U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Recent News About U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Brian Muniz sues Tricon Construction for ADA violations
In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, plaintiff Brian Muniz has filed a lawsuit against Tricon Construction, LLC. -
Zachary Chernik sues AT&T Inc. for failure to secure and safeguard sensitive customer information
Zachary Chernik, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, has filed a class action lawsuit against AT&T Inc. and DirecTV in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. -
Rebekah D. Villega sues Chicago Public Media for disability discrimination and retaliation
Rebekah D. Villega has filed a lawsuit against Chicago Public Media in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, under case number 1:24-cv-03137, on April 18, 2024. -
Frederick Giles sues Sabert Corporation for unlawful collection and use of personal biometric identifiers
Frederick Giles, Marcus Jones, and Craig Riddle have filed a lawsuit against Sabert Corporation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. -
Pedro Aponte sues Kevin Bradley for committing acts under color of law depriving them of their constitutional rights
In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, plaintiffs Pedro Aponte and Kate Diaz, parents of minor Angelo Aponte, have filed a lawsuit against defendants Illinois State Trooper Kevin Bradley and unknown Illinois State Troopers. -
Mayce Aljazara sues Amazon.com Services LLC for unlawful denial of religious and disability accommodations
In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, plaintiff Mayce Aljazara has filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com Services LLC (Case No. 1:24-cv-03177) on April 19, 2024. -
TOHO Co., Ltd. sues the individuals for copyright and trademark infringement
In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, TOHO Co., Ltd. has filed a lawsuit against various individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and unincorporated associations identified in Schedule A. -
Justin Scott Dawson sues United Airlines for wrongful termination and damage to professional reputation
In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, plaintiff Justin Scott Dawson has filed a lawsuit against United Airlines, Inc., a Delaware corporation. -
Kenyuata A Hester sues Northeastern Illinois University for violation of constitutional rights and Title IX
Kenyuata A Hester has filed a lawsuit against Northeastern Illinois University in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. -
Kayla Moller sues Coffee Meets Bagel for alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Kayla Moller has filed a class action lawsuit against Coffee Meets Bagel, Inc. -
White Castle to pay $9.5M to settle contentious worker fingerprint scans case
A long court fight over the case had resulted in a landmark Illinois Supreme Court decision, which placed Illinois businesses at risk of "annihilative" payouts, leading lawmakers to at last move to reform the law to potentially avert further economic harm. -
Dexter Reed's family sues Chicago cops over Reed's death, after Reed fired at Chicago cops in traffic stop
The family says officers are to blame because they shouldn't have stopped Reed at all, and then acted "outrageously" in pulling their weapons on Reed. They do not concede Reed fired first. Police advocates say the plaintiffs look to be seeking a "quick settlement" from Mayor Brandon Johnson's City Hall -
Cook County shuts door on class action claims that property tax sale system discriminates vs black, Latino homeowners
A federal judge said class action plaintiffs haven't done enough to support claims that Cook County's property tax sale system - which sells off homes to collect unpaid property taxes - discriminates vs black and Latino homeowners. The decision doesn't end claims the system is unconstitutional -
Judge nixes class action vs Abbott over baby formula shortage, says not obliged to maintain formula supply, prices
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed a class action vs Abbott Laboratories claiming the company wrongly profited from increased prices for baby formula sparked by a nationwide shortage that followed Abbott's shutdown of a Michigan plant over alleged bacterial contamination -
Judge: Title IX plaintiffs can use IL law to retroactively demand 'emotional distress' damages
The Illinois law, known as the Civil Rights Remedies Restoration Act, was enacted this year specifically to restore the ability of certain plaintiffs to use "emotional distress" claims to boost their potential payouts under civil rights lawsuits, in defiance of a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision to limit the ability to do so -
Judge: Bulls great Kukoc can't use Chicago courts to sue Swiss banks over fraud
A Chicago federal judge said Kukoc making his home in the Chicago area, and communicating with the banks here, is not enough to allow him to sue Swiss banks for allegedly allowing an employee to work with Kukoc's ex-financial advisor to 'raid' millions from Kukoc's accounts -
Amazon can't escape potentially huge biometrics class action over virtual try-on tool
A federal judge has cleared a Cook County woman and her Chicago lawyers to proceed with a class action under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. The same woman and her lawyers failed in 2022 in their bid to target an online eyewear seller over similar claims -
Antitrust lawsuit accuses Apple of wrongly cornering market for smartwatches
Apple Inc. has been accused of employing anticompetitive strategies to monopolize the smartwatch market, according to a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. -
Class action: Everlywell exposes private medical information through tracking pixels
Digital home medical testing company, Everlywell, has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that it allowed social media giants like Facebook and Google to access people's private health care information. -
Judge says Potawatomi Tribe can't sue Waukegan over casino developer selection process
The tribe, which operates casinos in Wisconsin, asserted the city had engaged in a rigged and discriminatory bid process that unfairly excluded their proposal. Court documents noted the tribe had also said it sought to reduce losses for its successful Milwaukee location and 'reclaim' ancestral land