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HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP: Speaker, "Views from the Field: Diverse Student Enrollment and Desegregation Legal Issues," National School Boards Association (NSBA) 2021 Online Experience
John Borkowski and Aleks Rushing will present, "Views from the Field: Diverse Student Enrollment and Desegregation Legal Issues" at the National School Boards Association (NSBA) 2021 Online Experience being held April 8-10, 2021. -
'Message not getting across:' Judge says Pritzker wrong, feds still need to watch IL state government hiring
A federal judge has not only refused to grant Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's wish to end federal oversight of state hiring, but has granted a modest expansion of that watchdog duty. -
City of Chicago moves closer to trial over claims opioid makers' marketing led to painkiller abuse, big city costs
A federal judge has refused the attempt by a swath of pharmaceutical companies to dispense with the city of Chicago's lawsuit accusing them of saddling the city with big bills to deal with the effects of painkiller pill abuse. The case has been pending since 2014. -
Judge refuses to OK $1.1M TikTok data collection settlement, says must wait for more claims, hearings
Plaintiffs didn't update settlement website with new deadlines after COVID delayed civil proceedings -
Biz owners can't sue Pritzker over claims his COVID shutdown orders unconstitutionally seized their property: Judge
The lawsuit brought by business owners and Republican politicians from Will County and the southwest suburbs was disallowed under the Eleventh Amendment, which generally bars lawsuits seeking court orders requiring states to dole out money from the state treasury. -
Judge tells couple they can't sue Chicago for inadvertently sending their banking info to imprisoned man through FOIA request
A judge has ruled a husband and wife cannot continue their lawsuit against the city of Chicago, for mistakenly furnishing their bank records to man imprisoned for murder, saying the couple failed to show the error was part of a pattern and not a one-off. -
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear church's challenge vs Pritzker's power to impose religious gathering restrictions
A Chicago church had sought an order preventing Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker from reimposing restrictions on religious gatherings over COVID-19. Pritzker has pledged not to do so, but won't disavow the powers he asserted last spring. -
Superior Health Linens to pay $790K to settle biometrics class action over worker fingerprint scans; Lawyers to get 35%
A supplier of hospital bed linens and other health care textile products has agreed to settle a class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. -
Courts faced with deciding ‘absurd’ damages under BIPA, while lawmakers ponder the cure
CHICAGO – The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals must decide whether years of failure to protect privacy of biometric data should count as a violation of Illinois law worth $1,000 or many violations that could add up to $1 million. -
Appeals panel tosses overboard remaining challenges to $76M settlement in cruise line telemarketing class action
A federal appeals panel in Chicago has upheld a federal judge's ruling tying up loose ends holding up a $76 million payout under the largest TCPA class action settlement ever -
Judge deletes, for now, Cook County lawsuit vs Facebook over Cambridge Analytica 2016 data mining
A Cook County judge has ruled a lawsuit brought by the Cook County State's Attorney failed to show where Facebook guaranteed data security or how it intended to deceive its users -
Judge dismisses biometrics class action accusing AI firm Clarifai over scraping OKCupid user photos
Facial recognition firm Clarifai said it doesn't do business in or target Illinois, meaning the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act shouldn't apply to its actions. -
IL Supreme Court: Investigator at heart of Alstory Simon wrongful murder conviction case can sue filmmakers for defamation
The state Supreme Court ruled private investigator Paul Ciolino was within statutory time limits when he filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against filmmaker Andrew Hale, attorney Terry Ekl, and others involved in the making of documentary "Murder in the Park" -
Lawsuits alleging abuse of hospitalized children in DCFS care at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital allowed to continue
Cook County Public Guardian alleged budget cuts created unsafe conditions, while DCFS workers covered up harm at Lakeshore -
Appeals court says SCOTUS decision on union fees only applies to fees extracted from non-union workers, not dues paid by union members
A federal appeals panel has said an ex-union member has no claim for dues voluntarily paid while a member, because the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus ruling only pertained to fees forcibly paid to unions by nonunion workers for represention. -
$7.5M settlement for lawsuit over tickets to events canceled during pandemic
Vivid Seats gave customers a week to accept refunds before issuing customer credits with expiration dates -
HEPLERBROOM: Fleming Joins HeplerBroom as Associate
Elizabeth R. Fleming has joined HeplerBroom as an associate attorney in the firm’s Chicago office. Fleming focuses her practice on cases involving medical and dental malpractice, as well as nursing home matters. -
Judge won't toss suit alleging Illinois Central RR improperly required, watched worker give urine samples
A Chicago federal judge has refused to derail a suit against Illinois Central Railroad, which alleges a worker's privacy was violated when he was forced to provide urine samples, sometimes under observation. -
Insurer lawsuit: Accounting firm RSM should owe for millions lost to ex-Insureon controller's alleged embezzlement
The lawsuit accuses RSM US LLP of failing to identify fraudulent bank transfers allegedly carried out by Kevin Mix, who has been charged with wire fraud over claims he allegedly embezzled $5 million from Insureon, where he worked as controller. -
Federal judge says sheriffs who want to help with immigration enforcement can't sue for the right to do so
The group of sheriffs claim a state law that prohibits law enforcement from assisting federal immigration agents violates their oath of office