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Union Pacific: Railroad workers illegally threatening to strike over Biden vax mandates
Union Pacific, one of the country's largest rail carriers, has asked a judge to declare at least one union cannot strike against the company as it seeks to enforce President Biden's worker vaccine mandate. -
Pritzker court filing: Natural immunity doesn't excuse Naperville firefighters from COVID vax, testing mandates
The filing comes in response to a legal challenge brought in September by Naperville firefighters, who assert state and local COVID vaccine and testing mandates violate their rights. -
Judge bounces court reporter's sex discrimination suit vs chief judge, over bullying by other Black female court reporters
A Chicago federal judge has tossed a sex discrimination lawsuit by a black female Cook County court reporter, who alleged some of her fellow black court employees bullied her for associating with white court personnel, ruling the alleged harassment was not based on the reporter's gender. -
Chicago school board, teachers union ask SCOTUS to toss suit claiming union dues unconstitutionally choke teachers' free speech
The Chicago Teachers Union and the Chicago Board of Education are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to refuse a request for a hearing by two teachers, who claim the union violated their free speech by deducting dues to subsidize political positions without their consent. -
Two objectors fail to hold up $92M settlement of TikTok privacy class actions
A Chicago federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $92 million settlement of a lawsuit that accuses TikTok of breaking privacy laws, overriding objections the payout falls short and users are still not fully protected. -
Palatine H.S. teacher was fired for her Facebook posts, not defamation, says school board member, BLM activist
A Cook County judge is again deciding whether to dismiss the lawsuit brought by an ex-Palatine High School teacher who says a Black Lives Matter activist, who has since been elected to the Palatine school board, wrongly accused her of racism, leading to her being fired. -
O'Hare aviation security officers can't sue city for stripping police powers after 2017 passenger dragging video, judge says
The judge said the Chicago Department of Aviation, which employed the aviation security officers, wasn't really a law enforcement agency, so the ASOs weren't really cops. -
Illinois Supreme Court says State Farm, other insurers can't cut claims paid to homeowners by depreciating labor
State and federal courts have been mixed on the question since a 2002 Oklahoma ruling -
Greenberg Traurig’s Gregory Ostfeld Awarded for Excellence in Pro Bono Service
Greenberg Traurig’s Gregory Ostfeld Awarded for Excellence in Pro Bono Service. -
Naperville Fire paramedics sue city, Pritzker over vax mandates
The paramedics argue the vaccination and testing mandates take no account for natural immunity, violate their rights to "bodily autonomy" and due process, and are unconstitutional. -
Judge says IL federal courts can't tell California to refund thousands seized from IL e-tailer over sales tax dispute
The state of California says Glen Ellyn woman's online children's clothing shop owes more than $7,500 in sales taxes. A judge says only California courts, and maybe SCOTUS, can help her now. -
Ex-Morton College Inspector General says was wrongly fired after complaining of misconduct by college leaders
In a lawsuit, the former inspector general at Morton College in Cicero accused the college's president and others of allegedly conspiring to spend college funds for personal use and of allegedly improperly installing the college's athletic director. -
Class action: Samsung smartphones, tablets scan faces of people in photos, violating IL biometrics law
The lawsuit in Chicago court says users can't turn off facial recognition tech in the Samsung Gallery photo app, and Samsung doesn't tell users its app is creating facial templates for everyone whose image is captured in the photos on Samsung phones and tablets. -
Judge: Lawsuit can continue vs Lake County circuit clerk over political firings of office supervisors
A judge has ruled former Lake County Circuit Clerk Office supervisors may press their lawsuit, which alleges Circuit Clerk Erin Weinstein, a Democrat, fired them for backing her opponent, the Republican incumbent. -
Pritzker must show corrupt hiring has stopped, can't easily restart, to end feds' oversight of IL govt jobs, reformers say
Two longtime reform advocates told a federal appeals court that Gov. JB Pritzker has not yet met the burden needed to win release from federal court orders imposing federal oversight of state hiring practices, despite Pritzker's claims to the contrary -
White Castle: IL biometrics law not designed to 'bankrupt employers,' should be limited; Judges could punt to IL Supreme Court
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh CIrcuit Court of Appeals expressed doubt during oral arguments over whether they are the court that should address a key legal question over how to decide how much money employers may owe in lawsuit payouts under the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act. -
Class action accuses law firm Tressler of allegedly improperly sharing info for delinquent condo owners
Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit say Chicago-based Tressler and Georgia-based AssociationReady share too much information with third-party collection vendors when attempting to collect unpaid fees on behalf of condo associations. -
Hakimi Joins HeplerBroom as Associate
Hakimi Joins HeplerBroom as Associate. -
Bribes to Madigan not enough to force ComEd to pay back money earned from beneficial state laws, federal judge says
A federal judge says the plaintiffs can't show Madigan exerted "improper" influence on state lawmakers to pass new state laws beneficial to ComEd, so their racketeering case over ComEd's alleged bribes can't continue. -
Judge says road runoff could have polluted water at Aurora recycling yard; City says recycler to blame for contamination
A Chicago federal judge is allowing the owners of a scrap yard in Aurora to continue to fight the city's pollution claims against them, by arguing the city contributed to the alleged water contamination on the site, too.