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Appeals panel denies Northwestern law professor new trial after losing defamation lawsuit
Northwestern educator sued relatives in dispute over a $3 million inheritance
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Yarbrough sidesteps former county workers' lawsuit over hiring practices at Recorder's office
Judge: Complaint doesn't show salaries were linked to political support of current Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough
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Woman likely ordered mozzarella sticks off Amazon so she could file lawsuit, TGI Friday's says
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – A serial plaintiff must have stolen her idea to file a lawsuit over TGI Friday’s-brand mozzarella stick snacks from someone else, the company argues in a recent motion to dismiss.
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Appeals panel says 'copyright troll' firm's housing designs are too generic to warrant protection
Judge: 'Copyright troll' attempting to control nearly entire market with thousands of similar plans
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Exelon, ComEd execs can't convince judge to cancel investor fraud lawsuit over alleged Madigan bribery scheme
Federal judge says the shareholder plaintiffs have done enough so far to demonstrate ComEd allegedly willfully concealed the alleged bribery scheme from its shareholders.
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Judge dismisses biometric privacy case, saying lawyers `skirted close to the line’ of sanctions
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge in Illinois dismissed a would-be biometric privacy class action after the plaintiff disappeared, saying plaintiff lawyers “skirted close to the line” of sanctions by pursuing the case without properly investigating the claims.
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Appeals panel strips $6M lead paint jury award, says judge's errors should allow new trial
Seventh Circuit says Wisconsin judge made key legal errors in lengthy trial vs paint makers Sherwin-Williams, E.I. du Pont and Armstrong Containers.
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Sandoval attorney wants deceased state senator's name nixed from SW suburb red light camera class action
An attorney for the late former state Sen. Martin Sandoval says the convicted politician should be dropped from a corruption class action over suburban red light cameras, saying the plaintiffs didn't swap Sandoval's estate for the deceased senator soon enough.
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Magistrate who oversaw discovery in Chicago's opioid lawsuit recuses himself, at city's request
Judge Kim's sister is a lawyer for pharma defendant, which lawyers for the city of Chicago said presents unavoidable conflict. The drug makers argued the recusal was unncessary, and will serve to only again "disrupt" the already lengthy court proceedings over the city's lawsuit.
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Restaurant, retail advocates urge appeals panel to limit 'absurd,' 'grossly excessive' reach of IL biometrics law
Retail and restaurant associations have asked the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to side with White Castle in a dispute over "absurd" sums that class action plaintiffs can demand in lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
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Whole Foods can't be sued in Illinois for selling bottled water with too much arsenic: Judge
Whole Foods' promotion of the Starkey Water product on its website is not enough to allow the Texas-based company to face a class action in Illinois courts, under Illinois law, a federal judge ruled.
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Judge says man's experience with unwanted FedEx calls doesn't warrant class action
Database glitch associated cell number with more than 1,000 other customers, producing hundreds of calls
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Lawsuits alleging abuse of hospitalized children in DCFS care at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital allowed to continue
Cook County Public Guardian alleged budget cuts created unsafe conditions, while DCFS workers covered up harm at Lakeshore
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Appeals court says SCOTUS decision on union fees only applies to fees extracted from non-union workers, not dues paid by union members
A federal appeals panel has said an ex-union member has no claim for dues voluntarily paid while a member, because the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus ruling only pertained to fees forcibly paid to unions by nonunion workers for represention.
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$7.5M settlement for lawsuit over tickets to events canceled during pandemic
Vivid Seats gave customers a week to accept refunds before issuing customer credits with expiration dates
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ComEd class action not about electric rates, but millions reaped from Madigan bribery scheme: Class action lawyers
The legal team leading the class actions vs ComEd over the bribery scheme involving former House Speaker Michael Madigan are asking the judge to short out the utility's efforts to dismiss their lawsuits.
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Judge bulldozes Caterpillar bid to dump class action suit over alleged faulty engine parts
A Chicago federal judge ruled the Illinois-based heavy equipment maker gained no traction in its attempt to argue that plaintiffs can't represent a nationwide class in lawsuit.
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Appeals panel: Indiana didn't discriminate against interstate truckers by jacking up tolls on big trucks
A federal appeals court says the U.S. Constitution doesn't limit what Indiana can charge truckers using the Indiana Toll Road, and it doesn't matter what the state spends the money on.
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Appeals court: Lack of state enforcement of COVID capacity rules defeats church's legal challenge vs Pritzker
The Supreme Court still might weigh in, but the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals says Gov. Pritzker's decision last May to replace restrictions with "guidelines" removes the need for a court order blocking any enforcement against churches.
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Appeals panel: Union needs real example to sue IL over law forcing unions to represent all workers in bargaining units
Operating Engineers Local 150 argued anti-union Supreme Court decision should allow it to refuse to represent workers in bargaining units who refuse to pay union fees.