U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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New filing: Assertion that Pritzker was never told of racial discrimination in his campaign organization 'provably false'
Plaintiffs say they have identified at least five Pritzker campaign workers who allegedly told then-candidate Pritzker of racial discrimination in his campaign and want the governor questioned under oath. -
Appeals panel slices, wraps class action vs Subway over T-Mobile 'free sandwich' promo texts
Seventh Circuit court affirms lower court ruling that sandwich chain had too little control over the text coupon sent to T-Mobile customers to make it pay under federal law -
Court filing: IL government hiring monitor says Pritzker moves have 'impeded' state government hiring reform progress
A court-appointed monitor of Illinois' government hiring practices says Gov. Pritzker has 'diminished' her ability to communicate with state personnel, harming efforts to complete a reform plan. -
WeWork wants facial recognition biometrics class action dismissed
Company says disputes belong in arbitration, also said worker's claims are insufficient -
Federal judge: Walgreens can't escape woman's Cook County lawsuit saying retailer caused cancer by selling her cigarettes
A woman will be allowed to sue Walgreens for selling her cigarettes in Cook County Circuit Court after a federal judge refused to kick the pharmacy retailer off her lawsuit, dooming the chance to keep the lawsuit in federal court, where a group of tobacco companies wished for it to stay. -
Lawyers get $100K, laid-off workers each collect $487 in settlement of Treasure Island grocery-unpaid wages suit
A $300,000 settlement of a lawsuit that accused the defunct Chicago-area Treasure Island supermarket chain of neither giving proper notice to workers before closing nor paying their unused vacation time, will give $100,000 to the workers' lawyers and an average of $487 to each worker. -
U.S. appeals panel says Facebook workers waived right to take part in class action saying Facebook shorted them OT pay
A Chicago federal appeals court has said 252 Facebook employees may be cut from a class action, which alleges Facebook shorted them on overtime pay, saying the employees may have waived their right to sue, because they signed agreements to arbitrate disputes with the company. -
Judge approves $15M settlement in CVS flu shot robocall class action
Lawyers will get $5 million of the settlement funds to end the lawsuit, accusing CVS of improperly using automated phone messages to remind customers to get a flu shot and obtain a 'shopping pass.' -
Appeals panel forecloses class action vs Experian over prescreen reporting; chides Experian for counterclaim vs plaintiff
Man says his personal data was improperly released in 2011, but didn't learn of it until recruited by lawyers for class action. -
Judge: Fingerprint scans caused no real harm, but vending machine biz still could face huge judgment in state court
The lack of 'concrete' injury means the case can't be tried in federal court. But Illinois Supreme Court decision means that is not an issue in state courts, federal judge says. -
Hemp product seller misled consumers over amount of extract in cream, class action claims
The tubes of hemp-infused creams contain much less of the ingredient than advertised, the lawsuit says. -
Appeals panel: IL property tax laws stymy property tax lawsuits, wrongly shield Cook County from answering for unequal assessments
A federal appeals panel has revived a lawsuit brought by a group of property owners against Cook County, as the judges say Illinois laws and tax appeal rules have created a system in which certain taxpayers can't get justice over unequal tax assessments. -
Judge tosses lawsuit from Uber subsidiary challenging Chicago bikesharing contract
Uber's Jump says bikesharing contract extension granted Lyft a monopoly and skipped a required public bidding process. -
Judge: CBOE can't be held liable for failure to stop manipulation of VIX market
Judge says investor plaintiffs can't prove they were actually harmed by manipulation, or that CBOE intervention would have stopped anything. -
Judge: Moms' lawsuit's lack of focus thwarts class action attempt vs Blue Cross over lactation service coverages
A group of mothers claiming Blue Cross Blue Shield illegally failed to cover lactation consultations are trying to certify too broad a class, judge says -
Cook County Chief Judge Evans says shielded from lawsuit, asks to be dropped from 'Empire' lawsuit
Evans says he's a state official and can't be sued over filming at juvenile center -
Lawyer's widow: Recent Supreme Court ruling means she should get $3M in lawsuit vs drugmaker GSK over Paxil labeling
SCOTUS ruling changed "approach" to drug labeling questions, plaintiffs said. GSK says the change wasn't "extraordinary" enough and would open "floodgates" to attempts at lawsuit "do-overs." -
Judge ends class action accusing IDT Energy of breaking telemarketing law, says lawsuit brought in wrong court
Supreme Court ruling doesn't allow New Jersey man to sue energy company in Chicago federal court -
Judge: Lawyer can't kick lawsuit financier's lawsuit over alleged fraudulent loans to fund NFL concussion suits
The lawsuit accused the lawyer of funneling the lawsuit loans to an investment firm. The judge said the lawyers' arguments for dismissal were "rambling." -
Lawyer asks judge to block deposition of IL Gov. Pritzker amid discrimination lawsuit vs Pritzker campaign
Motion says Gov. Pritzker doesn't know anything about the claims, didn't manage low-level campaign workers