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Judge won't end class action alleging abuse of hospitalized children in DCFS care at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital
Amended complaint targets president/CEO of hospital network Signature
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Appeals panel says city not liable for Chicago paramedic accused of private sexual assault
Allegations involve incident at private home, while city worker was on call, but off duty
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Despite some dismissals, Macy's still facing privacy lawsuits for use of facial recognition database
Federal judge lets biometrics privacy claims survive retailer's motion to remove itself from a larger action targeting facial recognition tech provider Clearview AI and a collection of its clients
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Judge puts hold on ex-IL State Police exec's suit over sex assault claims by worker allegedly covering up theft
The lawsuit from former director of the Illinois State Police Merit Board accuses ex-Merit Board CFO of exploiting ties to Pritzker to get him removed in bid to keep her job and forestall prosecution
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SCOTUS gives Northwestern retirees another crack at lawsuit vs university over handling of retirement plans
Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court says Seventh Circuit got the law wrong, sends case back for a new look
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Judge allows feds to reimpose $5M fines vs credit monitoring firm under different law, after SCOTUS said original fines illegal
A federal judge said the FTC can modify its fraud complaint vs Credit Bureau Center to press for fines under a different section of federal law, after the Supreme Court said the law under which it had pressed the original complaint didn't allow them to levy fines - a move the company called unfair.
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Maune Raichle leveled $402K sanction in Bestwall bankruptcy for pursuing 'egregious' Illinois lawsuit
CHARLOTTE - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer laid a $402,817.70 penalty on St. Louis asbestos firm Maune Raichle on Aug. 31, to reimburse a Georgia Pacific entity for defending an Illinois lawsuit the firm filed in violation of an order she entered.
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Sterigenics says insurer wrongly used emissions claims to deny coverage for lawsuits over emissions
Medical device sterilization company Sterigenics has sued National Union Fire Insurance in Chicago federal court, saying all of its emissions were discharged legally under an Illinois state environmental permit.
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Parents of terrorism victim may resume suit vs Palestinian group they accuse of supporting Hamas
A federal appeals panel says a Chicago federal judge was wrong to conclude the case doesn't belong in federal court, because she didn't believe the lawsuit against a suburban Palestinian organization could succeed.
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Appeals panel says warranty claims vs Best Buy over Geek Squad TV protection plans can't be heard in federal court
Class claims lack size, specificity for proper adjudication under federal law, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
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Appeals panel says $59M in penalties for mortgage relief firms must be reworked
Lawyers weren't exempt from CFPB enforcement, but judge erred in calculating how much they should pay, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
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Appeals court says snack food maker Mondelez improperly tried to thwart union through firings
A federal appeals panel has ruled Deerfield-based Mondelez broke labor law by trying to hinder union activities at a New Jersey plant, which included firing union leaders for "sham" reasons.
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Rosenstengel denies motion to compel Apple to provide personal information in facial recognition suit
U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel raised concerns about how personal information would be protected given the increase in hacks when she rejected a request to compel Apple Inc. to provide information of Illinois residents with Apple devices and accounts in a suit alleging the Photos App collects and stores biometric identifiers through facial recognition technology.
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Judge: School officials had no constitutional obligation to stop DeKalb middle school student from being bullied
The lawsuit against the DeKalb School District 428 was one of several arguing school districts violate students' rights by not doing more to prevent bullying by other students.
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Appeals panel: 'Stateless' law firm partners means ex-Trump advisor Carter Page can't sue over Steele dossier in federal court
Former Trump 2016 campaign advisor Carter Page can't use federal courts in Chicago, or anywhere, to sue the law firm of Perkins Coie for pushing Russian collusion story.
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SCOTUS won't hear oil, gas driller's lawsuit accusing IL of using regulations to all but ban fracking, strip property rights
Next Energy LLC had asserted an Illinois state moratorium on oil and gas fracking permits, coupled with a thicket of new drilling rules, amounted to an unconstitutional taking of lease and property rights, locking out drillers looking to invest potentially billions into an economically struggling part of the state.
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Cops, ex-prosecutor: Wrongful prosection suit must end, because Foxx merely dropped '94 rape, murder case vs two men
A group of Chicago cops and a former Cook County ASA say they were left to face lawsuits after State's Attorney Kim Foxx opted not to contest innocence claims from two who had confessed to a brutal 1994 rape and murder, despite her deputies' continued belief the two men were guilty.
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Southside recycler lawsuit: City bowed to activists, violated rules, seized property by refusing permit; Owes $100M+
General Iron affiliate has asked a federal judge to order the city to pay it more than $100 million and issue a permit that it cannot legally deny, for a new metal recycling facility on Chicago's Southeast side.
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Appeals panel: SCOTUS has wrongly blocked people from suing debt collectors as Congress intended, asks court to revisit
Judges on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take another look at its prior decision in Spokeo, which they said specifically has improperly prevented people from suing debt collectors, as Congress had intended when it wrote the law
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Feds seeking plea deal with ex-Cook County debt collector, indicted for alleged bribes paid to former Cook Circuit Clerk Brown
In a recent filing, prosecutors indicated they had initiated plea deal talks with lawers for Penn Credit and its CEO Donald Donagher