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Judge slams door on class action vs. city over impounded cars

By Scott Holland |
The lawsuit had claimed the city should face the class action because plaintiffs still faced a risk of having their cars impounded, unless the city's policies are undone. A federal judge said that is not enough to allow them to move forward with the class action now.

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Appeals panel: Volleyball coach on hook for legal fees for meddling in class action over sex abuse coverup

By Scott Holland |
Couple accused of asking potential class members to opt out of litigation

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Tubi can't unplug class action for allegedly sharing user info with advertisers

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal judge denied Tubi's attempt to use an arbitration clause in its user agreement and other legal arguments to quickly defeat a class action lawsuit accusing the streaming service of violating a federal video privacy law

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Appeals panel: Tough Madison firefighter physical screening test didn't discriminate vs female firefighters

By Scott Holland |
Judges said it is most important to ensure firefighters can actually do the work and can "hold the jobs on a fair and non-discriminatory basis."

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Despite contract clause, Walgreens can't send myWalgreens class action to arbitration

By Scott Holland |
Federal judge rules pharmacy retailer forfeited right to invoke arbitration when it moved for dismissal of customers' complaint

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Appeals court says SEIU OK to dump local leadership over politics

By Scott Holland |
Federal panel agrees the Service Employees International Union office had justification for imposing trusteeship at Chicago-area Local 73, enough to justify ousting longtime local leaders who had dissented from the parent organization's endorsement of Hillary Clinton for U.S. president in 2016

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River Forest man nears month in jail over unpaid divorce legal bills

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal bankruptcy judge did not rule Jan. 3 on competing motions over whether Cook County judge can keep Marty Paris in jail while his bankruptcy continues

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Judge shuts down bid by Highland Park shooting plaintiffs to deny Smith & Wesson right to appeal

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal judge agreed gunmaker Smith & Wesson had small chance to win on appeal to keep Highland Park lawsuits out of famously plaintiff-friendly Illinois state court, but said they have the right under federal law to appeal, no matter how fast plaintiffs want to move the case forward to a potentially big payout

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Class action demands IL counties pay back people whose homes were seized over unpaid property taxes

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit vs DuPage, Lake, Kane, Will and other populous counties says Illinois counties still using tax sales to seize and sell off homes to settle delinquent property taxes are defying the Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled such "equity theft" unconstitutional

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Apple rejects proposal to amend BIPA suit by subdividing the class, demands explanation of the 'undeveloped argument'

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS - Apple rejected an "undeveloped" proposal from class action lawyers Jerome Schlichter and Andrew Schlichter of St. Louis to reduce the size of a class by adding plaintiffs “to conform to the evidence adduced.”

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Everytown for Gun Safety and others file amicus briefs supporting gun liability law, claiming 'bad actors in the gun industry ... enable gun violence'

By Steve Korris |
BENTON - Limits in federal law on civil liability of gun makers and dealers for crimes shouldn’t interfere with expansion of their civil liability in Illinois, private groups argued as friends of U.S. District Court on Oct. 23.

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Appeals panel: Employers don't owe OT for 'incidental' work if workers don't record the hours

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal appeals court tossed out a jury verdict that had ordered ATM maker NCR to pay a field tech more than $250,000 for allegedly unpaid OT performed off the clock

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Appeals panel says $5.2M fine in FTC credit monitoring scam litigation can stand

By Scott Holland |
Judges also corrected an error in an earlier judgment that may have allowed the federal government to improperly claim a portion of the funds meant for restitution

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Ex-McDonald's workers get another chance to sue over fast food giant's 'no-poach' employment policy

By Scott Holland |
Women say corporate guidelines kept them from obtaining better wages at different locations. A federal judge had dismissed the potentially massive class action lawsuit, describing it in part as an attempt by lawyers to cash in on a "jackpot" of fees, but was ordered by an appeals court to take another look

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Dugan dismisses shaving cream ingredient suit, cites attorney's 'wrecking ball' reputation

By Steve Korris |
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Dugan dismissed a suit alleging misrepresented "pure" ingredients in shaving cream against Procter & Gamble on Aug. 17, and he issued a warning to lawyer Spencer Sheehan by citing a judge who called Sheehan a "wrecking ball."

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Appeals panel: Courts should place 'heavy thumb on scale' to let defendants make 'copyright trolls' pay

By Scott Holland |
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals said a federal judge erred in denying the Cremation Society of Illinois' request that Live Face on Web pay its attorneys' fees after the Cremation Society prevailed in court

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Appeals panel says some workers might be entitled to ADA accomodations based on commute

By Scott Holland |
Seventh Circuit panel said it wouldn't adopt 'bright-line rule' for similar questions

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Buffalo Wild Wings in lawsuit over boneless 'wings': No dog meat in our hotdogs either

By John O'Brien |
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Buffalo Wild Wings is continuing the ridicule of the man who sued it because he expected "boneless wings" to be actual chicken wings with the bones removed.