U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Clearview mostly whiffs on try to toss massive biometrics class action over online 'face scraping'
Chicago federal judge rejects arguments tech firm's data scraping, facial database didn't break privacy laws -
Judge forecloses Cook County's long running lawsuit vs Bank of America over alleged discriminatory mortgage lending
Bucklo rules county can't prove BOA intended to discriminate, finds no evidence increased foreclosures hurt public budget -
Timeclock vendor Kronos agrees to pay $15M to end fingerprint scan class action; Lawyers to get $5M
According to settlement documents, nearly 172,000 class members - people who used Kronos fingerprint scanning timeclocks to punch in and out of work shifts - could be in line for payments of $290-$580 each -
Lawsuit: Chicago, Cook County vax passports do nothing vs omicron, 'patently irrational,' unconstitutional
A group of Chicago and Cook County residents have sued the city and county, saying the vaccine passport orders deprive people of their rights without coming close to achieving their stated goals of reducing the spread of the omicron COVID variant -
Gardiner can't end lawsuit from 45th Ward residents who say the alderman illegally blocked them on Facebook
Judge says Gardiner's Facebook page could be considered a protected public forum -
Ex-Morton College inspector gen drops racketeering claims vs college over his firing; Faces suit over alleged bid rigging
The former inspector general at Morton College has asserted he was wrongly fired in retaliation for uncovering alleged misconduct by college leaders. The college, though, claims he helped rig a bid for a contractor to land a $2 million deal. -
Judge nixes Exelon request to get legal questions answered on appeal in shareholder suit over alleged Madigan bribes
A federal judge ruled granting Exelon's request for an appeal to answer potentially important legal questions in the case could slow the litigation -
Despite some dismissals, Macy's still facing privacy lawsuits for use of facial recognition database
Federal judge lets biometrics privacy claims survive retailer's motion to remove itself from a larger action targeting facial recognition tech provider Clearview AI and a collection of its clients -
Lawsuit says Lurie Children's fired white male worker for complaining of race, sex discrimination, politics-based harassment
A former maintenance worker at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago says the hospital discriminated against him on the basis of race and sex and retaliated against him when he complained about political and sexual harassment from coworkers. -
Judge puts hold on ex-IL State Police exec's suit over sex assault claims by worker allegedly covering up theft
The lawsuit from former director of the Illinois State Police Merit Board accuses ex-Merit Board CFO of exploiting ties to Pritzker to get him removed in bid to keep her job and forestall prosecution -
UIC law prof sues administrators over efforts to railroad him over allegedly racially insensitive test question
UIC School of Law Professor Jason Kilborn says UIC administrators violated his constitutional and legal rights in the way they handled student complaints about an exam question that included an example redacted anti-Black slur -
Judge says Chicago residents can't sue private firm over 75-year Chicago parking meter lease
A federal judge said the plaintiffs legal injuries are apparent, but the city contract has immunity from antitrust lawsuits -
Federal judge: 'Breakthrough cases' of COVID don't legally undermine Chicago vax passport orders
A federal judge said the seeming inability of COVID vaccines to prevent people from becoming infected with COVID doesn't mean the city of Chicago's COVID vaccine passport orders are 'irrational or arbitrary' -
Judge said parents of Plainfield Central football players can't sue over alleged locker room assault
Kocoras rules the coaches' alleged failure to stop the assaults doesn't mean Plainfield School District 202 should be made to pay -
Pret a Manger agrees to pay $677K to settle IL biometrics class action over worker punch clock fingerprint scans
Almost 800 employees to get $518 each under terms of proposed deal; Lawyers would get $240,000. The restaurant chain closed all of its Chicago locations after the onset of the COVID pandemic -
Report: NorthShore could face hundreds of lawsuits from workers fired for refusing COVID vax
Lawyers for plaintiffs suing NorthShore University Healthsystem over its employee COVID vaccine mandate assert 'several hundred' workers have been improperly fired after NorthShore allegedly improperly refused their requests for religious exemption from the company's COVID vaccine mandate for hospital workers -
Judge rules for football helmet maker Riddell in 'bellwether' cases over high school players' brain injuries
Riddell successfully challenged expert testimony on warning labels and injury causation -
Judge: Punch clock fingerprint scans that violate IL biometrics law place employees at risk, justify insurance denial to employers
A federal judge ruled American Family has no obligation to cover a Kankakee McDonald's franchisee against a class action lawsuit brought under Illinois' strict biometrics privacy law -
Judge nixes rail unions' request to halt Metra's COVID vax mandate; Workers aren't left with no choice, judge says
Metra contends mandate, incentives are 'minor disputes' under federal railroad law, meaning they need to be arbitrated, not negotiated. -
Amazon can't stop biometrics class action over worker facial scans as part of COVID symptom screens at warehouses
Former worker alleged company required employees submit to scans for wellness screening