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Lawsuit: Ex-wife owes $1M for using forgotten iPad to monitor texts, emails between CEO ex-husband and new girlfriend
A woman has filed suit against the ex-wife of her corporate CEO boyfriend, saying she used an iPad that was left at her home and still logged into her ex-husband's account to monitor their texts and emails. -
Evanston school district: White teacher's discrimination suit over anti-racism programs 'blatant' misuse of court
Evanston-Skokie District 65 said the teacher wasn't actually discriminated against, so she can't sue over the school's alleged race-based training programs and curriculum. -
Appeals panel says no evidence of political retaliation vs hookah bar in Worth
Hookah lounge owners alleged their political support of an opponent of the village's mayor led to a campaign of police and village harassment, and a stream of citations not issued to other businesses over similar alleged offenses. -
A Look Back at Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assoc. v. Thomas + Current & Future Litigation
A Look Back at Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assoc. v. Thomas + Current & Future Litigation. -
Cook County assault weapons ban unconstitutionally strips residents of right to own weapons for self-defense, lawsuit says
A new lawsuit brought by three Chicago residents asserts Cook County's ban on so-called "assault weapons," in place since 2006, is unconstitutional. -
Sterigenics says insurer wrongly used emissions claims to deny coverage for lawsuits over emissions
Medical device sterilization company Sterigenics has sued National Union Fire Insurance in Chicago federal court, saying all of its emissions were discharged legally under an Illinois state environmental permit. -
Class action: Magazine publisher Meredith Corp broke IL privacy law by selling subscribers' info
A class action lawsuit filed in Chicago federal court says the publisher of People, Better Homes and Gardens, InStyle and more popular titles violated an Illinois law by selling subscriber mailing lists to anyone willing to pay. -
Fired transgender Pritzker campaign worker can't continue discrimination suit vs Pritzker camp
Judge: Despite conflict with supervisor, layoff plausibly linked to performance issues -
Judges pause redistricting lawsuits vs Dems, give Dems til Sept. 1 to approve new maps using Census data
Republicans had asked the court to not give Democrats a "do over" on drawing new legislative district maps, when Democrats had not used Census data on their first attempt, resulting in unbalanced districts.. -
Plaintiff: 'AARP desperately wants to avoid discovery' in a discrimination lawsuit filed by former employee
An African American woman who rose in the executive ranks at the American Association of Retired Persons is now battling the advocacy organization claiming racial, gender and age discrimination. -
Lawsuit: Plainfield Central High School harbored football culture of hazing, locker room sex assaults vs freshman boys
According to the complaint filed in federal court, Plainfield Central High School football coaches ignored years of sexual assaults committed against freshman football players by varsity players wielding broomsticks, as part of an allegedly longstanding hazing ritual known as "Code Blue" -
Republicans court filing: IL Democratic lawmakers shouldn't get unconstitutional 'do over' on drawing legislative district maps
Democrats intend to use a late August special session to redraw Illinois' state legislative districts to align with Census data, but Republicans say their failure to draft legally valid maps earlier this year means the task should go to a special redistricting commission, under Illinois' state constitution. -
Turing Video hit with class action over worker facial scans with COVID screening device
A new class action lawsuit accuses Turing of violating Illinois' biometrics law for the way its Turing Shield products scans and collects facial geometry from workers undergoing COVID screenings when reporting for work. -
Supreme Court won't stop construction of Obama Center, alleged destruction of Chicago's Jackson Park
A petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asserted judges have allowed federal regulatory agencies to gloss over potential extensive damage to Jackson Park's nature and historical character from the planned Obama Presidential Center, "at the beck and call of powerful political forces." -
Parents of terrorism victim may resume suit vs Palestinian group they accuse of supporting Hamas
A federal appeals panel says a Chicago federal judge was wrong to conclude the case doesn't belong in federal court, because she didn't believe the lawsuit against a suburban Palestinian organization could succeed. -
Judge Ann Claire Williams (Ret.) appointed Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
Judge Ann Claire Williams (Ret.) appointed Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. -
Landlords' federal lawsuit: CDC has no authority to ban evictions
A group of Illinois landlords and the Illinois Rental Property Owners Association have become the latest plaintiffs to argue the Centers for Disease Control overstepped its authority in prohibiting most evictions nationwide, in the name of fighting COVID-19. -
Firefighters claim Winthrop Harbor underpaid them for overnight shifts
A new lawsuit claims the village of Winthrop Harbor violated federal and state wage laws in how it compensated its firefighters for certain overnight shifts. -
Republicans: Census data backs up claims that Democrat-drawn district maps are illegal
Illinois Republican lawmakers said their analysis of data released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week shows Democrat-drawn legislative district maps don't meet the requirements of federal law, as they earlier alleged in their lawsuit challenging the maps. -
U.S. appeals panel: Kin of Hitler's victims must seek comp from French railway collaborators in France, not American courts
A Chicago federal appeals court has ruled France, not the U.S., is the place for the descendants of French Jews to sue the French National Railroad for taking Jews to Nazi concentration camps during World War II.