U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Judge: Dixmoor trustees can't sue village for police chief's alleged 'campaign of harassment' vs mayor's opponents
The federal judge said two trustees must demonstrate how the village of Dixmoor actively condoned the alleged actions of the police officers against the village board members and opponents of Dixmoor's mayor. -
Federal judge says ID verification firm can't use online user agreement to force arbitration in BIPA lawsuit
ID verification company Onfido was sued under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by OfferUp users who verified their identity using Onfido's TruYou program. -
Citizens Utility Board, Edelson firm join class action court fight vs ComEd for Madigan bribery scheme
A federal judge granted CUB, with its lawyers from the firm of Edelson P.C., permission to gain a stake in any judgments or settlements offered by ComEd to resolve at least two class actions on behalf of the utility's customers, arising from the utility's role in a bribery conspiracy with the political machine of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. -
Judge says men suing Chicago cops over sham arrests, may be grilled about any potential real crimes after bad busts
A federal magistrate judge has decided lawyers representing the city of Chicago and former Chicago cops can question the people suing them over false arrests, about uncharged criminal behavior that occurred in the years after their alleged sham convictions. -
Republican judge candidate accuses Cook Clerk Yarbrough of cheating to help ally win election
A Park Ridge lawyer says Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough abused the Vote By Mail process to allow one of her former employees to edge him in a race for a Cook County judgeship in November. -
Lawsuit claims Antioch cops used old 911 system to illegally record non-emergency calls to P.D.
The class action lawsuit accuses the Antioch Police Department of violating callers' constitutional rights, as well as federal and state laws. -
Class action: SEIU, U of I wrongly forcing workers to pay union dues after they leave union
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to declare unconstitutional a provision of the Illinois labor law for educational institutions which unions and schools rely on to deduct union dues from workers' paychecks. -
Judge: FLSA call center class action vs Walgreens can continue; Suit claims retailer makes employees work off the clock
A Walgreens call center employee can proceed with her federal class action lawsuit claiming the drugstore giant requires employees in its call centers to work off the clock -
JACKSON LEWIS PC: Lawdragon Recognizes Jackson Lewis Attorneys on Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers List
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, congratulates Chairman Emeritus Vincent A. Cino, along with Principals Neil H. Dishman, Maurice G. Jenkins, Howard Shapiro, René E. Thorne and Richard F. Vitarelli for their inclusion in Lawdragon’s “500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers” list for 2020. -
Clerk Yarbrough fights Shakman's effort to extend federal oversight to recorder's duties given her
Now that the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office has merged with County Clerk Karen Yarbrough's office, a federal watchdog over the clerk's hiring practices wants court permission to also keep an eye on recorder activities, but Yarbrough is resisting. -
Judge blocks Foxx's bid to block questioning of former top deputies in wrongful murder conviction case
Depositions of former top Cook County prosecutors Eric Sussman and Mark Rotert could reveal "relevant information" on why the Cook County State's Attorney's Office under Kim Foxx didn't seek new trials for two men who had confessed in a brutal 1994 sexual assault and murder. -
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION: Harley-Davidson Dealership to Pay $193,750 to Settle EEOC Sex Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit
Three companies operating a now-closed Harley-Davidson dealership in Glenview, Ill., have agreed to pay a former employee $193,750 and furnish other relief under a consent decree rather than face trial for the employee’s sex harassment and retaliatory firing claims in a case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. -
New SCOTUS rulings layout new 'roadmap', 'new legal regime' for churches challenging governors' COVID orders
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent actions could enhance churches' chances in court when challenging COVID- and other pandemic-related worship restrictions imposed by governors. -
Chicago math teacher suing CTU to get refund of unconstitutional fees gets chance for SCOTUS date
A math teacher working in the Chicago Public Schools is seeking the chance to argue before the Supreme Court that the Chicago Teachers Union's claims to be his exclusive bargaining representative is unconstitutional, and that the union must refund fees it collected unconstitutionally. -
Appeals panel: 'Reasonable consumers' could be misled by '100% Parmesan cheese' claims
The appeals judges said a federal district judge was wrong to dismiss dozens of lawsuits against the sellers of shelf-stable Parmesan cheese simply because the ingredients on the label explicitly included the cellulose many sellers included as a filler and anti-caking agent. -
IL Inspector General's effort to block access to state hiring reports show IL not ready to lift feds oversight: Court filing
While Gov. JB Pritzker says the state is ready to emerge from federal court oversight of its hiring practices, a new court filing asserts efforts by the Office of the Executive Inspector General to impede court-appointed monitors from seeing certain state hiring reports says otherwise. -
Judge: 'Conspiracy theory' not enough to give accused cops' lawyers access to inmate's recorded phone calls
Lawyers for a group of Chicago Police officers being sued for allegedly coercing confessions in a brutal 1998 double murder and kidnapping said they should get access to recorded phone calls to determine if a woman at the center of the murder case was offered anything to change her testimony before a key deposition. A judge called it a "confusing conspiracy theory." -
Judges: Federal labor law dooms unionized workers' IL biometrics class actions vs employers
On Nov. 30, two federal judges ruled a federal appeals decision means workers represented by unions can't bring class actions under the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act against their employers for requiring fingerprint scans when punching the clock. -
Judge: 'Virus' exclusion dooms mattress store chain's COVID claim coverage, despite coverage against govt ordered closure
Even though American Mattress' parent company had coverage against business interruption caused by state action, they still can't collect on their claim, because the shutdown order came in response to COVID, judge says. -
Edelson lawsuit: Injury lawyer Girardi, Real Housewives star wife embezzled plane crash settlement money to fund 'lavish' habits
The lawsuit asserts L.A. personal injury lawyer Tom Girardi and his wife, Erika Jayne, of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, of converting settlement funds intended for the families of the victims of the Lion Air Flight 610 crash, to pay for "outrageous" personal spending practices.