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Walgreens OK to claim Blue Cross wrongly using Walgreens' ex-lawyers in suit alleging pharmacy chain inflated prices
Blue Cross Blue Shield is suing Walgreens for allegedly overcharging for discount drugs, but a Chicago judge is allowing Walgreens to counterclaim that Blue Cross is improperly making use of a law firm that once advised the pharmaceutical retailer on its markdown program. -
Blue Cross given green light to resume fraud lawsuit vs Walgreens over prescription prices
Health insurance giant alleged the Deerfield-based retail pharmacy giant executives devised a scheme to overbill for prescriptions -
Judge: FLSA call center class action vs Walgreens can continue; Suit claims retailer makes employees work off the clock
A Walgreens call center employee can proceed with her federal class action lawsuit claiming the drugstore giant requires employees in its call centers to work off the clock -
Asthma sufferers can't use ADA to sue Pritzker for mask mandates retailers cited to deny entry for no masks
A federal judge has dismissed Gov. JB Pritzker from a class action brought by two people with chronic asthma who claimed the mask mandate was used by retailers to discriminate against people with disabilities who can't wear face masks. -
Appeals judges end class action vs big retailers over aloe content in store-brand '100% aloe' gel
The judges said no one "took the label to mean that there was absolutely nothing other than aloe vera in the bottle.” -
Appeals court seals off Chicago pharmacy's antitrust claims vs insurance claim processor Prime Therapeutics
Sharif Pharmacy claimed Prime Therapeutics terminated its contract to steer more business to Walgreens. But evidence of a monopoly is lacking, court says -
Federal judge: Walgreens can't escape woman's Cook County lawsuit saying retailer caused cancer by selling her cigarettes
A woman will be allowed to sue Walgreens for selling her cigarettes in Cook County Circuit Court after a federal judge refused to kick the pharmacy retailer off her lawsuit, dooming the chance to keep the lawsuit in federal court, where a group of tobacco companies wished for it to stay. -
Class actions: Rivers Casino, Walgreens customer surveillance systems broke IL biometrics privacy law
The country’s second largest retail pharmacy chain and Illinois’ busiest casino have each been hit with class actions under an Illinois biometrics privacy law, accusing the companies of illegally tracking their customers’ movements using video technology. -
IL Supreme Court douses class action vs Walgreens for charging Chicago bottled water tax on more than bottled water
llinois’ highest state court has bottled up a class action vs Walgreens, as justices said a man can’t claim the retail pharmacy chain defrauded him by charging Chicago's bottled water tax on his Perrier and LaCroix. -
Appeals court pops the top on class action vs Walgreens for wrongly charging Chicago bottled water tax
Saying a Cook County judge was wrong to cap it off, a state appeals panel has popped the lid placed on a class action lawsuit accusing Walgreens of wrongly charging a Chicago city tax on bottled water. -
Walgreens allegedly gave woman wrong prescription
A woman is suing Walgreens for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries. -
Judge declines to freeze Walgreens' suit vs Panasonic over $11.5M loss from malfunctioning cold storage
A federal judge has denied an attempt by Panasonic Healthcare Corporation to place on ice Walgreens' lawsuit alleging a malfunctioning freezer damaged $11.5 million worth of medications at a store in Oregon. -
Walgreens, others allegedly gave woman wrong medication
A woman is suing Walgreens, Bond Drug Company of Illinois LLC, Astellas US Technologies Inc. and Astellas Pharma US Inc. for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries.