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Lawsuit: City Hall, Michael Reese developer conspired to use city power to smash value of coveted property
Lawsuit claims Ald. Sophia King, Chicago Planning department and Michael Reese Hospital redevelopment group GRIT used the city's zoning and permitting authority to block any efforts to improve or sell a property neighboring the former Michael Reese Hospital site, because the city and GRIT wanted to buy it "cheap" -
Smile, Clarence Thomas: Lightfoot’s Chicago wants courts to restrict bodily autonomy rights by extending Dobbs decision
Despite excoriating the SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v Wade, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the city attorneys are seeking to use that decision to defeat a challenge to the city's Covid vaccine mandate by arguing the Dobbs decision goes further than SCOTUS intended, says Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
IL State Police enforcing gun ban, while court challenges continue
Cases just getting started in federal court, while sparring begins in court between attorneys pressing separate actions against the Illinois "assault weapons" ban -
Former actor, convicted of attempting to extort celebs, can't sue media cos. over photos posted to social media
Vivek Shah had sued 10 media companies, claiming they violated his copyright by using photos posted to social media, picturing Shah and various celebrities, when reporting on the federal criminal case against Shah -
Is IL's new gun ban law constitutional? Tough legal challenges loom, will turn on key 2nd Amend questions
Lawsuits will turn on the question of whether Illinois' lawmakers and Gov. Pritzker have violated the Constitution by banning a long list of firearms and accessories. The cases may go all the way to the Supreme Court -
Google Photos settlement payments delayed; Judge to rule on objections to added ID requirements
Without action from the court, claims from class members could be "denied solely because they do not check their spam folder on Thanksgiving," wrote an objector in a new motion that has put the settlement on hold -
Cook Assessor asks fed judge to end anti-corruption supervision of hiring, promotions
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi says all parties agree his office complies with guidelines to keep politics out of hiring and promotion decisions -
Class actions: NFL, Warner Bros, Buzzfeed illegally tracked subscribers' online viewing habits
The lawsuits, which accuse the companies of violating federal video privacy law, seek to include potentially millions of subscribers to NFL.com, the Huffington Post and CNN.com -
Lawyers seek $40M in fees from Google Photos face scans settlement
Google has agreed to pay $100 million to end a sprawling class action under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, bringing about $200-$400 each to an estimated 280,000 Illinois residents. The lawyers who led the lawsuit want 40% of the settlement -
Facing hundreds of emissions lawsuits, Sterigenics entitled to help with legal bills from insurer
Federal judge grants summary judgment in favor of companies linked to cancerous toxins -
Appeals court says small awards in consumer law suits should not always mean small fees to lawyers
An appeals court has ruled a federal judge was wrong to cut lawyers' fees from $65,000 to $6,800 when they only secured their client $500, even after they rejected an offer from a debt collector to pay the plaintiff $4,600, plus full attorney fees -
Judge puts lid on suit vs Costco claiming chocolate-dipped ice cream treats weren't really chocolate
A judge has melted a lawsuit, which claimed retailer Costco scammed consumers by selling chocolate coated ice cream bars that had little chocolate, saying plaintiff's own case showed there is indeed plenty of chocolate in the bars. -
Appeals panel: Indiana surgeon can press antitrust claims vs IU Health for 'monopolizing' Bloomington market
A vascular surgeon said IU Health revoked his hospital privileges as part of alleged scheme to leverage massive market presence to pressure him when he refused to end independent practice -
Attorney General Raoul Announces Over $230 Million Settlement With Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
Attorney General Raoul Announces Over $230 Million Settlement With Pharmaceutical Manufacturer. -
Judge won't yet give appeals court chance to weigh in on class action over BNSF rail yard entry fingerprint scans
Judge Matthew Kennelly had refused to grant summary judgment to BNSF in the BIPA class action brought by a truck driver in 2019 -
Yarbrough: Time for feds oversight of Cook Clerk's office to end; Court monitors focusing on details to keep getting paid
Yarbrough says compliance administrators appointed by the court to ensure she obeys federal court decrees are trying to find reasons to keep those decrees in place to ensure they continue to get paid -
Class action: T-Mobile, Sprint owe money to customers of AT&T, Verizon because merger raised cell phone costs
The lawsuit asserted the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint violated antitrust laws and led only to higher prices for all telecom customers amid a less competitive marketplace. -
IL Dems seek to defend vote by mail law; Dem voters will be 'disenfranchised' if votes not counted 2 weeks after Election Day
A group of Republicans have sued the state, saying a state law requiring mail-in votes to be counted up to 14 days after Election Day, conflicts with federal law. -
Greenberg Traurig Honored at Euromoney ‘Women in Business Law Awards Americas’ 2022
Greenberg Traurig Honored at Euromoney ‘Women in Business Law Awards Americas’ 2022. -
Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Kanne dies; Served on federal appeals court for 35 years
Kanne, regarded as a conservative originalist, was appointed to the court in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan