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Walmart sued over COVID-19 death of worker at Evergreen Park store

The lawsuit is believed to be first wrongful death lawsuit filed in Illinois in connection with a COVID-19 death.

By Jonathan Bilyk | Apr 6, 2020

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Even homeowners could be in danger of lawyers trying to cash in on coronavirus

By Daniel Fisher | 3 days ago

They’ve already sued cruise ship operators, soap manufacturers and insurance companies, but COVID-19 will give entrepreneurial lawyers plenty more opportunities to make money by targeting nursing homes, hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturers, retailers and possibly even homeowners over the disease.

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Security guard, nurse target Advocate South Suburban, Mercy hospitals with complaints over alleged mask policies

By The Cook County Record | Apr 4, 2020

Security guard at Advocate South Suburban Hospital, nurse at Mercy Hospital claim they were fired after complaining about their hospitals' alleged mask policies for workers.

Appeals court: Deutsche Bank doesn't have unlimited tries to dismiss, refile foreclosure actions

Apr 3, 2020

Appellate court rules mortgage lenders can't keep filing foreclosure actions after voluntarily dismissing them

Food dehydrator Silva International hit with class action over worker punch clock biometric ID scans

By Jonathan Bilyk | Apr 3, 2020

The Momence-based company is accused of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Class action targets Myron Green Corp., operator of Company Kitchen vending markets, for worker punchclock scans

By Jonathan Bilyk | Apr 2, 2020

Lawsuit accuses operator of Company Kitchen micromarkets of violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act

SEC dropped from U of Florida football player's concussion class action vs NCAA

By Scott Holland | Apr 1, 2020

Federal judge determines SEC can't be sued in Indiana.

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Lawyer ads in 2020 are talking less about Roundup, more about coronavirus

By John O'Brien | 6 days ago

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Personal injury lawyers cut their spending on Roundup advertising by more than half in the first two months of 2020.

Judge says health insurer Anthem not responsible for Chicago affiliate's alleged practice of improperly denying claims

By Dan Churney | Mar 31, 2020

Health insurer Anthem can't be held accountable for an affiliated company's denials of coverage, which allegedly violated Medicare rules, a judge has said.

Northwestern Memorial nurse says hospital fired her for wearing N95 mask, telling coworkers mask was safer than hospital's

By The Cook County Record | Mar 27, 2020

The nurse says the Northwestern Hospital forbade nurses from wearing N95 masks, and fired her when she emailed coworkers to say N95 masks were safer than hospital-issued masks, and showed up for work in an N95 mask.

Appeals judges: Dish Network on hook for 66M telemarketing calls, but judge shouldn't have used Dish's 'wealth' to set $280M penalties

By Jonathan Bilyk | Mar 26, 2020

The judges said 'harm' not 'depth of the wrongdoer's pocket' would be better guide for setting damages over government's telemarketing claims vs satellite TV provider Dish Network.

Appeals judges end class action vs big retailers over aloe content in store-brand '100% aloe' gel

By Scott Holland | Mar 25, 2020

The judges said no one "took the label to mean that there was absolutely nothing other than aloe vera in the bottle.”

Kim Foxx reenters legal fight over Westlake Hospital, says hospital closure broke state law

By Jonathan Bilyk | Mar 25, 2020

Westlake owners Pipeline Health Systems closed hospital under bankruptcy in 2019, saying they were losing millions of dollars per month. The state's attorney says the bankruptcy involved a "sham entity."

IL Supreme Court says securities firm is a 'bank' under Uniform Commercial Code, can be sued for funds transferred in hack

By Dan Churney | Mar 25, 2020

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled a securities firm is a "bank" as defined by the Uniform Commercial Code, in a case in which the firm was sued under the code for allegedly letting a hacker steal funds from a client.

Appeals panel: Insurer can't avoid covering Schaumburg L.A. Tan franchisee vs fingerprint scan class action

By Jonathan Bilyk | Mar 24, 2020

The justices ruled a "publication" under the terms of the policy can include a disclosure of fingerprint scans to a third-party software vendor, making it a "personal injury" under the Illinois BIPA law.

Appeals panel: Cook County can tax gun sales, ammunition

By Scott Holland | Mar 24, 2020

Justices determine county regulation doesn't inhibit Second Amendment rights

Ex-SEIU Local 73 officers can push suit claiming they were unjustly sacked, but only for cash, not reinstatement

By Dan Churney | Mar 20, 2020

A Chicago federal judge has ruled the ousted president and vice president of the Chicago-based Service Employees International Union local, can press their suit against the umbrella organization for improperly expelling them allegedly for disagreeing over union affairs, but cannot seek reinstatement, only damages.

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