U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Whirlpool can't unplug all of federal class action over leaky dishwashers
Judge won't dismiss parts of warranty claims based on allegations company knew of dishwasher defects before selling appliances -
Fifth Third Bank, executives win end of investor class action, for now, over unauthorized accounts
Judge says complaint doesn't show bank leaders knew all the details of federal investigation when addressing shareholders -
Judge predicts IL Supreme Court won't gut BIPA suits vs employers, refuses pause in class action vs Pret a Manger
A Chicago federal judge said he believed Illinois' high court will reject attempts by employers to limit the onslaught of class actions brought under Illinois' biometric privacy law. -
Townstone Financial: Fed action stretches law to let feds impose hiring quotas, dictate marketing, silence speech
Mortgage lender Townstone FInancial has asked a federal court to dismiss an action from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, accusing Townstone of discrimination for "discouraging" potential Black applicants on radio shows and insufficient marketing aimed at Black people -
Pritzker to appeal federal judge's refusal to lift fed oversight of IL state government hiring practices
A federal judge had denied Pritzker's attempt to end court-appointed oversight of Illinois government hiring practices, saying there was still too much evidence of politically motivated hiring and promotion within agencies under the governor's supervision -
HEPLERBROOM: Banasek to Speak to Chicago Risk Management Group
Tammy Banasek is one of the featured speakers at the annual meeting of the Chicagoland Healthcare Risk Management Society. She and Mary Foote, a registered nurse with Woundcare on Wheels, will discuss the COVID Wound – Not Your Facility Acquired Injury. -
Exelon, ComEd execs can't convince judge to cancel investor fraud lawsuit over alleged Madigan bribery scheme
Federal judge says the shareholder plaintiffs have done enough so far to demonstrate ComEd allegedly willfully concealed the alleged bribery scheme from its shareholders. -
Appeals panel won't lift federal oversight of hiring at Cook Clerk's office, for now
7th Circuit says reform advocates have identified potentially corrupt hiring practices, but four-decades-old federal oversight of county hiring practices needs to move toward conclusion -
Time clock maker Kronos wants class action halted while appeals courts mull limits on IL biometrics class actions
A maker of workplace time clocks, which is facing a massive class action under Illinois biometric law, has asked a Chicago federal judge to pause the suit while two appellate panels address questions in two other cases that could affect the Kronos suit and other similar actions. -
Pritzker's immunity shield order may not be enough to protect nursing home from COVID death lawsuit: Federal judge
Court records show 12 residents died, 44 infected in early weeks of pandemic at nursing home targeted by lawsuit. -
Sandoval attorney wants deceased state senator's name nixed from SW suburb red light camera class action
An attorney for the late former state Sen. Martin Sandoval says the convicted politician should be dropped from a corruption class action over suburban red light cameras, saying the plaintiffs didn't swap Sandoval's estate for the deceased senator soon enough. -
Magistrate who oversaw discovery in Chicago's opioid lawsuit recuses himself, at city's request
Judge Kim's sister is a lawyer for pharma defendant, which lawyers for the city of Chicago said presents unavoidable conflict. The drug makers argued the recusal was unncessary, and will serve to only again "disrupt" the already lengthy court proceedings over the city's lawsuit. -
Whole Foods can't be sued in Illinois for selling bottled water with too much arsenic: Judge
Whole Foods' promotion of the Starkey Water product on its website is not enough to allow the Texas-based company to face a class action in Illinois courts, under Illinois law, a federal judge ruled. -
'Message not getting across:' Judge says Pritzker wrong, feds still need to watch IL state government hiring
A federal judge has not only refused to grant Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's wish to end federal oversight of state hiring, but has granted a modest expansion of that watchdog duty. -
Judge nixes Thornton school district's bid to end student lawsuit saying district didn't stop coach's sexual assault
Complaint alleges the district knew it had hired a known sexual predator as a coach at Thornridge High School, but still allowed isolated access by the coach, who allegedly repeatedly sexually assaulted a female student. -
City of Chicago moves closer to trial over claims opioid makers' marketing led to painkiller abuse, big city costs
A federal judge has refused the attempt by a swath of pharmaceutical companies to dispense with the city of Chicago's lawsuit accusing them of saddling the city with big bills to deal with the effects of painkiller pill abuse. The case has been pending since 2014. -
Judge refuses to OK $1.1M TikTok data collection settlement, says must wait for more claims, hearings
Plaintiffs didn't update settlement website with new deadlines after COVID delayed civil proceedings -
Biz owners can't sue Pritzker over claims his COVID shutdown orders unconstitutionally seized their property: Judge
The lawsuit brought by business owners and Republican politicians from Will County and the southwest suburbs was disallowed under the Eleventh Amendment, which generally bars lawsuits seeking court orders requiring states to dole out money from the state treasury. -
Lawyers for Black, Latino volunteers suing Pritzker campaign ordered to pay sanctions over 'obstructionist' tactics
Judge Kendall says legal team was 'truly obstructionist' in delaying discovery process in discrimination and defamation lawsuit vs Gov. JB Pritzker and Pritzker's 2018 campaign organization. -
Judge tells couple they can't sue Chicago for inadvertently sending their banking info to imprisoned man through FOIA request
A judge has ruled a husband and wife cannot continue their lawsuit against the city of Chicago, for mistakenly furnishing their bank records to man imprisoned for murder, saying the couple failed to show the error was part of a pattern and not a one-off.