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2nd Amend rights groups ask full appeals court to reconsider order upholding IL gun ban
With weeks left before Illinois' "assault weapons" registration deadline, Illinois gun owners and Second Amendment rights groups have asked the Seventh Circuit to undo a panel's ruling that Illinois is OK to ban 'military-grade' guns, because they're 'dangerous'
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Gun advocates seek preliminary injunction in Southern IL federal court from approaching firearm registration deadline
Gun advocates suing the state over its controversial Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) filed a new request for injunctive relief, seeking to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of the firearm registration requirement due to insufficient notice, vagueness and Constitutional violations.
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IL gun ban foes ask SCOTUS to review IL Sup Ct ruling; Petition says two Dem justices who refused recusal defied high court
State Rep. Dan Caulkins and other gun owners from Macon County say the U.S. Supreme Court needs to undo the Illinois high court's ruling on the "assault weapons" ban, because they could not receive a fair hearing when two justices, who already were endorsed by anti-gun groups, got millions of campaign cash from Gov. Pritzker
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No escape hatch: 'Mass arbitration' complicates biz's ability to escape large biometrics actions in Illinois
Mass arbitration is another way that some companies are getting slammed over alleged violations of the Illinois biometric privacy law. An attorney specializing in defending companies against collective legal action said businesses may need to choose if they wish to risk class actions or a collection of potentially thousands of "mini trials" in arbitration
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IL OK to ban 'assault weapons,' so long as state says those guns are 'dangerous' and too similar to 'military' weapons: Appeals court
A 2-1 panel of the Seventh Circuit Appeals Court in Chicago refused to block Illinois' 'assault weapons' ban from being enforced. A dissenting judge said the ruling conflicts with SCOTUS rulings, and effectively subjects Americans' Second Amendment rights to a 'military veto'
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McGlynn grants leave to amend gun ban challenge over approaching registration deadline; Second request for injunctive relief forthcoming
U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn granted a motion by gun advocates to amend their constitutional challenge to the state’s law regulating “assault weapons," They sought to add a claim opposing the firearm "registration scheme" in light of the Seventh Circuit’s continued delay in ruling on injunctive relief.
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Federal Firearms Licenses of Illinois seeks to amend gun ban challenge as registration deadline approaches amid delayed appellate ruling
Federal Firearms Licenses of Illinois (FFL-IL) is asking U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn for leave to file an amended constitutional challenge to the Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA), arguing that the registration deadline should be extended in light of the Seventh Circuit’s delay in ruling on injunctive relief.
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Binance renews call to dismiss CFTC lawsuit, citing lack of authority
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, has filed a statement in support of its motion to dismiss the lawsuit that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed against it in March. The crypto exchange and its CEO and founder, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in July.
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IL, 32 other states sue Facebook, Insta parent Meta for allegedly 'addicting, exploiting' kids
The lawsuit filed in California accuses the social media giant of deceiving society about the allegedly addictive qualities of its social media products, including Facebook and Instagram, and the alleged societal harms those products allegedly cause
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Raoul moves to dismiss constitutional challenge to firearm liability law
BENTON - Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul claims U. S. District Judge Staci Yandle lacks jurisdiction over a challenge to the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act because he hasn’t started enforcing it.
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Smith & Wesson to appeal decision to keep Highland Park shooting cases in Lake County court
The firearms maker will argue a federal judge erred in deciding the lawsuits on behalf of victims of the July 4, 2022, Highland Park parade massacre don't represent an illegal attempt to sidestep federal law and trample the Second Amendment
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McGlynn hears arguments on vaguness claim in gun ban challenge, raising concerns about constructive possession
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn pried confirmation out of Assistant Attorney General Chris Wells of the possibility that law enforcement could arrest whole families in their homes, all occupants of vehicles and other groups in the presence of unregistered regulated weapons or devices that Illinois criminalized.
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Appeals panel: Changes to IL Conscience law allow employers to force workers to choose between Covid jab and their jobs
A state appeals court agreed that Advocate Health can fire workers who refuse to get a Covid vaccine, because Gov. JB Pritzker and state lawmakers in Springfield changed Illinois' Right of Conscience law specifically to remove protections for religious objectors to Covid vaccine mandates
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'Floodgates have officially opened': IL employers facing new lawsuit blitz under state's genetic info privacy law
Thousands of Illinois employers have faced potentially financially catastrophic class actions under the state's biometric privacy law. Now, a new raft of class actions appears to be arriving under a different law, the Genetic Information Privacy Act
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IL State Police director: Plaintiff testimonies dispute vagueness claim in gun ban challenge
Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly asked U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn to supplement his response to a motion for partial summary judgment with plaintiff depositions he claims dispute the vagueness argument.
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Judge: Lawsuits vs Smith & Wesson over Highland Park massacre belong in Lake County, not federal court
A federal judge rejected Smith & Wesson's claims the lawsuits vs the gun maker represent an attempt by anti-gun activists to sidestep federal law and restrict Second Amendment rights
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'Sometimes stretch a little too far:' Unusual quick win for FaceTec vs biometrics class action offers guide for others
Earlier this year, facial ID scanning tech vendor FaceTec persuaded a prolific filer of biometrics class action lawsuits to withdraw their lawsuit without even a single proceeding or motion to dismiss, because the company showed the plaintiffs' lawyers that their data scanning tech, collection and policies made the case unwinnable
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IL Supreme Court Justice Rochford's address to Dem Party fundraiser likely violated judicial ethics rules
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Rochford defended her decision to speak at a Lake County Democratic fundraiser, despite ethics rules explicitly forbidding judges from doing so
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Federal judge says Chicago woman, backed by anti-gun groups, can't use courts to force changes to state gun laws
The lawsuit, led in part by the Brady Center for Gun Violence, alleged failure to use existing policy causing PTSD in children of Black city neighborhoods with elevated violence rates
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Liberty Justice Center sues over law forcing Illinoisans to litigate constitutional challenges in Chicago, Springfield
The Liberty Justice Center is suing Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in St. Clair County Circuit Court, challenging a state law that requires all Illinois residents to file Constitutional claims against state laws, rules, or orders in Cook or Sangamon County Circuit Courts.