U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Zion rental home inspection ordinance may violate 4th Amendment, federal judge says
Judge refuses to dismiss challenge to city over mandatory inspection policy -
Pritzker court filing: Natural immunity doesn't excuse Naperville firefighters from COVID vax, testing mandates
The filing comes in response to a legal challenge brought in September by Naperville firefighters, who assert state and local COVID vaccine and testing mandates violate their rights. -
Judge: McDonald's USA can't be sued because franchise restaurants don't let blind people walk through drive-thrus
A federal judge noted Beaumont Costales lawyers helped a man who is blind travel to California so he could be denied service at McDonald's drive-thrus and file suit under that state's laws, too. -
Judge bounces court reporter's sex discrimination suit vs chief judge, over bullying by other Black female court reporters
A Chicago federal judge has tossed a sex discrimination lawsuit by a black female Cook County court reporter, who alleged some of her fellow black court employees bullied her for associating with white court personnel, ruling the alleged harassment was not based on the reporter's gender. -
Online college exam proctoring firm says federal banking law shields it from IL biometrics class actions
Company argues it complies with prevailing federal privacy and financial laws, so it can't be sued under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. -
Two objectors fail to hold up $92M settlement of TikTok privacy class actions
A Chicago federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $92 million settlement of a lawsuit that accuses TikTok of breaking privacy laws, overriding objections the payout falls short and users are still not fully protected. -
Palatine H.S. teacher was fired for her Facebook posts, not defamation, says school board member, BLM activist
A Cook County judge is again deciding whether to dismiss the lawsuit brought by an ex-Palatine High School teacher who says a Black Lives Matter activist, who has since been elected to the Palatine school board, wrongly accused her of racism, leading to her being fired. -
State can't end discrimination lawsuit vs Pritzker over COVID closures of programs for people with disabilities
Plaintiffs allege the Illinois Department of Public Health didn't do enough to accommodate the ability of certain people with disabilities to safely return to work amid the pandemic. -
O'Hare aviation security officers can't sue city for stripping police powers after 2017 passenger dragging video, judge says
The judge said the Chicago Department of Aviation, which employed the aviation security officers, wasn't really a law enforcement agency, so the ASOs weren't really cops. -
Greenberg Traurig’s Gregory Ostfeld Awarded for Excellence in Pro Bono Service
Greenberg Traurig’s Gregory Ostfeld Awarded for Excellence in Pro Bono Service. -
Midway worker reported alleged lies about runway conditions, OK to continue retaliation suit vs city, ex-bosses
FAA, Chicago inspector general affirmed reports of falsified runway information, allegedly to benefit Southwest -
Appeals panel: Unionized workers can't press individual biometric legal claims vs employers over punch clock fingerprint scans
A federal appeals court says people who belong to a union can't sue their employers individually under Illinois' biometric privacy law, and can't press their claims in arbitration, either. -
Federal appeals panel agrees past Chicago Public Schools layoffs weren't racist, dealing another blow to CTU
Union said Black workers were disproportionately laid off in 2011, while CPS blamed declining enrollment. -
Naperville Fire paramedics sue city, Pritzker over vax mandates
The paramedics argue the vaccination and testing mandates take no account for natural immunity, violate their rights to "bodily autonomy" and due process, and are unconstitutional. -
Rosebud can't sue insurer for losses suffered amid Pritzker-ordered COVID closures
A federal judge says the Italian restaurant chain's insurance policy doesn't cover the large losses it suffered when it closed to comply with Gov. JB Pritzker's closure orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. -
Judge says IL federal courts can't tell California to refund thousands seized from IL e-tailer over sales tax dispute
The state of California says Glen Ellyn woman's online children's clothing shop owes more than $7,500 in sales taxes. A judge says only California courts, and maybe SCOTUS, can help her now. -
Ex-Morton College Inspector General says was wrongly fired after complaining of misconduct by college leaders
In a lawsuit, the former inspector general at Morton College in Cicero accused the college's president and others of allegedly conspiring to spend college funds for personal use and of allegedly improperly installing the college's athletic director. -
Northwestern students can't sue after school closed campus over COVID, but charged full price tuition, judge says
A federal judge in Chicago said the students failed to provide a contract showing Northwestern University ever guaranteed in-person learning -
Class action: Samsung smartphones, tablets scan faces of people in photos, violating IL biometrics law
The lawsuit in Chicago court says users can't turn off facial recognition tech in the Samsung Gallery photo app, and Samsung doesn't tell users its app is creating facial templates for everyone whose image is captured in the photos on Samsung phones and tablets. -
Judge: Lawsuit can continue vs Lake County circuit clerk over political firings of office supervisors
A judge has ruled former Lake County Circuit Clerk Office supervisors may press their lawsuit, which alleges Circuit Clerk Erin Weinstein, a Democrat, fired them for backing her opponent, the Republican incumbent.