News from July 2021
Johnson Featured Speaker at DRI Institute
Johnson Featured Speaker at DRI Institute.
Shook Announces New Office Managing Partners
Shook Announces New Office Managing Partners.
Top IL Dem lawmakers ask federal court to toss challenge to new legislative district maps
Illinois Democrats assert the lawsuits brought by GOP leaders and a Mexican legal group, which accuse the Democrats of improperly drawing district boundaries without official Census data, must fail because there is no official Census data to compare their new maps against.
Appeals court says snack food maker Mondelez improperly tried to thwart union through firings
A federal appeals panel has ruled Deerfield-based Mondelez broke labor law by trying to hinder union activities at a New Jersey plant, which included firing union leaders for "sham" reasons.
Onward restaurant owner says Loyola University shut him down over COVID, now seeking to evict him with no recourse
Chicago restaurateur Michael Olszewski says Loyola recruited him to open a fine-dining restaurant in their new hotel building in Rogers Park, but is now seeking to evict him after blocking the restaurant from earning any money since the onset of COVID.
Workers allowed to continued $500M sex harassment class action vs McDonald's
Female employees working at McDonald's corporate-owned stores in Florida have alleged McDonald's tolerated an environment in which women were routinely verbally and physically sexually harassed, allegedly with no recourse.
Ex-Palatine H.S. teacher fired for anti-riot, anti-BLM Facebook posts files First Amendment suit vs District 211, school board members
Plaintiff Jeanne Hedgepeth says Palatine Township High School District 211 and school board members should be made to pay for violating her First Amendment speech rights. She is separately suing a Black Lives Matter activist and current District 211 board member who she says falsely accused her of being a racist.
Class actions accuse Costco, Haagen-Dazs maker of selling chocolate ice cream bars with no real chocolate
Two class actions filed in Chicago federal court say the products contain too much vegetable oil, not enough cocoa butter to qualify as real chocolate.
Judge: Kronos can argue, for now, workers consented to fingerprint scans by continuously scanning their prints
A federal judge in Chicago will allow worker timeclock maker Kronos to attempt to defeat,or at least limit, a massive class action lawsuit under Illinois' biometrics law by arguing workers effectively consented to having their fingerprints scanned by continuing to scan their fingerprints on Kronos-supplied biometric time clocks.
Twin Peaks 'breastaurant' ex-workers allowed to continue discrimination lawsuit over workplace harassment
Women, men who worked at Twin Peaks allege culture of "rampant harassment" throughout chain, including inappropriate touching, body shaming, and being forced to wear lingerie at work.
Evanston restaurant: Pritzker's COVID closures a 'natural disaster,' should be covered by State Farm, other insurers
Attorneys for an Evanston restaurant owner have asked a state appeals court to overturn a Cook County judge's decision to dismiss their class action lawsuit against State Farm over denial of coverage for losses they suffered after Gov. JB Pritzker ordered all restaurants closed in the spring of 2020.
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP: Possibilities and Pitfalls: Reimbursement and Regulatory Issues
Through the groundbreaking creation and rapid development of cutting-edge diagnostic and treatments solutions that significantly improve patient outcomes for cancer and other conditions, precision medicine has, and will continue to, dramatically transform healthcare.
FREEBORN & PETERS LLP: Freeborn Welcomes Three New Corporate Attorneys to Chicago Office as Part of Firm’s Continued Strategic Growth
Freeborn & Peters LLP welcomes Amanda C. Andrews, Jerome R. Crabtree, and Robert A. Sikorski to the firm’s Chicago office as attorneys in the Corporate Practice Group, with Amanda and Jerome also joining the firm’s Trust and Estates team.
HEPLERBROOM: Chicago Adds Associate Attorney
Chelsea L. Caldwell has joined the Chicago office as an associate attorney. Caldwell focuses her practice on the defense of medical and dental malpractice, nursing home, and professional liability matters.
MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP: Intellectual Asset Management 2021 Patent 1000 Guide Recognizes Morgan Lewis
The IAM Patent 1000, published by Globe Business Media Group, recognizes best-in-class patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation practitioners worldwide based on peer and client reviews in addition to independent research.
BLANK ROME LLP: View from the Policyholder Side
Blank Rome Partner Seth D. Lamden will be a speaker at the 2021 Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability Seminar, a multi-day program hosted by DRI July 22 through 24, 2021.
Appeals panel says credit agencies not suited to make legal decisions on whether a debt is legally collectible
Consumers sued credit bureaus TransUnion, Equifax and Experian over alleged credit report inaccuracies, after the bureaus said they didn't need to do anything more other than ask creditors if debts are valid.
Shutterfly to pay $6.75M to settle biometrics class action over photo face scans; Lawyers to get $2.3M
How much individual Shutterfly users and other class members could get from the deal will depend on how many people file claims for a cut of a $4 million fund left over after lawyers and settlement administrators are paid.
July 8: Circuit Court of Cook County docket for "tort(not personal injury)" cases
The following cases categorized as "tort(not personal injury)" were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on July 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
July 8: Circuit Court of Cook County docket for "personal injury(motor vehicle) subrogation" cases
The following cases categorized as "personal injury(motor vehicle) subrogation" were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on July 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact: