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Class action accuses Sprout Social of shorting sales reps OT
The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of a collective of people who worked as sales representatives and business development reps for Chicago-based Sprout Social from 2019-2020. -
Judge: Pritzker's pledge to not restrict churches over COVID should end church's suit over prior restrictions
A Chicago federal judge has dismissed a Chicago church's lawsuit vs Gov. JB Pritzker over Pritzker's continued claim to emergency public health powers to close churches, saying Pritzker's promise not to do so again moots their complaint over orders Pritzker issued and rescinded in spring 2020. -
Judge: Former top Foxx deputy can be questioned over reasons to abandon prosecution of two men accused in double murder, child abductions
A federal judge has denied Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's attempt to block lawyers for Chicago cops from questioning her former top deputy Eric Sussman over the decision not to seek new trials for two men who had earlier confessed to helping kill a Chicago couple to take their children. -
Top IL Dem lawmakers ask federal court to toss challenge to new legislative district maps
Illinois Democrats assert the lawsuits brought by GOP leaders and a Mexican legal group, which accuse the Democrats of improperly drawing district boundaries without official Census data, must fail because there is no official Census data to compare their new maps against. -
Workers allowed to continued $500M sex harassment class action vs McDonald's
Female employees working at McDonald's corporate-owned stores in Florida have alleged McDonald's tolerated an environment in which women were routinely verbally and physically sexually harassed, allegedly with no recourse. -
Ex-Palatine H.S. teacher fired for anti-riot, anti-BLM Facebook posts files First Amendment suit vs District 211, school board members
Plaintiff Jeanne Hedgepeth says Palatine Township High School District 211 and school board members should be made to pay for violating her First Amendment speech rights. She is separately suing a Black Lives Matter activist and current District 211 board member who she says falsely accused her of being a racist. -
Class actions accuse Costco, Haagen-Dazs maker of selling chocolate ice cream bars with no real chocolate
Two class actions filed in Chicago federal court say the products contain too much vegetable oil, not enough cocoa butter to qualify as real chocolate. -
Judge: Kronos can argue, for now, workers consented to fingerprint scans by continuously scanning their prints
A federal judge in Chicago will allow worker timeclock maker Kronos to attempt to defeat,or at least limit, a massive class action lawsuit under Illinois' biometrics law by arguing workers effectively consented to having their fingerprints scanned by continuing to scan their fingerprints on Kronos-supplied biometric time clocks. -
Twin Peaks 'breastaurant' ex-workers allowed to continue discrimination lawsuit over workplace harassment
Women, men who worked at Twin Peaks allege culture of "rampant harassment" throughout chain, including inappropriate touching, body shaming, and being forced to wear lingerie at work. -
HEPLERBROOM: Chicago Adds Associate Attorney
Chelsea L. Caldwell has joined the Chicago office as an associate attorney. Caldwell focuses her practice on the defense of medical and dental malpractice, nursing home, and professional liability matters. -
Shutterfly to pay $6.75M to settle biometrics class action over photo face scans; Lawyers to get $2.3M
How much individual Shutterfly users and other class members could get from the deal will depend on how many people file claims for a cut of a $4 million fund left over after lawyers and settlement administrators are paid. -
Cicero redirects sewage fight with BSNF to Cook County court, says isn't trying to shut down big BNSF rail yard anymore
The town of Cicero has filed suit against BNSF, saying the railroad's big railyard causes flooding throughout Cicero. BNSF had targeted Cicero for trying to jack up its sewer bills by 1,250% and then threatening to close the railyard unless BNSF paid up. -
Edward Jones agrees to deal valued at $58M to settle Black financial advisers' discrimination class action
About 800 Black financial advisers would receive at least $42,000 each under the settlement. Lawyers would get $8.5 million. -
Pritzker asks appeals court to lift feds oversight of state hiring, imposed to block political hiring practices
Reform advocates have said Pritzker's request is premature, because the state hasn't shown it has stopped politically motivated hiring -
Appeals court: Fired gay music minister can't claim 'hostile work environment' to sue Archdiocese for discrimination
A divided 10-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Appeals Court said the former music minister can't use hostile work environment claims to sidestep the Catholic Church's First Amendment protection in church ministerial employment decisions. -
General Iron turns to Cook Co. court, says it followed rules, yet city refuses permit for new scrap metal recycling plant
Metal recycler General Iron lost in federal court, on a narrow ruling, and now has taken to state court its claims that the city has violated its own rules and the law in bowing to activists opposed to its new South Side recycling facility. -
Appeals panel won't increase fee award for lawyer who helped Muslim man win discrimination case vs IDOT
Attorney Joseph Longo argued federal judge should've approved nearly $1 million more for his work on the case. But a federal appeals panel ruled his claims were "meritless" or even "simply frivolous." -
Class action: Aldi smoked gouda sliced cheese not actually smoked enough
A new class action has tagged discount supermarket chain Aldi because its smoked gouda cheese product allegedly includes "natural smoke flavor." -
Lawsuit settlement: IL Secy of State agrees to stop dragging feet on voter registration law
The Illinois Secretary of State's Office has agreed to make voter registration easier for non-English speakers, as a result of a lawsuit brought by Chicago-based political reform groups. -
Foxx seeks to block more questions for ex-top deputy over dropped prosecution of men for murders, child abductions
Lawyers for Chicago Police officers are seeking to question former Cook County FIrst Assistant State's Attorney Eric Sussman to learn how the State's Attorney's office reached the decision to walk away from the prosecution of two men who had earlier confessed to the murders of a Chicago couple in a plot to take their children.