U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Worker punch clock maker NovaTime headed toward potential $14M BIPA class action settlement over fingerprint scans
A judge has granted preliminary approval to an initial $4.1 million settlement, though the total could climb as high as $14.1 million. NovaTime is agreeing to end litigation despite arguing individual employers' hold liability for alleged violations, not them. -
IL biometric privacy law not unconstitutional, just because it shields governments, banks from privacy class actions: Judge
A Chicago federal judge said the exemptions carved into the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act for state and local governments and for financial institutions don't run afoul of the Illinois state constitution's ban on so-called "special legislation." -
Judge tosses Logan Square tavern's class action vs insurer for refusing to cover COVID shutdown income losses
The judge said he sympathized with the struggling owners, but said their policy doesn't force Cincinnati Insurance to pay them for losses they suffered after Gov. JB Pritzker ordered them closed in response to COVID-19. -
Man shot at Chicago Wendy's drive thru sues fast food chain for not protecting him
The man said Wendy's should pay for his wounds because they didn't hire security guards for the restaurant in a high-crime neighborhood. -
Judge gives green light to class action vs City Hall over Chicago's abandoned car impoundment policies
The lawsuit had asserted the city's execution of its towing program meant the cars were "effectively stolen." -
Appeals panel: Judge misapplied decision often used by biometrics class action plaintiffs to skip out of federal court
A panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals said certain claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act don't automatically warrant return trip to Cook County or other Illinois state courts. -
Judge says paroled IL sex offenders can press class action vs state over restricted access to their own kids
A federal judge has said three sex offenders can press a class action against the Illinois Department of Corrections, which claims the Department wrongly makes offenders get state permission before having contact with their own minor children. -
Judge turns off bid to unplug class action vs broadcasters over alleged ad price gouging
The antitrust class action complaint accused the broadcasters and ad sellers of improperly sharing competitive data that would normally be kept secret, allegedly boosting ad prices. -
In-person trials, court proceedings shut down in Chicago, Rockford federal courts, again, due to COVID
New order issued Nov. 13 by Northern DIstrict of Illinois Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer -
Asthma sufferers can't use ADA to sue Pritzker for mask mandates retailers cited to deny entry for no masks
A federal judge has dismissed Gov. JB Pritzker from a class action brought by two people with chronic asthma who claimed the mask mandate was used by retailers to discriminate against people with disabilities who can't wear face masks. -
After more class members found, Nando's Peri-Peri biometrics class action settlement grows to $1.78M
Attorneys will collect $595K in fees from the enhanced settlement. Class members could receive about $1,000 each. -
Plaintiffs can 'narrow' claims to block Clearview from kicking biometrics class action out of Cook court, judge says
Facial recognition tech company Clearview A.I. had argued the plaintiffs had improperly manipulated the case to keep it in plaintiff-friendly Cook County court system. -
Appeals panel: 2nd Amendment doesn't let Chicago dispatcher sue city over her termination after self-defense shooting
Bench trial acquittal on self-defense grounds led to woman's reinstatement, but the city and the officials who fired her are shielded from liability, appeals judges ruled. -
Antitrust suit vs big turkey farms over alleged turkey price fixing remains uncaged
Chicago judge allows bulk of class action to survive motion to dismiss -
Judge: Checkers must text customers before he can OK deal in class action accusing Checkers of illegally texting customers
A Chicago federal judge has ordered the parties involved in the lawsuit to do more to get more buy-in from potential class members to get two $5 Checkers food coupons. -
Eliminate prosecutorial immunity in criminal misconduct cases, says author of book recounting government overreach in Chicago insurance broker’s conviction
The scariest thing about the book, Conviction at Any Cost, which reads like a top crime novel, is that it’s not a work of fiction. -
Pritzker keeps push to lift feds oversight of state hiring, says law only blocks forced political work
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is arguing federal oversight of state employment practices is limited to stopping political coercion of workers, but federal watchdogs say that reading of the law and related court orders is "crabbed" and a "sleight of hand" to skirt needed oversight. -
Foxx, cops often at odds over new trials vs those who once convicted of murder, who accuse cops of misconduct, file big money lawsuits
Lawyers for Chicago police officers accused of misconduct are pushing back in court against lawsuits brought in cases in which officers assert Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx should have pushed for new trials when people who had once been convicted of murder sought exoneration over allegedly coerced confessions. -
Judge tosses RICO suit accusing Loop high rise manager of conspiring to force tenants to hire union contractors
A federal judge has brought down a suit against the manager of a Loop building, which alleged the manager conspired with unions to force tenants to use union labor, saying there isn't enough evidence to support illegal "hot cargo" conspiracy claims. -
Teamsters Local 786 allowed to end trusteeship imposed by International union, allegedly for refusing to merge
Judge finds Teamsters International likely didn't follow its own procedures in seizing control of Chicago area union local, after the local refused to merge with a larger rival local.