U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Class action claims Paramount improperly sharing CBS.com user info with Facebook to boost ads
The class action lawsuit says Paramount using Facebook's so-called Tracking Pixel to monitor and share user behavior to better target ads -
Judge: Dental biz can seek insurance payout for Covid closures ordered by guvs, mayors in multiple states, cities
Massachusetts Bay Insurance argued it needed to pay only $25,000 for a 'single occurrence' under the dentists' 'disease contamination' coverage claim, not for each Covid-related closure ordered across nine states -
Mother of teen social media star Piper Rockelle says false abuse allegations intended to 'take down' her daughter
Piper Rockelle's mother has accused 10 women of conspiring to make up stories about her molesting their chidren -
Woman fired by Drake Hotel can continue lawsuit over hotel's alleged skirting of Pritzker's Covid rules
A former wedding booker said Drake took action against her as a "whistleblower" when she refused to go along with Drake's efforts to exceed indoor venue capacity limits imposed by the Pritzker administration -
Feds ask court to order Cubs to renovate Wrigley Field to boost, improve disability seating, access
The lawsuit asserts renovations at Wrigley Field cost disability seating, and relegated the bulk of accessible seating to Wrigley's "worst seats." The Cubs have separately argued their seating plan actually does comply with the ADA -
Walmart, Home Depot, other retailers could be roped into massive class action vs Clearview over face scrapes
Tech firm Clearview has opposed the move to add more defendants, saying it is "bad faith ... transparent gamesmanship" by plaintiffs' lawyers -
Judge won't dismiss trucker's biometrics class action vs Samsara over face scans
A federal judge said federal transportation regulations don't necessarily pre-empt the class action that accuses Samsara of violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law by scanning truck drivers' faces to monitor for fatigue and distraction -
SCOTUS decision may doom feds' efforts to sue Townstone Financial over execs' talk radio speech: New filing
Chicago mortgage broker Townstone Financial says federal banking regulators overreached in using anti-discrimination regulations to sue them for comments made on the radio by Townstone executives -
Teachers mistakenly accused teen of holding gun during remote learning, called cops, but family can't sue: Judge
The family has alleged the response by school officials and police officers amounted to using remote learning sessions to conduct illegal surveillance inside their home. -
Villa Park school district: Father's parental rights don't trump school's obligations to 'support transgender youth'
A father sued Villa Park School DIstrict 45, accusing school officials of conspiring with his ex-wife, to aid their child's transition from male to female over the father's objections, allegedly violating the father's constitutional parental rights -
Judge turns down bid by ex-Chicago radio host to reboot $10M defamation suit vs WTMX owner
Former Chicago radio host Melissa McGurren has tried since fall 2021 to sue her former employer, Hubbard Radio, for defamation, saying an executive at the company claimed in a staff email that she had lied under oath -
Black insurance agents allowed to continue suit accusing State Farm of 'systematic discrimination'
Insurer faces accusation of race matching agents with client bases, limiting opportunities and income -
Judge won't yet give appeals court chance to weigh in on class action over BNSF rail yard entry fingerprint scans
Judge Matthew Kennelly had refused to grant summary judgment to BNSF in the BIPA class action brought by a truck driver in 2019 -
Yarbrough: Time for feds oversight of Cook Clerk's office to end; Court monitors focusing on details to keep getting paid
Yarbrough says compliance administrators appointed by the court to ensure she obeys federal court decrees are trying to find reasons to keep those decrees in place to ensure they continue to get paid -
Class action: T-Mobile, Sprint owe money to customers of AT&T, Verizon because merger raised cell phone costs
The lawsuit asserted the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint violated antitrust laws and led only to higher prices for all telecom customers amid a less competitive marketplace. -
IL Dems seek to defend vote by mail law; Dem voters will be 'disenfranchised' if votes not counted 2 weeks after Election Day
A group of Republicans have sued the state, saying a state law requiring mail-in votes to be counted up to 14 days after Election Day, conflicts with federal law. -
Chicago City Hall cleared to continue pursuing lawsuit seeking $300K+ fines vs vape sellers
City alleged companies broke city rules on marketing to minors and liquid tobacco ban -
Reformers' filing: Cook Clerk Yarbrough 'dragging feet' on complying with fed court's anti-patronage orders
Longtime Illinois government reform advocate Michael Shakman and others have asked a federal judge to tack at least another year onto federal oversight of hiring practices under Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough -
Black, Latino queer couple can continue discrimination suit vs Liberty Mutual, but not class action, judge says
The Evanston couple cancelled their policy with Liberty Mutual, meaning they can't lead a class action against the insurer for injuries that cannot happen again, a federal judge ruled -
How 'concrete' an injury is 'emotional distress?' Federal appeals court grapples with question
A group of four federal appeals court judges says the Seventh Circuit was wrong to toss out a woman's class action claims that a creditor should pay for inflicting "emotional distress" when it sought to collect a "zombie debt"