A federal judge has given the nod to allow a group of plaintiffs to move forward with a class action lawsuit, potentially involving 2 million additional plaintiffs, claiming a web company that generates "leads" for the insurance industry used deceptive practices to lure customers.
A Chicago appeals panel has affirmed a Cook County judge’s ruling that southwest suburban Oak Lawn cannot require village firefighters to live in Illinois, because the village doesn’t require fire department applicants to live in any geographic area to be hired in the first place.
A law firm is suing Adtalem Global Education Inc., formerly DeVry Education Group, citing alleged breach of contract.
An independent estate executor is suing Berkshire Nursing & Rehab Center LLC, which does business as Aperion Care Forest Park, as well as Aperion Care Inc. and a nurse, citing alleged negligence.
LifeTime Fitness has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a class action brought by a group of former trainers who sued the fitness chain over back wages and claims the company violated whistleblower laws.
Two insurance companies have joined together to ask a Cook County judge to order a data security firm to pay $30 million to reimburse the insurers for funds they had to pay out to settle claims resulting from a data breach at Heartland Payment Systems.
A Cook County judge has signed off on an order blocking Illinois state regulators from rolling out new disclosure requirements for attorneys and other agents involved in helping property buyers and lenders obtain title insurance. The legal challenge asserts the state overstepped the law, specifically in requiring attorneys to disclose fees earned in title insurance transactions.
A former outfielder for the New York Yankees, whose career was threatened by a season-ending knee injury after one inning at Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field, can continue his negligence action against the Chicago White Sox in Cook County court after a Chicago federal judge ruled federal court was not the correct venue to hear the case.
A federal judge ruled that various lawsuits claiming officials have failed to curb rampant abuse of female employees visiting Cook County Jail will remain largely intact, according to an opinion filed June 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
An exotic dancer has thrown a class action lawsuit into the lap of one of Chicago’s most storied strip clubs, accusing owners of the Admiral Theatre of misclassifying them as independent contractors, rather than employees, to short them wages and make them rely exclusively on customers’ tips.
A Cook County judge has been temporarily removed from the bench, as he faces charges after he dropped a concealed handgun in front of county sheriff’s deputies at the county’s criminal courthouse.
Plans to introduce a new ordinance requiring employers in Chicago to give their workers advance notice of changes in schedule appear to have stalled, according to an employment law attorney.
A child's parents are suing Dr. Robin Kindred, Dr. Yvette Cordorva, Dr. Laura Laumen, Dr. Tanya Rubenstein and other doctors, nurses and midwives, citing alleged negligence and violations of the Family Expense Act.
A woman and her power of attorney are suing Emeritus Corp., doing business as Brookdale Orland Park, citing alleged negligence.
A man is suing George Pecherek and law firm George Pecherek & Associates PC, citing alleged legal malpractice.
An estate executor is suing Arden Courts of Elk Grove, making claims of negligence and wrongful death.
Illinois state tax collectors cannot jump ahead of other creditors when collecting unpaid taxes from bankrupt estates, a federal appeals panel has ruled, rejecting the Illinois Department of Revenue’s attempt to collect delinquent taxes from two bankrupt businesses whose debts far outweighed their assets.
Loyola University Medical Center has filed suit against the Cook County Sheriff, saying the sheriff’s office’s apparent refusal to retrieve an inmate who has been kept under guard at the hospital since April has turned the hospital essentially into an unwilling auxiliary of the Cook County Jail.
A medical supplies manufacturing company is suing Skyline Health Care, LLC, which does business as Highlands of Dyersburg, alleging breach of contract.
A locomotive engineer is suing CSX Transport Inc and James Spencer, citing alleged defamation of character.
With Democratic lock on IL government, 'new wave' of regulation, enforcement, litigation 'likely': Attorneys
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