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Judge says two Chicago cops can't be sued for searching, damaging couple's home without warrant
Judge says no evidence has been presented to show the officers acted with a "deliberate intention to cause harm" or "utter indifference" for the couple's property. -
FREEBORN & PETERS: Freeborn Elevates Litigation Practice Group Member Kirk Watkins to Partner
Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elevated attorney Kirk Watkins to Income Partner, effective Jan. 1. -
McDonald's fights antitrust labor suit, says its restaurants do not compete with each other for workers
A former McDonald’s worker and the fast-food giant are battling over the worker’s putative class action suit, which alleges McDonald’s restrains trade by barring employees from transferring from one franchise to another in pursuit of better wages and conditions. -
Ex-Loop office tenant's conspiracy claim vs Chicago property manager JLL doesn't 'make sense' to judge
Building management company Jones Lang LaSalle couldn't conspire to coerce itself into boycotting non-union contractors, the judge ruled. -
Judge tosses racial bias suit vs CPS, says lower black enrollment caused teacher layoffs, not racism
A federal judge has dismissed a teachers union class action against the Chicago Public Schools board, which alleged discrimination against blacks was behind teacher layoffs, finding color blind bureaucracy, not racism, determined who received pink slips. -
Judge orders IL to reform system supervising transgender prison inmates transitions
Transgender prison inmates in Illinois will be allowed to transition to their identifying gender and under supervision of trained medical and mental health professionals, a federal court has ruled. -
Judge sinks cruise line's 'frivolous' defense in telemarketing class action, says evidence shows 'pattern' of 'illegal conduct'
A Chicago federal judge has ruled a cruise ship line is liable in a class action, which alleged the cruise line let telemarketers make unsolicited calls on its behalf, describing as "frivolous" the cruise line's defense argument that late physicist Stephen Hawking's computer-assisted voice could have violated anti-telemarketing law. -
Arab-American ex-DePaul professor OK to press racial discrimination case vs university; Bulk of suit dismissed
An Arab American former DePaul University instructor suing the university alleging he was harmed during investigation of a student's sexual assault claims may continue racial discrimination portions of his case after most of it was dismissed. -
Judge trashes blind woman's ADA lawsuit vs Wendy's over late-night drive-thru hours
The judge said she is denied access to the drive-thru late at night, the same as any other pedestrian attempting to walk through the drive-thru. -
Facebook: SCOTUS should delete biometrics class action, says plaintiffs weren't harmed by photo tagging system
Facebook wants the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appellate court's ruling allowing a class action worth potentially billions of dollars to continue under an Illinois biometrics privacy law, as the company argues plaintiffs weren't harmed and the case would be too sprawling. -
Cook County Circuit Court selects 15 to be appointed associate county judges
Six current judges have been reselected, and nine lawyers selected, by Cook County's elected circuit judges to serve as the county's newest associate judges. -
Lake Forest developer claims Lincolnwood village prez, board wrongly blocked deal for 'Purple Hotel' site
A Lake Forest development company can move forward with its lawsuit against the Village of Lincolnwood and village board president Barry Bass over claims it was illegally shut out of a deal to develop on land where an iconic hotel once stood, but a federal court dismissed two of three counts. -
Judge: Family of woman who fell out of wheelchair at Milwaukee airport, died days later, can't sue Alaska Airlines in IL
A federal judge says the family of a woman who died eight days after falling out of a wheelchair while disembarking from an Alaska Airlines aircraft in Milwaukee can't sue the airline in Illinois court. -
HUGHES SOCOL PIERS RESNICK DYM LTD: Judge Mary Rowland Sworn-in Ceremony
On November 25th, in a formal investiture ceremony, former HSPRD partner Mary M. Rowland was sworn-in as an Article lll Federal Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. -
US appeals court shuts down try by asbestos plaintiffs to skip state court for key legal question in mesothelioma suit
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an effort by plaintiffs in an asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit to accelerate their case by using the federal courts to answer a legal question already posed in the state court hearing their personal injury case. -
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. -
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." -
Appeals court OKs $1M judgment vs S. IL grandparents accused of conspiring with cops, prosecutors to seize granddaughter
A nearly $1 million damages award against grandparents found by a jury to have conspired with law enforcement officials to snatch their grandchild and have their daughter arrested will stand, an appeals court ruled. -
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. -
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.