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Thousands of hair relaxer lawsuits OK to continue vs L'Oreal, Revlon, other cosmetic companies
The lawsuits assert the companies knew or should have known their products allegedly caused uterine and ovarian cancer in the Black women who used them since the 1970s to "conform to Eurocentric beauty standards" -
Home health provider WellBe sued for allegedly shorting pay, misclassifying workers
A class action lawsuit accuses in-home geriatric health care provider WellBe of shorting pay of its customer service representatives. -
CPS sued by FGL Elementary students over PE teacher's alleged sex abuse
A group of Chicago Public Schools students have filed suit against the school district, saying the district should pay for allegedly allowing a PE teacher to sexually abuse them and other students for years. -
CTA worker can sue agency for religious discrimination under Covid vax mandate: Judge
Ruling marks second time judge says Chicago Transit Authority can be sued for violating religious freedom protections under state and federal law by firing workers who voiced religious objections to its Covid vaccine mandate -
Verizon, AT&T customers can keep up suit vs T-Mobile, claiming Sprint merger raised their rates
A judge said plaintiffs had done enough to establish a "reasonable inference" that the T-Mobile/Sprint merger had created "anticompetitive effects" that boosted everyone's bills -
Judge says anyone who ever spoke to Alexa device in IL could be included in huge biometrics class action vs Amazon
A federal judge says neither Amazon's user agreement - which warns users their voices will be recorded - nor Amazon's inability to identify a non-user's voice can defeat a class action under Illinois' biometrics law accusing Alexa of improperly "learning" users' voices -
'The evidence is clear:' Poultry producer Sanderson Farms wins at trial, says proves no conspiracy to inflate chicken prices
While competitors opted to settle for hundreds of millions of dollars, chicken producer Sanderson Farms opted to defend itself at trial before a jury, and won. The verdict can still be appealed. -
Gay janitor sues Cicero school district over years of alleged sexual harassment from supervisors, coworkers
A janitor at Cicero School District 99 filed the lawsuit in federal court, asserting district officials didn't do anything to stop years of alleged sexual harassment from supervisors and other coworkers, who allegedly targeted him because he is gay -
Class action: Big companies buying up mobile home parks, driving up rents, pricing out seniors
A new lawsuit accuses some of the largest owners and operators of manufactured home communities of violating federal antitrust laws by conspiring on setting rents -
Koch, HRF agree to pay $75M to settle supermarkets' chicken price fixing suits
Deals mean chicken producers have collectively paid $284 million so far to settle lawsuits brought by supermarkets and other so-called "direct purchasers," claiming they conspired to artificially boost chicken prices. Lawyers are generally claiming about one-third of the payouts. -
Blue Cross Blue Shield hit with class action over data breach
A class action lawsuit has been filed against health insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield on behalf of customers who may have had their personal information exposed -
Lawsuit: Bank wrongly seized, attempted to return SBA loan funds from Black-owned janitorial company
The owners of a janitorial company, who are Black, have filed suit against Midland State Bank, saying the bank wrongly seized an SBA business loan because bank workers allegedly believed they had committed fraud -
Judge: U of I doesn't formally sell Chief Illiniwek gear, but doesn't mean anyone else can without risking lawsuit
A federal judge declared a decision by the University of Illinois to license its banned Chief logo to the College Vault allows the university to plausibly claim it hasn't "abandoned" the trademark -
Judge: Lawsuits vs Smith & Wesson over Highland Park massacre belong in Lake County, not federal court
A federal judge rejected Smith & Wesson's claims the lawsuits vs the gun maker represent an attempt by anti-gun activists to sidestep federal law and restrict Second Amendment rights -
Lawyers getting $90M of $450M settlement in class action over Kraft Heinz merger
Litigation goes back to 2019, accusing Kraft Heinz and its officers of causing investors to lose big money amid the merger that formed the new food processing giant company in 2015. -
North Central student can continue class action over Covid remote learning shift
The lawsuit claims North Central College in Naperville violated a contract with students when it shifted to online learning in the spring of 2020, while refusing to refund tuition. The claims echo those in lawsuit vs Loyola University, which a federal appeals court allowed -
BNSF, truck drivers in apparent deal to end biometrics court fight worth hundreds of millions of dollars
A judge had tossed out a $228M verdict vs BNSF Railway in July in a long-running court battle over claims BNSF had wrongly required truck drivers to scan hand prints when entering secure rail yards in Illinois -
Homeowners can keep up part of lawsuit accusing State Farm of discriminating vs Black homeowners' claims
The class action lawsuit alleges State Farm's claims processing procedure and algorithms have violated the federal Fair Housing Act by allegedly favoring white homeowners' claims -
Lawsuit says White Sox discriminate by making it hard to buy wheelchair accessible seats online
The class action lawsuit, filed by a wheelchair user and a man with limited mobility who uses a motorized scooter, accuses the Chicago White Sox of not allowing people to select and purchase accessible seats online as easily as the team does for standard tickets -
Judge: Woman fired for improperly issuing drivers' permit OK to keep suing IL Sec. of State for discrimination
A Black woman who formerly worked for the Illinois Secretary of State's office was fired after improperly issuing a drivers' permit to a friend. She sued for discrimination, in part because her white male colleagues weren't fired for allegedly doing the same thing