U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Former employee sues The Harlem Irving Companies, other plan administrators for pension funds
A former employee is suing Forest Harlem Properties Profit Sharing and Savings Plan and Trust; The Harlem Irving Companies Inc.; Gregory E. Fix and Merrill Lynch; and Pierce Fenner and Smith Incorporated, citing alleged breach of contract. -
Hunter Warfield allegedly sent collection notices to plaintiff despite attorney's notification
A woman is suing Hunter Warfield Inc., a debt collector, alleging the company made unwanted personal contacts in attempts to collect a debt. -
Man says Progressive Financial misrepresented creditor during debt collection
A man is suing Progressive Financial Services Inc., a debt collector, citing alleged misrepresentation in debt collection. -
Federal judge tosses some accusations vs testosterone drug makers on eve of Androgel bellwether trials
A Chicago federal judge has dismissed several. but not all of the claims against the maker of a testosterone boosting drug, advanced by several plaintiffs chosen as bellwethers in a class-action lawsuit brought by more than 2,000 plaintiffs from around the U.S. against multiple drug manufacturers, including Besins, AbbVie, Eli Lilly and GlaxoSmithKline. -
Mariano's parent company sued for allegedly improperly storing employee fingerprint scans
The owners of the Mariano’s supermarket chain have carted to federal court a class action lawsuit brought by one of its workers, who claimed the Chicago area grocer has been improperly requiring its employees to use their fingerprints to check in and out for work, without getting the employees’ permission to store their biometric data. -
Southwest Traders seeks nearly $600,000 in unpaid loan from Barrington business
A California food distributor is suing Spring Creek Holdings LLC and Jerold D. Isaacson, citing alleged breach of contract for an outstanding loan. -
Passengers sue Sphan Ride and driver for May 2015 crash in Chicago
Two passengers are suing Iskender Asanov and Sphan Ride Inc., a licensed carrier of passengers in Illinois, alleging liability and negligence for a car accident that caused injuries. -
Class action says Fannie May bumps box size to ease sales of 7 oz candy boxes for $10
Iconic Chicago candymaker Fannie May has been hit with a class action lawsuit by consumers who claim they overpaid for $10 boxes of candy after discovering the boxes were only about 60 percent full. -
Class action fails to rise vs Whirlpool over overheating self-cleaning ovens
A federal judge has denied class certification to Whirlpool customers who said the company sold them defective, overheating ovens, saying their expert witness couldn’t help them establish that all of their oven problems arose from the same source. -
CFPB targets tribal lenders for breaking state usury laws, could have far-reaching impact
An expert on consumer financing law says a recent action filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Chicago federal court could have far-reaching effects on tribal lending, and more generally, restrict the availability of some forms of consumer credit. -
Class action: Animals chewing through soy-based insulated wires in Honda cars
While noting the product may be better for the environment, a new class action lawsuit asserts automaker Honda hasn’t done enough to stop mice and other small animals from persistently nibbling through its cars’ electrical wires, which are coated with a soy-based insulation. -
California company must pay $7 million-plus award to Hyatt for violating franchise agreement
CHICAGO – A federal court in Illinois confirmed that a hotel builder will have to pay Hyatt a more than $7 million arbitration award for failing to honor their franchise agreement. -
Court grants class status in case of Illinois inmates claiming substandard health care
A group of Illinois prison inmates will be allowed to move forward with their class action suit claiming health care provided to inmates in the Illinois Department of Corrections violates constitutional standards. -
Pharmacy accuses insurance claims processor Prime Therapeutics of squeezing it out of business
A family-owned pharmacy serving low-income Chicago residents says in an antitrust lawsuit filed May 9 in federal court in Chicago it’s being squeezed out of business by an insurance claims processor, allegedly to benefit Walgreens. -
Ex-St. Charles school staffer says district, schools took her copyrighted computer program, then fired her
A former school district computer lab staffer is alleging the suburban St. Charles school district for which she worked infringed her copyright for a spreadsheet software program, then bullied her into quitting her job after she disputed the alleged infringement. -
Judge: Reporters can't moonlight as attorneys and expect to be shielded in court
Protections for reporters do not permanently extend to lawyers moonlighting as filmmakers, according to a federal judge in Chicago. -
Ex-state parole board boss blames Chicago lawyer for botching his bankruptcy, costing him state post
A former chairman of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board is suing his onetime bankruptcy attorney for allegedly under-reporting his state salary and forging his signature on bankruptcy documents, which he said cost him his job with the board. -
Class action: Honda knew CR-V SUVs reek of gas fumes, won't fix problem
Four women have joined together to bring a class action complaint against Honda, alleging the passenger cabins in its CR-V line “frequently becomes filled with a harmful noxious gasoline odor.” -
Woman claims phone harassment from Florida-based debt collector
A woman is suing Enhanced Recovery Company LLC, also known as ERC, and Enhanced Resource Center, a Florida-based collection agency, citing alleged misrepresentation in debt collection and violation of telephone harassment statutes. -
Suit claims collection agency misrepresented amount of debt owed
CHICAGO — A McHenry County consumer is suing Creditor's Protection Service Inc., a debt collector, citing alleged misrepresentation in debt collection for attempting to collect a higher amount than owed.