U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Federal judge: Samsung must face 'mass arbitration' of biometrics claims
The electronics giant had argued the collective filing of tens of thousands of individual claims at the same time amounted to an attempt to extract a class action-style settlement, despite arbitration agreements forbidding class actions -
Little Caesars will end BIPA class action for nearly $7M, lawyers to get $2.3M
Little Caesars workers who used fingerprint time clocks in Illinois are in line for $545 checks -
Federal judge says Chicago woman, backed by anti-gun groups, can't use courts to force changes to state gun laws
The lawsuit, led in part by the Brady Center for Gun Violence, alleged failure to use existing policy causing PTSD in children of Black city neighborhoods with elevated violence rates -
State Farm can't total out class action lawsuit by Black agents accusing discrimination
Federal judge says it is too soon to allow State Farm to end the class action claims -
Judge says lawsuit over United vaccine policy struggles to find the grounds to stay aloft
A Chicago federal judge granted a grou p of United Airlines workers a few extra weeks to amend their complaint to try again to show how United's Covid vaccine mandate rules amounted to religious discrimination or violations of a federal genetic information privacy law. -
Dispatchers sue village of Hillside, 911 call center, claiming they were shorted OT pay
A group of 9-1-1 dispatchers have sued the village of Hillside and the Proviso Central Dispatch Center, claiming they have been wrongly denied overtime pay, despite working long hours, often over 40 hours a week. -
People search websites agree to pay $10M settlement to end privacy class actions
Lawyers stand to get 35% of the funds. Individual payouts will vary by state, and whether claimants can prove someone searched their name and then bought a subscription with one of the online people search companies -
Judge: CTA may have violated worker's rights by firing him after denying religious exemption from Covid vax
A federal judge said the Chicago Transit Authority may yet need to provide explanation for denying a fired devout Catholic electrician's application for a religious exemption from the agency's Covid-19 vaccine mandate -
Ex-McDonald's security chief can continue lawsuit vs McDonald's, CEO for alleged discrimination, retaliation
Federal judge won't dismiss complaint of man who says burger giant set him up to fail after he questioned allegedly racist remarks about Chicago gun violence from McDonald's CEO -
Judge will leave it to jury to 'decide who to believe' in big court fight over egg prices
Kraft and other commercial food processors allege multi-prong antitrust conspiracy in which egg producers allegedly shipped eggs overseas at low prices to allegedly drive up prices in the U.S. -
University of Chicago to pay $13.5M to end class action over alleged elite school financial aid collusion
Deal leaves 16 other elite universities to face claims they participated in a 'cabal' to limit financial aid awards to minimize competition for students -
Class action over Kraft Heinz merger heading to $450M settlement; Lawyers want $90M
The settlement would resolve complaints from investors who assert they lost billions of dollars following the Kraft-Heinz merger in 2015. -
Judge says Dior can't recover legal fees from defeated plaintiffs over online face scan class action
Christian Dior argued class action was a doomed suit filed in bad faith under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, simply to try to force fashion designer into a settlement -
Lawsuit funders say they should be able to take Sysco's place in suing chicken producers, despite objections
Poultry producers have said the new venture backed by litigation financing giant Burford is improperly trying to take over claims from Sysco simply to protect their $140M investment in a lawsuit Sysco had already attempted to settle -
Should BIPA plaintiffs who lose pay defendants' legal bills? Yes, says Dior
Fashion designer Christian Dior says courts should send a message to plaintiffs who may bring doomed lawsuits because they believe they can "extract" a settlement from defendant companies, at no risk to themselves -
Bumble can't end class action over BIPA claims arising from optional photo verification feature
Dating app encourages users to upload images, evaluated by artificial intelligence softwar -
Poultry producers object to deal allowing lawsuit investor Burford to claim control of Sysco's class action
Sysco has asked a federal judge to let new Burford-backed venture pursue its claims against chicken producers in price-fixing suit. The chicken producers say that amounts to 'invalid champerty' -
Class action allowed to proceed, for now, vs Blue Diamond over 'smokehouse' almonds
Ruling marks rare win for lawyer who has been described by a judge as a "serial filer of frivolous" lawsuits against food manufacturers and sellers -
Judge says MeTV users aren't 'subscribers,' can't bring class action under video privacy law
Class action accused network of improperly sharing viewer data with Facebook through Meta Pixel technology -
Judge: Insurance company must help Tony's supermarkets defend vs fingerprint scan class action
Continental Western Insurance sought judgment allowing it to use exclusions to avoid covering Tony's Finer Foods against a class action suit accusing the grocer of violating Illinois' BIPA law. The judge said allowing such exclusions in this instance would render the policies meaningless