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Class action: Salvation Army allegedly coerces free labor from participants in work-therapy adult rehab program
Lawsuit accuses the Salvation Army of using its adult rehabilitation programs to secure essentially free labor from people ordered into the program by the courts or who opted into the program out of need, allegedly in violation of federal human trafficking law -
Constitutional challenge may thwart new law banning out of state and anonymous contributions to judicial candidates
A new Illinois law prohibiting judicial candidates from accepting out-of-state and so-called "dark money" anonymous contributions is being called unconstitutional by a First Amendment advocacy group. -
Class action accuses Liberty Mutual of discriminating vs Black, Latino LGBTQ policy holders
A new class action lawsuit filed by an Evanston female queer Black and Latino couple asserts Liberty Mutual Insurance engages in a pattern of discrimination when processing claims submitted by LGBTQ racial minorities. -
Locke Lord Elects 12 New Partners From 8 Offices and Key Practice Groups
Locke Lord Elects 12 New Partners From 8 Offices and Key Practice Groups. -
Chicago firefighters union sues Chicago over Lightfoot COVID vax mandate
The Firefighters Union Local No. 2 says the city has refused to bargain over the mandate, imposed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, jeopardizing the jobs of over 20% of Chicago's firefighters -
Blood plasma biz Octapharma agrees to pay $10M to end class action over plasma donor fingerprint scans
Under the deal, donors could receive anywhere from $85 to $800 each, depending on how many people submit valid claims for a cut of the settlement fund. Lawyers could get $3.5 million. -
Republicans, Latino advocates file proposed map to 'correct constitutional defects' of Dems' state districts
The proposed new map, filed with federal judges, would nearly triple the number of majority Latino state House and Senate districts, compared to plan approved by Democrats and signed by Gov. JB Pritzker in September -
17th Annual IP Conference on November 12, 2021
17th Annual IP Conference on November 12, 2021. -
Two dozen unions ask Cook County judge to block Lightfoot's Chicago city worker COVID vax mandate
The unions are seeking a court order similar to one granted to Chicago's police union, ordering the city to halt enforcement of the vaccine mandate until arbitration between the city and union can be completed over Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Dec. 31 COVID vaccine mandate. -
Wrongfully imprisoned man can't sue city of Chicago after getting $7.6M from earlier suit vs Chicago cops
A judge has refused to let a man wrongfully imprisoned a quarter century, who already successfully sued Chicago police, now sue the city of Chicago, saying the city already compensated the man when it paid a $7.6 million judgment against the officers. -
Judge: Paramedics who posted pics to Snapchat of man who lost arm in fireworks mishap didn't violate his rights
Cicero man sued the town of Cicero and two paramedics, who posted the pics with the caption "Feeling blessed." -
Chicago cop says superior officers wrongly accessed his private info, retaliated against him for complaining
A Chicago narcotics officer says a sergeant and lieutenant used the Accurint service to glean some of his personal information online, and then retaliated after he allegedly refused to help cover it up and reported it to Internal Affairs. -
Teacher seeks to keep up lawsuit claiming Evanston elementary schools are racially hostile to white people
An Evanston middle school teacher has fired back vs an attempt by Evanston/Skokie District 65 to dismiss her lawsuit, which claims anti-racism programs in the district turned the schools into a racially discriminatory hostile work environment targeting white people. -
Vending machine operator Compass Group to pay $6.8M to settle fingerprint scan class action
Lawyers who brought the consequential class action under the Illinois biometrics law will seek at least $2.2M from the deal. -
Judge blocks NorthShore from firing workers seeking religious exemption from COVID vax mandate
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against NorthShore University Health System, preventing the hospital system from firing dozens of workers seeking religious exemptions under federal and state law from NorthShore's rule requiring them to get the COVID vaccine, or face termination. -
Judge: Police union contract, IL labor law blocks Chicago from simply firing cops for not getting COVID vax
A Cook County judge has stayed enforcement of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's COVID vaccine mandate against the city's police officers, saying the cops have been denied "meaningful" arbitration over the rules. -
Lawsuit claims NorthShore Health System using vax mandate to "purge" unvaccinated religious objectors from payroll
A class action lawsuit in federal court claims NorthShore is illegally discriminating against religious employees who object to COVID vaccines, violating their rights to religious exemptions under state and federal law. -
IL Dems to strip any potential for vax mandate protection from IL Health Care Right of Conscience law
Gov. JB Pritzker and others have argued the law was never intended to protect anyone other than doctors, and certainly not people objecting to being forced to take COVID vaccines -
Chicago firefighters sue to block Lightfoot, Pritzker COVID vax mandates
A group of Chicago firefighters have filed suit in federal court, arguing COVID vaccine mandates imposed by Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot are unconstitutional. -
Judges: Democrats' June state district maps unconstitutional; New September maps still under review
A panel of federal judges said Democrats' decision to use "population estimates," rather than Census data resulted in unbalanced districts, under a plan rushed through simply to retain firm grip on power