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Man suing U of Chicago for 'anti-male' assault policies settles with female accuser, keeps suing school
A University of Chicago student suing the school over anti-male bias built into its sexual assault investigation system is continuing his lawsuit against the school, in which he is demanding $1.35 million, even though the school purportedly dropped its disciplinary action against him, and after he settled with a female student who allegedly triggered the disciplinary action by accusing him of sexual assault. -
IL gay conversion therapy ban doesn't apply to pastors, religious counselors, judge says
A group of Illinois Christian pastors have hailed a Chicago federal judge's decision to dismiss their case challenging an Illinois state law governing so-called gay conversion therapy, saying the judge's ruling establishes legal protections for private religious counselors. -
Class action accuses Paypal of mishandling charitable donations made through its Giving Fund
A Highland Park charity and a donor are accusing PayPal of illegally withholding and redirecting donations intended to benefit certain charities in a class action complaint filed Feb. 28 in Chicago federal court. -
Amazon hit with class action over alleged wrongful debits for Prime memberships
A Chicago woman who claims Amazon continued to draw payments from her bank account for an Amazon Prime membership she says she didn’t even purchase has filed a class action suit against the online retailer. -
Judge won't short-circuit class action accusing Google Photos of breaking IL biometric privacy law
A Chicago federal judge has refused Google’s request to delete a class action lawsuit accusing the tech titan of violating an Illinois law by automatically creating and storing face scans of people in photos uploaded to its cloud-based Google Photos service without first collecting written authorization from those whose faces were scanned. -
Wolfgang Puck asks court to reduce heat in trademark fight over 'The Kitchen'
A celebrity chef has asked a federal court to turn down the heat brought by a competing restaurant group cooking up a legal storm over whether they can legally stake a trademark claim to “the kitchen.” Wolfgang Puck Worldwide Inc. filed a complaint Feb. 24 in Chicago in hopes of preventing The Kitchen Café LLC from asserting protectable trademark rights over the term “The Kitchen.” -
Attorney says $20 million settlement in Chicago red light camera bribery scandal seems low
A former red light camera vendor for the city of Chicago has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a $2 million bribery scandal. But the amount of the settlement has raised eyebrows, particularly from the former executive at the vendor company who brought the lawsuit against his former employer on behalf of the city. -
New whistleblower suit signals arrival of litigation under new federal food safety rules
Less than a year after federal regulators established new rules under the federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), a whistleblower suit has been filed by an employee of Mead Johnson Nutrition Company, potentially signaling more attention for that company and others under the FSMA. -
Church wins OK to continue to jury with claims Burbank discriminated by denying permit for sanctuary
A church will be allowed to press its claim that a southwest suburban Cook County government owes it some money for allegedly discriminating against the congregation and torpedoing the church’s deal in place to buy land for a new sanctuary. -
Judge: Comcast 'refusal to deal' on local TV ad sales not 'anticompetitive'; Viamedia to continue suit
Comcast has not violated federal anti-monopoly law by refusing to allow the competitor of one of its subsidiary companies to act as a middleman on the sale of local cable advertising, a federal judge has ruled. -
Judge: Feds can keep lock on online credit report biz over Craigslist rental ads fraud charges
A federal judge in Chicago has decided to allow federal regulators to continue to lock down an online company accused of working with others who listed fake rental properties on Craigslist to dupe customers into signing up for a credit monitoring service. -
Judge: Class action OK vs Stericycle over medical waste disposal billing fraud accusations
A federal judge has cleared the way for a nationwide class action to proceed against Stericycle over allegations the Lake Forest-based regulated waste disposal giant for years used an automatic price-increasing scheme to defraud customers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. -
$9.3M deal to end Rustoleum deck products action; attorneys asking $3.1M, homeowners could get hundreds
Attorneys for a class of potentially tens of thousands of homeowners and others whose wooden decks and patios were allegedly damaged by Rustoleum’s “Restore” products have asked a federal judge to grant final approval to a $9.3 million settlement with the company – a deal which could generate payments of potentially hundreds of dollars for some homeowners and more than $3.1 million for the attorneys who pressed the lawsuit. -
Class action accuses Epatients.com of sending unsolicited fax ads
A physician has filed a class action lawsuit against Epatients.com Inc. and 10 John Does, alleging violation of telephone harassment statutes. -
Thankfully Living Christian LLC accused of violating overtime pay rules
Three former employees have filed a class action lawsuit against landscaping company Thankfully Living Christian LLC and David Trotter, alleging violation of wage laws. -
Attorney Monica Ribbeck accused of legal malpractice in connection with airliner crash lawsuit
Three people are suing attorney Monica Ribbeck, alleging legal malpractice in connection with an airliner crash. -
Class action accuses West Interactive Services Corp. of violating telephone law
Four people have filed a class action lawsuit against West Interactive Services Corporation, citing alleged violation of telephone harassment statutes. -
Attorney fees clipped, class awards tripled under new deal to end Southwest drink voucher class action
A Chicago federal judge has ended a long-running lawsuit involving Southwest Airlines premium drink coupons, after Southwest agreed to give members of the class triple damages and attorneys for the plaintiffs agreed to reduce their demand for fees by $200,000. -
Judge tosses class action vs CVS over 'Made in USA' vitamin C drops, for now
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against CVS Pharmacy in which a Cook County man claimed the company’s vitamin C drops were falsely labeled “Made in the U.S.A," but left open the door for him to potentially take another try at continuing a class action against the drugstore chain. -
Judge rejects ex-Gov. Quinn's lawsuit challenging power of Chicago mayor to appoint school board
Saying nothing in federal law entitles Chicago residents to a right to an elected school board, a federal judge has tossed a lawsuit from a group of plaintiffs, including parents of Chicago Public Schools students and former Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn, who had asked the court to side with their contentions that a state law granting the mayor of Chicago the power to appoint members of the Chicago Board of Education was discriminatory and violated their voting rights.