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Plaintiffs can 'narrow' claims to block Clearview from kicking biometrics class action out of Cook court, judge says
Facial recognition tech company Clearview A.I. had argued the plaintiffs had improperly manipulated the case to keep it in plaintiff-friendly Cook County court system. -
Appeals panel: 2nd Amendment doesn't let Chicago dispatcher sue city over her termination after self-defense shooting
Bench trial acquittal on self-defense grounds led to woman's reinstatement, but the city and the officials who fired her are shielded from liability, appeals judges ruled. -
IL Supreme Court: Ex-Cook County sheriff's officers can sue Dart over firings, because discipline board wasn't valid
In 4-3 opinion, state high court majority said the fired officers properly challenged the legal composition of the sheriff's Merit Board. -
SEIU Healthcare OKs deal to end lawsuit accusing union of wrongly collecting dues after members ask to stop
Attorneys with the National Right to Work Foundation announced the deal, ending a class action vs the union, which had slowwalked or denied requests from members who wished to leave the union, all while continuing to collect fees. -
U.S. appeals panel tells judge he can't put hold on lawsuit vs Cook County over property tax assessments
A federal appeals court has told a judge to proceed with a taxpayer suit against Cook County, which claims the county unfairly assesses certain properties, saying the judge overstepped his bounds in halting the case, while the county asks the nation's high court to hear the matter. -
Judge: No injunction, judgment for crisis pregnancy centers vs Illinois law mandating abortion referrals
U.S. Supreme Court struck down similar law in California in 2018, but judge says Illinois law may survive court challenge arguing it violates the rights of anti-abortion groups and medical professionals by forcing them to refer pregnant women for abortions. -
Appeals panel: Churches should be able to be sued under discrimination laws for 'hostile work environments'
A federal appeals panel in Chicago said a fired gay Catholic church music director should be allowed to proceed with his lawsuit against the Chicago Archdiocese, because the First Amendment isn't an absolute shield for churches' employment decisions. -
Appeals court says suit seeking to stop Obama Center doesn't belong in federal court
U.S. appeals panel tosses suit seeking to block Obama center in Jackson Park, says case belongs in state court -
Judge: Pritzker can block landlords from evicting delinquent tenants during pandemic, no matter 'economic devastation'
A Will County judge has primed several legal questions for appeal, designed to at last address a host of legal challenges to Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency COVID orders. -
Judge nixes Orland Park suit vs Pritzker; Pre-shutdown due process hearings would make COVID response 'ineffective'
A federal judge in Chicago rejected a request from Orland Park and a restaurant owner for an injunction limiting Gov. JB Pritzker's ability to lock down businesses in response to COVID-19. -
Kilbride up for retention in November; Voting record stands out with many plaintiff-friendly lone dissents
In November, voters in the Illinois Third Judicial District will vote on whether to allow state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride to retain his seat on the court, or force him to run for reelection. -
CTA worker asks SCOTUS to shoot down unions' 'good faith' defense in refusing to refund unconstitutional fees
Lawyers for a non-union Chicago Transit Authority worker have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a series of lower court rulings that have allowed unions to keep fees the court had ruled unconstitutional. -
Judge: Pritzker's orders can limit Republican gatherings, even if guv marched with thousands in anti-racism protest
A federal judge said "unique" constitutional protections for religious freedom also thwart GOP's attempt to compare political rallies to church services, which are generally exempted from Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID limits on assembly sizes. -
HUGHES SOCOL PIERS RESNICK DYM LTD: Supreme Court Rules In Favor of DACA
On Thursday, June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), a program which protects approximately 700,000 young immigrants from deportation. -
Supreme Court decision expands civil rights to LGBT people, poses new lawsuit risk to employers, religious orgs
The decision in Bostock v Clayton County could tee up future SCOTUS dates to draw new legal lines between LGBT civil rights and religious freedoms. -
Appeals panel: Pritzker's COVID church service restrictions don't violate religious freedom rights
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Gov. JB Pritzker is free to shut down religious services, if he believes it will slow the spread of COVID-19 and he also closes theaters and stadiums. -
Appeals judges question Pritzker's ability to impose, lift COVID restrictions on churches at will, even if backed by 'data'
During oral arguments, three federal appeals judges in Chicago appeared to push the Illinois Attorney General to explain why Gov. JB Pritzker can use a sudden policy change to thwart legal challenges to his power to restrict religious gatherings. -
Churches, businesses say IL abortion funding rules violate religious freedom rights, fly in face of Supreme Court ruling
The lawsuit filed in court in Springfield asks the court declare the Illinois Reproductive Health Act illegal. -
Bailey: Pritzker still 'forum shopping' in legal dispute over whether guv's COVID orders overstepped authority
State Rep. Darren Bailey says Gov. JB Pritzker has gone to "great lengths to contrive" legal reasons to avoid allowing a southern Illinois county judge to rule on the question of whether Pritzker had the authority to shut down the state in response to COVID-19. -
NW IL church: Pritzker's new IDPH 'guidance' ends their challenge of guv's COVID power to bar services, for now
Pritzker shouldn't be allowed later to say in court he won, when his own decision to pull back worship service restrictions persuaded the courts that their constitutional challenge was moot, attorneys for a church in northwest Illinois said.