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Court reverses judgment for Direct Auto in man's lawsuit over rescinding of policy after his car was stolen, crashed

A man who claims his discount car insurer sells policies it never intends to pay out will have another chance in court after judges with the Illinois Second District Appellate Court reversed summary judgment granted to the insurer.

Feb 22, 2020

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Binny's Beverage Depot targeted by class action over worker fingerprint scans

Class action against popular Chicago area liquor store chain one of the latest to be filed under the Illinois BIPA law against employers

By Jonathan Bilyk | Feb 20, 2020

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Drug maker Mallinckrodt demands Rockford disclose attorney's fee arrangement, arguing conflict of interest; Rockford says can keep secret

By D.M. Herra | Feb 20, 2020

Drug company claims plaintiffs' law firm is naming it in multiple class actions in multiple jurisdictions - all for the same charges

Appeals panel hangs up on some class actions over 'robo' text messages, dials up potential Supreme Court call

By Jonathan Bilyk | Feb 19, 2020

Seventh Circuit Appeals Court in Chicago says some automated dialers acceptable under federal law if they only dial numbers stored in customer databases.

Class action: Tech firm Clarifai scanned OKCupid pics to train face recognition A.I., broke IL privacy law

By Jonathan Bilyk | Feb 18, 2020

Complaint asks for court to order Clarifai to 'disgorge profits' earned from alleged illegal photo scans

Jury awards Motorola Solutions $764M in copyright, stolen secrets lawsuit vs Hytera

By Jonathan Bilyk | Feb 15, 2020

After receiving maximum award from jury, Chicago-based Motorola Solutions will next seek injunction vs Hytera to block continued use of allegedly pilfered products

Brief: Fingerpint scan 'megasuit' vs timeclock vendor NovaTime covers too many different workers, employers

By Jonathan Bilyk | Feb 14, 2020

NovaTime says the court should pull the plug on the class action under the Illinois BIPA law because the class members' claims would be too varied to allow NovaTime to fairly defend itself.

ADA class action vs United catches flak from judge, who says claims would be too diverse

By Dan Churney | Feb 14, 2020

A Chicago federal judge has clipped the wings of a putative class action against United Airlines, which alleged physically or mentally impaired workers were not allowed to take less demanding jobs, saying such workers may have a case, but individually, not as a class.

Appeals panel: Medical caregivers can't use their patients to sue the state to force Medicaid payments

By Scott Holland | Feb 13, 2020

Panel determines private 'consultants' don't have standing. The judges said the patients weren't harmed by the state's delay in processing caregivers' paychecks and would gain nothing from the lawsuit.

Appeals court: Deal means man can't sue city, cops for alleged coverup to help cop accused of pushing him out window

By Dan Churney | Feb 13, 2020

Appeals court says the settlement prevents all lawsuits for all claims relating to the incident, including the alleged scheme to protect the officer.

IL Atty. Gen., others, ask EPA to make national EtO regulations mirror those in Illinois

By Jonathan Bilyk | Feb 12, 2020

Illinois' Attorney General has asked the EPA to tighten EtO emissions standards, even after the attorney general had argued those emissions standards had no bearing on the ability of the state to shut down a medical device sterilization plant for emitting EtO.

Court filing: 'Mere fact' a Gurnee factory used EtO shouldn't allow personal injury emissions lawsuits to continue

By Jonathan Bilyk | Feb 12, 2020

Vantage Chemical says federal, state emissions rules should thwart the lawsuits' 'public nuisance' and 'negligence' claims.

Judge says Cook County has to show Wells Fargo how much it made from processing foreclosures during housing crisis

By Scott Holland | Feb 11, 2020

County can't shield the information sought by the bank, accused of worsening foreclosure crisis through alleged discriminatory lending practices.

Judge says two Chicago cops can't be sued for searching, damaging couple's home without warrant

By John Breslin | Feb 11, 2020

Judge says no evidence has been presented to show the officers acted with a "deliberate intention to cause harm" or "utter indifference" for the couple's property.

Pritzker: 'Facts do not support' IL government hiring monitor's accusations Pritzker moves slowed reforms

By Jonathan Bilyk | Feb 11, 2020

New court filing accuses special master of ambushing governor's office with accusations in report to federal judge

Harvey stip clubs sue city over liquor license changes, slow walking of renewal applications

By Jonathan Bilyk | Feb 11, 2020

The clubs say the city can't change liquor license rules to force them to close at midnight, and has dragged its feet on renewing licenses

New filing: Assertion that Pritzker was never told of racial discrimination in his campaign organization 'provably false'

By Scott Holland | Feb 8, 2020

Plaintiffs say they have identified at least five Pritzker campaign workers who allegedly told then-candidate Pritzker of racial discrimination in his campaign and want the governor questioned under oath.

Appeals panel slices, wraps class action vs Subway over T-Mobile 'free sandwich' promo texts

By Scott Holland | Feb 7, 2020

Seventh Circuit court affirms lower court ruling that sandwich chain had too little control over the text coupon sent to T-Mobile customers to make it pay under federal law

WeWork wants facial recognition biometrics class action dismissed