U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Fed hiring monitor asks court to order Pritzker administration give details about IDPH lab tech hires
Hiring monitors, including an Illinois state inspector general and a federal court appointed special master, say the state has refused to divulge more information concerning how a number of unqualified people, including relatives of state workers who held no college degrees and worked at places like ice cream shops and laser tag arenas, were hired as “lab techs” by the Illinois Department of Public Health in 2020 -
Bed Bath & Beyond online platform PersonalizationMall.com to pay $4.5M to settle worker fingerprint scans class action
Workers would get $569-$952 each, lawyers will get up to $1.5M from the settlement -
Melrose Park residents' lawsuit 'paints a picture of state-sanctioned bullying' from Mayor Serpico, judge says
The lawsuit accuses Melrose Park Mayor Ron Serpico of orchestrating a long-running campaign of harassment against a family, culminating in $30,000 in fines and a viral video recorded tirade, loaded with obscenities and a racial slur -
Judge shuts off Cicero's bid to flush BNSF claims $1M yearly sewer bill hike broke federal law protecting railroads
BNSF said the town of Cicero's efforts in 2021 to force the railroad to pay $1 million more in sewer bills amounted to an illegal effort to force BNSF to help the town close a budget hole, and violated federal laws prohibiting local taxes on interstate railroads -
Judge rules Continental Casualty may have told 'half-truth' by saying premiums could only be raised nationwide
A judge has ruled plaintiffs can keep up their lawsuit accusing Chicago-based Continental Casualty of breaching policies by upping premiums state by state rather than across the nation -
BNSF can't use federal rail law to end truckers' biometrics class action over fingerprint scans to enter rail yards
A federal judge says federal laws don't necessarily preempt the notice and consent rules for fingerprint scans under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, even if the scans are designed to comply with federal transportation security rules -
Judge again nixes bid by Smollett lawyer to escape Nigerian bros' slander suit over 'whiteface' claim
A federal judge says the Osundairo brothers can keep suing lawyer Tina Glandian for asserting in a TV interview that the brothers had worn "whiteface" when they allegedly helped Jussie Smollett stage the alleged hate crime attack against the actor -
Fifth Third, Vantiv agree to pay $50M to settle class action over recorded telemarketing calls
Lawyers say sum is by far the largest ever reached under California Invasion of Privacy Act. Myron M. Cherry & Associates to get $16M from the deal -
DoorDash can't bring quick end to Chicago's fraud and deception lawsuit
City alleged food delivery company misleads customers about fees, tips and business relationships -
Judge says jury needs to decide whether insurer must cover grocer in class action over worker fingerprint scans
A worker suing supermarket chain Tony's Finer Foods also led a biometrics class action on the same claims against biometric time clock maker Kronos, which settled earlier this year for $15 million. -
Chicago cop's family given another try at pressing ADA discrimination claims vs city over cop's COVID death
The lawsuit alleges the Chicago Police Department didn't honor a transfer request in March 2020 from a Chicago narcotics division officer who had cystic fibrosis and diabetes. He died from COVID at the end of March 2020. -
Maker of Dude Wipes can't use disclaimer to fully flush class action over alleged sewer damage
Plaintiffs alleged hygiene product caused plumbing problems at home -
Lawyer for Chicago city workers: Courts must address overreach in Lightfoot, Pritzker job or jab COVID vax mandates
In an appellate brief, the workers argued their rights to privacy and bodily autonomy to refuse a vaccine of questionable effectiveness, should be upheld under the same reasoning used by the U.S. Supreme Court to declare a constiutional right to abortion. -
Judge OKs class action demanding Chicago install devices to help blind pedestrians at intersections
The lawsuit asserts the city of Chicago is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and discriminating against the blind by failing to equip intersections with devices to communicate Walk/Don't Walk status to those with limited vision -
Judge won't end class action alleging abuse of hospitalized children in DCFS care at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital
Amended complaint targets president/CEO of hospital network Signature -
Judge pops deceptive marketing class action vs Kellogg's over strawberry Pop-Tarts filling
Kellogg's says label doesn't imply strawberry is the only fruit in red filling -
Federal judge tosses lawsuit challenging Chicago's COVID vax passport order
A lawyer claimed the city's vaccine orders violated his constitutional rights and his contractual rights as a season ticket holder for the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks, because he was blocked from using the tickets he had purchased at the beginning of the season, months before the vaccine order was issued. -
Pritzker fighting to lift federal monitoring for political patronage hiring, system used by Madigan to boost power
Even as he talked with investigators in the federal prosecution that led to the indictment of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, Gov. JB Pritzker has been fighting to lift federal oversight of state hiring practices, a system exploited by Madigan to cement his grip on power statewide -
Judge OKs $10M Octapharma fingerprint class action deal; $800+ per class member, $3.3M for lawyers
A federal judge granted final approval to a deal to end a class action vs Octapharma Plasma over claims the company improperly required plasma donors to scan their fingerprints, in violation of Illinois' biometrics privacy law -
Walgreens OK to claim Blue Cross wrongly using Walgreens' ex-lawyers in suit alleging pharmacy chain inflated prices
Blue Cross Blue Shield is suing Walgreens for allegedly overcharging for discount drugs, but a Chicago judge is allowing Walgreens to counterclaim that Blue Cross is improperly making use of a law firm that once advised the pharmaceutical retailer on its markdown program.