U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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ComEd hit with class action lawsuits over its role in alleged Madigan bribery, patronage hiring scheme
Northern Illinois' largest electrical utility was hit with two class action lawsuits, demanding it repay its customers perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars for allegedly using a bribery scheme to curry favor with Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to pass laws that allowed it to rack up hundreds of millions of dollars, or more, in profit, since at least 2011. -
Church allowed to continue lawsuit accusing Chicago of violating its rights by taking too long to OK parking arrangements
Immanuel Baptist says city took too long approving its parking plans, preventing a timely purchase of a church building -
Appeals panel restores lawsuit accusing Dart of improperly overturning pretrial release of some Black detainees
7th Circuit: Judge, not sheriff, has the right to force continued detention -
Judge: Lawyers who represented Hispanic park supervisor in discrimination suit should get $1M from Chicago Park District
The judge said the lawyers "extraordinary" work in getting $500K payout and job reinstatement for their client should net an "extraordinary reward." -
Ex-Westlake Hospital workers OK to continue lawsuit vs Pipeline Health over hospital closure, termination warnings
Judge rejects motion to dismiss, says company can't skirt role as employer under WARN Act -
Pritzker says federal court-appointed hiring monitor no longer needed, state government has 'reformed' itself
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is saying the state has cleaned up its employment practices, so a federal court-appointed hiring monitor can close up shop -
7th Circuit will hear IL election board's continued arguments against its own 3rd-party COVID ballot access deal
The Illinois State Board of Elections is insisting the appeals court needs to weigh in to set parameters on the power of federal judges to rewrite state election rules amid a pandemic. -
Feds say radio statements by Townstone Financial reps amount to 'redlining'; Townstone says it is attempt to 'cancel,' silence speech
Townstone Financial says the lawsuit is an attempt by activists to use the federal government to silence speech "the left" disagrees with. -
How was top Dem lawyer, Madigan ally selected to represent IL elections board in court? No one will say
Michael Kasper, an elections lawyer who serves as general counsel to the Illinois Democratic Party, was appointed by the Democratic Illinois Attorney General to represent the state elections board, in a battle over efforts by third parties to ease ballot rules amid the COVID crisis. -
Judge: Pritzker's orders can limit Republican gatherings, even if guv marched with thousands in anti-racism protest
A federal judge said "unique" constitutional protections for religious freedom also thwart GOP's attempt to compare political rallies to church services, which are generally exempted from Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID limits on assembly sizes. -
Nando's Peri-Peri chain to pay $1.4M to end biometrics class action over worker fingerprint scans; Lawyers get $470K
A group of Nando's restaurant workers get $643 a piece from class action claiming Nando's broke Illinois' biometric privacy law. -
Pritzker: GOP challenge to COVID powers just 'talking points': GOP: Pritzker's orders 'content discrimination'
Gov. JB Pritzker and GOP lawyers traded barbs and briefs in federal court over the governor's COVID-19 gathering limits, which Republicans said discriminated against them. -
Lawsuit: CTA didn't properly calculate OT wages for second, third shift union workers
CTA labor deal said night shifts entitled to 10-15% shift differentials, but those differentials weren't caculated into their overtime pay, shorting them wages, a lawsuit says. -
Judge: 7-Eleven's control of franchise store owners' business doesn't make them employees of 7-Eleven
A federal judge says a profit-sharing agreement between 7-Eleven and franchisee store owners doesn't mean the brand owes the store owners wages under an Illinois state law. -
Orland Park sues Pritzker, says COVID shutdown orders break state law, violate its authority to reopen businesses
The village of Orland Park alleges Gov. JB Pritzker overstepped his authority and has violated the constitutional rights of business owners and citizens, while denying the village its "home rule" authority to regulate businesses. -
Appeals panel says passenger can't sue Southwest over canceled flight to Chicago
Customer says airline grounded hundreds of flights because of insufficient de-icer at Midway -
Judge: Worker's length of time with White Castle doesn't waive her class action over worker fingerprint scans
A Chicago federal judge refused to dismiss much of the class action claims brought against fast food chain White Castle under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. -
Class actions target State Farm, Zurich American over denied COVID business claims
Class action lawsuits have been brought in Chicago courts, against insurers State Farm and Zurich American, for allegedly wrongly denying claims from small businesses and hotels, respectively, for COVID-related losses. -
IL GOP: Pritzker's support for anti-racism protests undercuts COVID power to limit other political gatherings
The Illinois Republican Party has sued Gov. JB Pritzker, arguing the governor violated their constitutional right to campaign, while violating his own rules to get photo op with racism protesters. -
Pritzker backs down, allows Amy Jacobson, AM560 back into press conferences
Journalist and talk show host Amy Jacobson will withdraw her lawsuit over Gov. JB Pritzker's actions to block her from questioning him at press conferences.