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Feud rages among Edelson, McGuire firms for control of BIPA class actions vs timeclock vendors
Feud rages among Edelson, McGuire firms for control of BIPA class actions vs timeclock vendors -
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION: Dollar General to Pay $6 Million to Settle EEOC Class Race Discrimination Suit
Major retail chain Dollar General will pay $6 million and furnish other relief to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. -
Judge: Cook County demands Bank of America pay for 'discriminatory lending,' but did county actually lose tax money?
A federal judge says Cook County will need to show why Bank of America should be made to pay the county for lost tax revenue amid the foreclosure crisis, when the county didn't actually lose any tax money. -
Chicago could get new chance to take city lawsuit vs opioid makers to trial
As courts grapple with the bundle of litigation that has sprung up against the makers and distributors of opioid painkillers, the city of Chicago could yet secure its day in court, as an Ohio federal judge has ruled the city’s lawsuit against opioid makers should be sent back to federal court in Chicago for trial to help work toward a "global settlement." -
EEOC secures $6M 'consent decree' vs Dollar General over alleged racial discriminatory hiring practices
A federal judge has approved a consent decree ending years of contentious litigation between the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Dollar General concerning the EEOC’s regulatory action accusing the retailer of discriminatory hiring practices. -
Smollett demands Chicago cops, Nigerian brothers, others, pay him for allegedly making up, spreading 'hoax' attack story
Actor Jussie Smollett has doubled down on his claim he was attacked by racist white supporters of President Donald Trump, and has now demanded the city of Chicago and others be made to pay him for allegedly concocting and promoting the story Smollett had staged the January attack to advance his career. -
Judge nixes 'tit-for-tat' try to toss Chicago city lawyers accused of letting truck drivers be harassed over political discrimination suit
Two truck drivers had asked a judge to disqualify Chicago city lawyers they say are allowing O'Hare Airport officials to threaten and harass them in an attempt to get them to drop their lawsuit over retaliation for refusing to perform political work for Chicago city officials. -
Judge: Housing groups can keep suing Deutsche Bank over foreclosure home repair discrimination
The collective action vs Deutsche Bank and others over its maintenance of bank-owned homes in minority neighborhoods has been give new life. -
Family sues Chicago, cops, over mistaken 2015 police raid on West Side home
A family on Chicago's West Side says they were traumatized by a mistaken 2015 raid on their home by Chicago police searching for a suspect, who at the time was in an Illinois state prison, serving a 40 year sentence for first degree murder. -
Appeals court: Insurance executive can press illegal tax shelter suit vs Northern Trust, Christiana Bank, not Seyfarth Shaw
An insurance executive facing a $10 million bill for unpaid income taxes can sue his former financial advisors, but not the law firm that employed the lawyer who the executive said misled him into hiding $64 million in an illegal tax shelter. -
Business group: Chicago work scheduling rules unconstitutional, should be blocked
Building owners group said ordinance unconstitutionally targets only seven industries. -
Judge: Supreme Court decision barring forced union fees doesn't rid unions of responsibility to represent all workers
Unions can’t use a recent anti-union Supreme Court decision to rid themselves of their responsibility under the law to represent all workers in a collective bargaining unit, whether or not those workers pay union dues, a federal judge has ruled. -
U of Chicago wants hospital dismissed from class action accusing it of sharing patient data with Google
The University of Chicago has asked to be dismissed from a class action lawsuit accusing Google and the university's hospital of improperly sharing patient data, as the hospital asserted the plaintiffs haven't been able to demonstrate how the hospital harmed anyone. -
Dog owner who was arrested, and dog seized, can continue false arrest, conspiracy suit vs Chicago City Hall, cops
A dog owner who alleges he was falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted amid claims he mistreated his dog can continue to sue two police officers, an animal control official, and the city of Chicago, a federal court has ruled. -
Judge says BNSF can't use federal law to cut out on biometrics class action over trucker handprint scans
A federal judge has rejected a railroad’s attempt to escape a class action lawsuit filed by a truck driver over the railroad's rules requiring drivers to scan handprints to verify their identity when entering secure rail yards. -
Wells Fargo: Cook County hiding potential profit from foreclosures; County: Wells Fargo 'ignoring' county document requests
Wells Fargo has accused Cook County of "cherry-picking" which documents it discloses, to obscure how much money the county may have collected from processing home foreclosures. -
Suit alleges HCSC uses faulty guidelines to deny claims for inpatient mental health care
A woman has filed for a class action in Chicago federal court against one of the nation’s largest health insurance administrators, alleging the company tries to save money by refusing to cover residential mental health treatment on grounds such treatment is unnecessary. -
Biometrics class actions rising in Illinois, show no signs of abating. What can you do?
Class action lawsuits under the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act continue to mount following a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision. Husch Blackwell lawyers offer a look at what that could mean to you. -
Lawyers get $3.1M, robocall recipients $22 each, to settle telemarketing class action vs cruise lines
Plaintiff attorneys will collect $3.1 million from the settlement of a class action suit, alleging a defunct suburban travel agency made illegal telemarketing calls for cruise ship companies. People who received the calls would pocket about $22 each. -
Nerium lawsuit: Block FTC from 'rewriting' law to shut down legal companies as 'pyramid schemes'
"Multi-level marketing" business Nerium is suing the FTC, claiming the federal agency is rewriting federal laws to relabel and shut down all MLMs as "pyramid schemes."