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Greenberg Traurig Elevates 7 Attorneys in Chicago Office
Greenberg Traurig Elevates 7 Attorneys in Chicago Office. -
Timeclock vendor Kronos agrees to pay $15M to end fingerprint scan class action; Lawyers to get $5M
According to settlement documents, nearly 172,000 class members - people who used Kronos fingerprint scanning timeclocks to punch in and out of work shifts - could be in line for payments of $290-$580 each -
Lawsuit: Chicago, Cook County vax passports do nothing vs omicron, 'patently irrational,' unconstitutional
A group of Chicago and Cook County residents have sued the city and county, saying the vaccine passport orders deprive people of their rights without coming close to achieving their stated goals of reducing the spread of the omicron COVID variant -
Gardiner can't end lawsuit from 45th Ward residents who say the alderman illegally blocked them on Facebook
Judge says Gardiner's Facebook page could be considered a protected public forum -
Freeborn & Peters LLP Elects Joseph L. Fogel to the Firm’s Executive Committee
Freeborn & Peters LLP Elects Joseph L. Fogel to the Firm’s Executive Committee. -
IL hiring watchdogs: Pritzker administration refusing to certify that political hiring isn't happening in state govt
In a new filing in a court fight over whether to continue federal court oversight over Illinois state government hiring practices, reform advocates allege Gov. JB Pritzker's administration won't agree to certify under oath that they have no knowledge of continued politically motivated hiring -
Freeborn & Peters LLP Elects Steven D. Pearson as Co-Managing Partner
Freeborn & Peters LLP Elects Steven D. Pearson as Co-Managing Partner. -
IL Supreme Court: Workers comp law doesn't stop big money class actions vs employers over worker fingerprint scans
The high court said workers' claims under the Illinois biometrics privacy law aren't actual workplace injuries, and employers should look elsewhere for relief from the massive potential liability under the biometrics law -
Lawsuit says Lurie Children's fired white male worker for complaining of race, sex discrimination, politics-based harassment
A former maintenance worker at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago says the hospital discriminated against him on the basis of race and sex and retaliated against him when he complained about political and sexual harassment from coworkers. -
UIC law prof sues administrators over efforts to railroad him over allegedly racially insensitive test question
UIC School of Law Professor Jason Kilborn says UIC administrators violated his constitutional and legal rights in the way they handled student complaints about an exam question that included an example redacted anti-Black slur -
Cook County judge tosses class actions vs ComEd over bribes to Madigan; Appeal coming
A Cook County judge ruled courts can't make ComEd repay potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in allegedly ill-gotten electricity rate increases, because to do so would require the courts to unconstitutionally question how Illinois state lawmakers approved the laws authorizing the higher rates -
Thomas D. Donofrio Promoted to Partner in Tressler's Insurance Practice Group
Thomas D. Donofrio Promoted to Partner in Tressler's Insurance Practice Group. -
Jennifer L. Smith Promoted to Partner in Tressler's Litigation Practice Group
Jennifer L. Smith Promoted to Partner in Tressler's Litigation Practice Group. -
Judge said parents of Plainfield Central football players can't sue over alleged locker room assault
Kocoras rules the coaches' alleged failure to stop the assaults doesn't mean Plainfield School District 202 should be made to pay -
Chicago condo association can negotiate sale of condo building without prior approval of unit owners: IL appeals panel
Ontario Place unit owners said state law should have required their condo association to get approval from a supermajority of condo owners before the association even began negotiating sale terms with a prospective buyer -
Pret a Manger agrees to pay $677K to settle IL biometrics class action over worker punch clock fingerprint scans
Almost 800 employees to get $518 each under terms of proposed deal; Lawyers would get $240,000. The restaurant chain closed all of its Chicago locations after the onset of the COVID pandemic -
Report: NorthShore could face hundreds of lawsuits from workers fired for refusing COVID vax
Lawyers for plaintiffs suing NorthShore University Healthsystem over its employee COVID vaccine mandate assert 'several hundred' workers have been improperly fired after NorthShore allegedly improperly refused their requests for religious exemption from the company's COVID vaccine mandate for hospital workers -
That’s All Folks! Have Federal Courts Killed Privilege Protections for Forensic Reports on January 20, 2022
That’s All Folks! Have Federal Courts Killed Privilege Protections for Forensic Reports on January 20, 2022. -
Fed appeals court: No order needed to bar Pritzker from again attempting to shut down religious services
A federal appeals panel says Pritzker hasn't tried to close houses of worship in 19 months, and deserves the 'respect' to allow him the chance to abide by Supreme Court rulings declaring other states violated the Constitution in ordering churches closed over COVID -
'Desire to destroy those who disagree': Oak Lawn HS board kicks off Rob Cruz, who sued Pritzker over mask mandate
The Oak Lawn High School District 229 school board removed Rob Cruz, one of its elected members, who is also running for Congress, saying Cruz had violated his oath of office and state law, in part, by suing Gov. JB Pritzker over the statewide school mask mandate.