chicago Spire negotiations
A federal judge on March 14 ruled an Irish national bank cannot be sued by a development company for allegedly sabotaging the Chicago Spire skyscraper project by selling off the company's loans. -
Judge OKs $35M Pella windows class action deal; $7.6M to plaintiffs' lawyers, $967K to objector Frank
Homeowners whose Pella windows may have leaked will soon be in line for refunds for their repair costs, while attorneys for plaintiffs and objectors will receive millions more in fees, under a deal approved by a Chicago federal judge to close at last a long, tortured class action lawsuit. -
Bankruptcy code not intended to 'shelter' Chicago parking, traffic ticket scofflaws: Appeals panel
A federal appeals panel has determined that a bankruptcy filing shouldn’t offer protection from traffic fines. -
Judge lifts seal on complaint accusing Presence Health of overcharging Medicare, Medicaid for drugs
A federal judge has lifted a seal on a qui tam action in which a former Presence Health employee accused the company of charging Medicare and Medicaid for drugs never administered to patients. -
Federal appeals court rules GE doesn't have to remove polluted soil where Morrison factory stood
A Chicago federal appellate panel has upheld a lower court ruling that said owners of land contaminated by chemicals from a General Electric plant in northwestern Illinois cannot force the company to remove the polluted soil, because the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is only calling for GE to contain the contamination. -
Judge: Illinois, DuPage lawsuit seeking court-ordered shutdown of Sterigenics doesn't belong in federal court
A federal judge has sent back to DuPage County court a lawsuit filed by the state against medical device sterilization company Sterigenics over alleged emissions from its plant in suburban Willowbrook, saying the state can press its pollution claims in state court against the company in large part because the state has not accused the company of violating any defined air quality standards. -
Exelon, staffing companies accused of shorting specialized contractors OT pay
Specialists once employed by Exelon are suing the Chicago-headquartered power provider and three staffing companies in federal court, alleging defendants short-circuited labor law by withholding overtime pay. -
Union lawsuit claiming right to not represent non-union members could upset public labor relations: Attorney
A labor union has won the right to move forward with a unique challenge that emerged in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year on whether non-union workers should pay fair share fees for representation. If it succeeds, the lawsuit could upset management-labor relations for government employers, a labor lawyer says. -
Southwest Airlines workers: Class action over fingerprint scans not subject to union deal interpretation
Lawyers for a group of Southwest Airlines employees have asked a federal appeals court to find a Chicago federal judge was wrong to toss their class action accusing the airline of violating their rights under a state’s biometrics privacy law, as the plaintiffs said their union contract doesn’t negate the airline’s alleged liability under the state law. -
Judge: Social media IDs too murky to let class action continue vs Groupon over Instagram photos
A Chicago federal judge has refused to grant class action status to a woman's lawsuit against Chicago-based Groupon, which alleged the e-commerce provider has wrongly used Instagram photos to promote its deals for restaurants and other businesses, saying there are too many individualized claims for a class action to be practical. -
New filing offers more details about ex-Madigan staffer's alleged blackballing that followed harassment complaint
The woman who has claimed Democrats in Illinois and Chicago, led by House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, blackballed her in retaliation for complaining of sexual harassment at the hands of a Madigan operative, has provided further details to her claims, naming names of prominent Chicago Democrats who declined to hire her out of fear of further retribution from Madigan’s team.