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Judge nixes class action vs Abbott over baby formula shortage, says not obliged to maintain formula supply, prices
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed a class action vs Abbott Laboratories claiming the company wrongly profited from increased prices for baby formula sparked by a nationwide shortage that followed Abbott's shutdown of a Michigan plant over alleged bacterial contamination
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Antitrust lawsuit accuses Apple of wrongly cornering market for smartwatches
Apple Inc. has been accused of employing anticompetitive strategies to monopolize the smartwatch market, according to a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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Class action: Everlywell exposes private medical information through tracking pixels
Digital home medical testing company, Everlywell, has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that it allowed social media giants like Facebook and Google to access people's private health care information.
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Trucking firm EVO hit with biometrics class action over driver face scans
The lawsuit is one of thousands filed against Illinois employers accusing them of allegedly improperly scanning the biometrics of workers on the job.
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Class action accuses PanAmerican Consulting of allegedly misleading consumers into futile debt settlement tries
PanAmerican Consulting, a debt settlement provider, is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly misleading consumers and worsening their financial conditions.
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Judge shelves class action vs. The Children's Place for allegedly selling clothing containing PFAS
Kennelly rules plaintiffs have standing but failed to state a claim
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Co-pay kickback Medicare, Medicaid fraud lawsuit revived vs Walgreens after 10 years in court
The lawsuit, filed by two pharmacy techs at a small specialty store in Glenview, accuses Walgreens of intentionally ignoring pharmacists' decisions to waive copays to steer business from a West Side clinic, and then improperly auto-refill prescriptions at higher rates, billed to the government aid programs
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Ambit accused of allegedly rolling consumers into more expensive utility bills, after allegedly guaranteeing savings
The lawsuit accuses Ambit of breaching its contract by allegedly rolling customers from their "Guaranteed Savings Plan" to more expensive "variable plans" since 2012.
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Class action accuses Real Estate One of allegedly improperly boosting agents' commissions
The lawsuit is similar to others filed against the National Association of Realtors and other brokerages, accusing them of using anticompetitive practices to boost realtor commissions at the expense of home sellers.
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Lake County family sues Gree for home fire, injuries caused by defective dehumidifier, subject to recalls, indictments
The lawsuit claims a Gree dehumidifier caught fire in 2022 in the family's Lake County home, in which firefighters rescued one family member from a basement window and found another unresponsive on the floor of an upstairs room.
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Amazon accused in class action of wrongly making Prime customers pay $3 a month to skip commercials
Amazon has been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing the company of unilaterally changing the terms of service for its Prime video streaming service.
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Judge trims prime chunks of consumer fraud class action vs Beyond Meat
Plaintiffs can't press claims about protein content on package-front labels
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Wingstop hit with biometrics class action for allegedly allowing virtual ordering app to record customer voices on phone
The lawsuit also names as defendant tech vendor ConverseNow, allegedly the supplier of a virtual AI phone order assistant
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Black female worker says Metra wrongly fired her over Covid vax mandate
The lawsuit claims the commuter rail agency wrongly denied her request for a religious exemption from the 2021 Covid vaccine mandate.
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Class action accuses CommonSpirit Health of shorting workers OT
The lawsuit seeks to include thousands of current and former workers at one of the largest Catholic health systems in the U.S.
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Class action accuses Physicians Immediate Care over handling of data breach
The lawsuit asserts people's personal identifying information was allegedly exposed in an April 2023 data breach, but people weren't notified until 10 months later.
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Class action claims Target anti-shoplifting camera system violates IL biometrics privacy law
The lawsuit could carry a potentially huge payout for Target Corp., which is accused of improperly scanning the faces of people in Target stores using its anti-theft surveillance system.
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Lawsuits claim Henyard mistreated, fired workers in Dolton, Thornton Township for refusing illegal schemes
Three ex-Dolton village and Thornton Township workers claim Dolton Mayor and Thorntown Township Supervisor Tiffany Henyard demanded they perform illegal acts, then allegedly harassed them, and ultimately fired them for refusing.
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Ex-megachurch pastor's defamation claims vs opposing lawyers doesn't end attorney-client privilege: Appeals court
The decision means ex-Harvest Bible Chapel pastor James MacDonald can't get access to certain documents he claims he needs to see to press his legal claims against the church's former lawyers.
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Class action says Ledger owes customers for allegedly misleading about security of its crypto wallets
The lawsuit had been filed in federal court in New York, but was transferred to Chicago federal court