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Judge OKs Black correctional officer job applicants' discrimination class action vs Cook County sheriff
After suffering initial setbacks, a group of Black people hoping to work as corrections officers succeeded in getting a federal judge to certify a class action accusing the Cook County Sheriff’s Office of discriminatory hiring practices.U.S. -
Female public defenders could get $9.5M, lawyers $4.2M, under deal to end class action over masturbating jail inmates
The payout for the lawyers is equivalent to 44% of what the alleged victims would receive. -
Judge: Female Chicago cops can press claims CPD discriminated in assigning 'presitigious' jobs
A federal judge won’t dismiss lawsuits from two female Chicago Police officers who claimed the department discriminated against women when handing out promotions and special assignments. -
Judge lets Cook Sheriff's Merit Board leave lawsuit over alleged anti-African American jobs discrimination
A Chicago federal judge has, for now, blocked four African American men from pressing discrimination claims against the panel responsible for reviewing hiring and firing decisions at the Cook County Sheriff's Office, saying the men lacked standing to continue their suit alleging the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board engaged in a pattern of discrimination when the sheriff's office declined their applications to become Cook County correctional officers. The lawsuit against the Cook County Sheriff, however, continues. -
Cook County female jail guards sue sheriff for not protecting them from inmate sexual harassment
Days after female public defenders hit Cook County sheriff’s and public defender’s offices with a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment at county jail facilities, a group of female Cook County correctional officers have filed a similar complaint against Sheriff Tom Dart. -
Not likely jury would've believed for-profit colleges tried to pocket admission reps' bonuses, judge says
A federal court has denied a man’s attempt to sue his former employer, a Schaumburg-based operator of several for-profit career education colleges, over its termination of a bonus incentive program he says cost him thousands. U.S. Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown granted summary judgment in December to defendant Career Education Corporation, which operates Le Cordon Bleu College, American Intercontinental University and Colorado Technical University.