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Facebook: Cook County's lawsuit over 2016 Cambridge Analytica data mining still defective, a 'hodgepodge'

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx had sued over alleged 2016 Cambridge Analytica data mining. But Facebook says the lawsuit can't be allowed to continue.

By Scott Holland | Nov 12, 2019

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Trade group: Misunderstanding of medical sterilization chemical could lead to shortages, harm patients

By Karen Kidd | 19 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – With possible shortages looming amid debate over environmental impacts of ethylene oxide, a gas used to sterilize billions of medical devices each year, an industry advocate is advocating a more reasoned view of how the gas is used.

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Class action: Careerbuilder changed pay rules, stripped sales reps of commissions owed

Nov 8, 2019

A new class action lawsuit has accused Careerbuilder of underpaying its sales representatives, allegedly stripping those workers of commissions they had earned.

Chicago housing groups, new Assessor settle lawsuit over ex-assessor's 'discriminatory' practices

By Jonathan Bilyk | Nov 7, 2019

With a new county assessor now in office, a group of Chicago neighborhood-based housing assistance organizations have settled the lawsuit they filed against the assessor’s office over past property tax assessment practices, conducted under former Assessor Joseph Berrios, they claim discriminated against black and Hispanic homeowners.

Cook County jury awards $100M to family of boy born with brain damage

By The Cook County Record | Nov 6, 2019

Mother will get about $50 million under settlement deal, reports say.

Appellate court: Union trustees entitled to attorney fees when they had to sue an employer to force a payroll audit

By D.M. Herra | Nov 5, 2019

Trusts that manage health, pension and other benefits for unionized electrical workers may go after a company for legal costs they incurred when they had to sue the company to obtain payroll information needed to disburse the funds, a federal appeals panel has ruled.

Ex-Illinois Tool Works employee brings class action over timeclock handprint scans

By Marian Johns | Nov 5, 2019

In a recently filed class action lawsuit, a former employee alleges Illinois Tool Works unlawfully collected her biometric data, and that of other workers, by requiring workers to scan their handprints to document their work hours.

Class action accuses St. George Logistics of violating IL biometrics law by making workers scan fingerprints

By Marian Johns | Nov 4, 2019

A former safety director at St. George Logistics alleges the company violated the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by requiring employees and temporary staff to scan their fingerprints to verify their identity when punching the business' time clock system.

Woman sues Window Concepts, ex-boss, for making false statements to potential employer

By Marian Johns | Nov 4, 2019

A former office manager for Window Concepts claims that one of her former supervisors falsely told a prospective employer that she had committed embezzlement, forgery and served time in prison.

Federal judge says CTA bus driver fired after 9 years on medical leave has work to do in ADA lawsuit

By Karen Kidd | Oct 31, 2019

A former CTA bus driver who spent nine years mostly on medical leave before he eventually was fired will have to do a better job in a third attempt to sue the CTA, a federal judge recently ruled.

Appeals court says 'circular' Illinois FOID law is 'de facto' ban on rehabilitated felons legally owning guns

By Dan Churney | Oct 31, 2019

An Illinois appeals court is calling for state legislators to correct a “circular” law that ostensibly gives rehabilitated felons a chance to acquire gun permits, but in reality puts them on a "merry-go-round" between state and federal law without hope of obtaining a permit, the ruling states.

Cook County judge: Walmart, other employers can't look to IL constitution for protection from biometrics class actions

By Jonathan Bilyk | Oct 31, 2019

Illinois’ state constitution offers no escape valve for employers facing a blizzard of class action lawsuits under the state's biometrics privacy law, a Cook County judge ruled, rejecting an attempt by Walmart to sidestep one of those lawsuits.

Drugmakers, IL A/G settle Medicaid drug price lawsuit for $242M

By The Cook County Record | Oct 30, 2019

Pharmaceutical makers have paid $242 million to Illinois to end litigation over drug prices, which dates to 2005.

Class action: City Hall must refund Central Biz District parking tickets issued to people not parked in CBD

By Jonathan Bilyk | Oct 29, 2019

A new class action lawsuit will seek to force Chicago City Hall to cough up the money it collected from people the lawsuit claims wrongly paid parking tickets issued an ordinance placing restrictions on parking inside the city’s Central Business District, when their cars weren’t parked in the CBD.

Woman targeted in dentist's $4M libel suit says reviews reflected 'experience' of 'confused, frustrated patient'

By Jonathan Bilyk | Oct 28, 2019

A woman who faces potentially millions of dollars in damages after her former dentist sued her for defamation over online reviews and other alleged statements, has fired back in court, saying the Buffalo Grove dentist’s lawsuit represents an attempt to silence her constitutionally protected speech by imputing malicious intent to her statements.

Client alleges attorney dismissed workers' comp claim without consent

By Marian Johns | Oct 28, 2019

An Illinois attorney is facing a lawsuit by a former client who claims he dismissed her workers' compensation claim without her consent.

Impact CEO files defamation lawsuit over comments posted on LinkedIn

By Marian Johns | Oct 28, 2019

The CEO of Impact Networking has sued the president of Elite Document Solutions for defamation over comments posted on LinkedIn.

Lawyers get $5.3M in settlement of investor class action against drugmaker AbbVie over scrapped Shire deal

By Dan Churney | Oct 28, 2019

Plaintiff attorneys are collecting $5.3 million for handling a class action against North Chicago-based drugmaker AbbVie, which alleged the company hid information that caused investors in a European company to lose millions after AbbVie pulled out of a merger.

'Country Buck$' star 'Big Bill' Busbice says lawyers missed warning signs before fake films duped him for $11M

By Scott Holland | Oct 23, 2019

Reality TV star Busbice is suing Chicago law firm Troutman Sanders and three lawyers, alleging they did not prevent him from investing $11 million on fake film projects.

J&J, Ethicon make 'no admission of liability, misconduct' in mesh settlement with IL; State to get $3.8M

By Karen Kidd | Oct 23, 2019

Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon, have settled actions brought by Illinois and 41 states and the District of Columbia over its marketing practices for its transvaginal surgical mesh products.

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