News from September 2021
Palatine H.S. teacher was fired for her Facebook posts, not defamation, says school board member, BLM activist
A Cook County judge is again deciding whether to dismiss the lawsuit brought by an ex-Palatine High School teacher who says a Black Lives Matter activist, who has since been elected to the Palatine school board, wrongly accused her of racism, leading to her being fired.
IL High Court: Insurance companies cannot keep people's personal health info after lawsuits end
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled insurance companies must return or destroy private health information acquired in lawsuits, finding there's no regulatory law that says otherwise as claimed by State Farm in a pair of Lake County personal injury actions.
Data Breach and Cyber Liability Insurance 101: What You Need to Know When Shopping for Cyber Liability Insurance
Data Breach and Cyber Liability Insurance 101: What You Need to Know When Shopping for Cyber Liability Insurance.
State can't end discrimination lawsuit vs Pritzker over COVID closures of programs for people with disabilities
Plaintiffs allege the Illinois Department of Public Health didn't do enough to accommodate the ability of certain people with disabilities to safely return to work amid the pandemic.
Appeals court says Crain's story was true, so Ditto Trade brothers' defamation suit must go
An appeals panel has hit the delete button on a lawsuit by the owners of the defunct online broker Ditto Trade, which claimed Crain's Chicago Business ran a defamatory news story about the owners, saying not only did Crain's act without malice, the story was true.
Appeals panel says Chicago owes $1M verdict to burglar shot to death by cops while fleeing electronics store burglary
The appellate court also ruled the slain man's two accomplices should also get the chance to sue the city, too.
Illinois High Court says suits voluntarily dropped, may only be reinstated within one month or filed as new actions within one year
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled suits that have been voluntarily dismissed, may only be reinstated within one month or filed as a new action within one year.
Chicago Business Journal Selects Troutman Pepper’s Susan Charles for ‘Women of Influence’ Award
Chicago Business Journal Selects Troutman Pepper’s Susan Charles for ‘Women of Influence’ Award.
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Six Flags to give members more free months at its parks; Lawyers could get $1.2M, to settle COVID closure class action
The class action lawsuit accused Six Flags of improperly continuing to collect monthly fees from members, even while their parks were closed by COVID and state health orders.
O'Hare aviation security officers can't sue city for stripping police powers after 2017 passenger dragging video, judge says
The judge said the Chicago Department of Aviation, which employed the aviation security officers, wasn't really a law enforcement agency, so the ASOs weren't really cops.
Illinois Supreme Court says State Farm, other insurers can't cut claims paid to homeowners by depreciating labor
State and federal courts have been mixed on the question since a 2002 Oklahoma ruling
TMA Restructuring Boot Camp Part 2
TMA Restructuring Boot Camp Part 2.
Greenberg Traurig’s Gregory Ostfeld Awarded for Excellence in Pro Bono Service
Greenberg Traurig’s Gregory Ostfeld Awarded for Excellence in Pro Bono Service.
Moderator, "Are the Days of Traditional Project Finance Numbered?" Renewable Finance & Investment 2021 Digital Conference & Exhibition
Moderator, "Are the Days of Traditional Project Finance Numbered?" Renewable Finance & Investment 2021 Digital Conference & Exhibition.
Midway worker reported alleged lies about runway conditions, OK to continue retaliation suit vs city, ex-bosses
FAA, Chicago inspector general affirmed reports of falsified runway information, allegedly to benefit Southwest
Appeals panel: Unionized workers can't press individual biometric legal claims vs employers over punch clock fingerprint scans
A federal appeals court says people who belong to a union can't sue their employers individually under Illinois' biometric privacy law, and can't press their claims in arbitration, either.
Federal appeals panel agrees past Chicago Public Schools layoffs weren't racist, dealing another blow to CTU
Union said Black workers were disproportionately laid off in 2011, while CPS blamed declining enrollment.
Naperville Fire paramedics sue city, Pritzker over vax mandates
The paramedics argue the vaccination and testing mandates take no account for natural immunity, violate their rights to "bodily autonomy" and due process, and are unconstitutional.
Does IL workers' comp trump biometric privacy law? IL Supreme Court considers, with 'financial fate of IL employers at stake'
Employers argue "injuries" suffered by workers whose privacy rights may have been violated in the workplace should be sent to Illinois' workers' comp system. Plaintiffs say the cases belong in court, with potentially billions of dollars on the line.
Rosebud can't sue insurer for losses suffered amid Pritzker-ordered COVID closures
A federal judge says the Italian restaurant chain's insurance policy doesn't cover the large losses it suffered when it closed to comply with Gov. JB Pritzker's closure orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.