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Quinn Emanuel Receives Top Rankings in the 2022 Lawdragon: 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers

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Quinn Emanuel Receives Top Rankings in the 2022 Lawdragon: 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers.
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Fourth District Appellate Court affirms Cadagin's dismissal of judicial subcircuit challenge

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
The Fourth District Appellate Court affirmed Sangamon County Circuit Judge Ryan Cadagin’s order dismissing a lawsuit challenging the controversial judicial subcircuit law, finding that the Illinois Constitution does not prohibit the legislature from eliminating countywide judicial elections.
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Appeals panel: Ex-Cook Co. Health Dept financial control director can't sue county over alleged federal grant fraud

By Scott Holland |
Retiree accused county of shirking regulatory duty on millions in federal public health grants
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Impax to pay $145M to settle Opana drug market manipulation claims from pharmacies, other direct purchasers

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit accused Impax Labs of agreeing with drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals to delay the entry of its Opana generic equivalent. The deal came quickly after a jury found in favor of Endo on the antitrust claims
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Class action: Pangea allegedly misleads tenants into leasing problem apartments, ignores complaints, threatens objectors

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Pangea, identified as Chicago's largest residential landlord, allegedly papers over problems at apartments, including mold, pest issues and large mechanical problems, according to the lawsuit
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General Medicine seeks summary judgment in suit alleging fraudulent Medicare billing scheme

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
General Medicine seeks summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging it engaged in a fraudulent billing scheme, based on arguments that previous investigations found that its billing practices were compliant with regulations.
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Logistics broker Virnich says Liberty Mutual wrongly counting independent truckers to boost workers' comp premiums

By Jonathan Bilyk |
West Chicago-based Virnich's lawsuit alleges Liberty Mutual is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars more in workers' compensation insurance premiums than Virnich should owe, because it doesn't directly employ truck drivers
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SEC Examination and Enforcement Update for Investment Advisers on July 21, 2022

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SEC Examination and Enforcement Update for Investment Advisers on July 21, 2022.
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Review of Significant D&O Cases for the First Half of 2022 on July 21

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Review of Significant D&O Cases for the First Half of 2022 on July 21.
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Judge: IL Institute of Technology must prove it's a 'financial institution' to escape exam face scans suit

By Dan Churney |
A Chicago judge has said it is too early to throw out a class action against Illinois Institute of Technology, which alleges the school breached Illinois' biometric privacy law through facial scanning to verify student identities before they take remote online tests
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Ceridian signs off on $3.5M deal to end class action over Dayforce worker fingerprint scans

By Jonathan Bilyk |
As many as 14,000 people could claim $790-$1,580 each under the deal. Plaintiffs' lawyers could get $1.23M.
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Taking Your Profits Higher: Navigating the Maze of Cannabis Marketing on July 20, 2022

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Taking Your Profits Higher: Navigating the Maze of Cannabis Marketing on July 20, 2022.
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Class action claims Paramount improperly sharing CBS.com user info with Facebook to boost ads

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The class action lawsuit says Paramount using Facebook's so-called Tracking Pixel to monitor and share user behavior to better target ads
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Judge: Dental biz can seek insurance payout for Covid closures ordered by guvs, mayors in multiple states, cities

By Scott Holland |
Massachusetts Bay Insurance argued it needed to pay only $25,000 for a 'single occurrence' under the dentists' 'disease contamination' coverage claim, not for each Covid-related closure ordered across nine states
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Private client partner Jeff Shelley joins Thompson Coburn in Chicago

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Private client partner Jeff Shelley joins Thompson Coburn in Chicago.
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Mother of teen social media star Piper Rockelle says false abuse allegations intended to 'take down' her daughter

By Scott Holland |
Piper Rockelle's mother has accused 10 women of conspiring to make up stories about her molesting their chidren
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Lawsuit: Cook sheriff, chief judge should pay for murder of Vietnam vet in carjacking

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit is the second filed in recent weeks, seeking to hold the county liable for crimes committed by people allegedly under the county's electronic monitoring program as they awaited trial on other charges. The Sheriff's Office says it doesn't believe the men were in their monitoring program
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IL Supreme Court denies Sterigenics plaintiffs' bid to slap hold on first trial over EtO emissions

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Plaintiffs suing medical device sterilizer Sterigenics had sought to shut down the first trial over whether Sterigenics' emissions caused cancer, saying a Cook County judge had abused her discretion in rejecting their attempts to bring the cases to trial together, rather than individually
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Jones Day partners help American Heart Association close the healthcare access gap through Counsel for a Cause campaign

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Jones Day partners help American Heart Association close the healthcare access gap through Counsel for a Cause campaign.
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Woman fired by Drake Hotel can continue lawsuit over hotel's alleged skirting of Pritzker's Covid rules

By Scott Holland |
A former wedding booker said Drake took action against her as a "whistleblower" when she refused to go along with Drake's efforts to exceed indoor venue capacity limits imposed by the Pritzker administration

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