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Lawyer sues Desklabs for allegedly stiffing him of promised fees for legal work
Chicago-based coworking space company, Desklabs, and its owner are facing a lawsuit filed by an attorney who claims he was deceived into providing legal services without compensation, allegedly under the guise of making him the company's general counsel.
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Class action accuses Match Group of allegedly improperly scanning faces of Chispa app users
Match Group, the parent company of the Latino dating app Chispa, is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law.
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ADM accused of shorting barge workers' OT pay by classifying them as 'day rate' workers
The lawsuit claims ADM allegedly misclassifies the workers as "seamen" who are exempt from federal overtime pay rules, while the majority of their duties allegedly are not as "seamen"
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Class action accuses Mondelez and Ghost Beverages of misleadingly marketing harmful energy drinks to kids
Mondelez International, Inc., and Ghost Beverages LLC are facing a class-action lawsuit in Chicago federal court over Ghost's use of the Sour Patch Kids, Bubblicious and Swedish Fish brands in marketing their energy drinks, allegedly targeting children
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Chicago firefighter says city forced him to refuse all other meds before granting Covid vax religious exemption
The lawsuit asserts the city violated the firefighter's rights by requiring him to sign an error-ridden medical form, essentially foreswearing the use of a wide array of common medications and pain killers, because the city falsely claimed those other meds all were also developed using the same human cell lines as the Covid shots.
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Class action accuses Match Group of allegedly improperly scanning faces of users of Hinge app
Match Group, the parent company of dating app Hinge, is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law. The lawsuit accuses Match Group of improperly scanning the faces of people who registered to use Hinge.
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Class action accuses fintech app operator Plaid of wrongly scanning users' faces
The lawsuit accuses Plaid of violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law
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Lawsuit accuses Enbridge of scuttling deal to allow barge oil shipping on Sanitary & Ship Canal
The lawsuit asserts Enbridge violated antitrust laws in allegedly directing board of Mustang pipeline to pull plug on deal for terminal with Ducere
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Ex-building security director says Chicago city officials canned her for refusing to go along with false security billing scheme
A former director of security for the City of Chicago, Pamela Harris, has filed a lawsuit against the city alleging wrongful termination after she alerted superiors to the alleged false invoices submitted by private security vendors and unearned OT paid to watchmen.
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Class action says Match should pay for scanning faces of people signing up to use BLK dating app
Online dating company Match Group has been accused in a class action lawsuit of violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law.
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Nursing home operator Extended Care hit with class action over worker fingerprint scans
Extended Care Consulting operates 16 skilled nursing centers in Chicago and its suburbs.
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Class action hits Moomoo for allegedly wrongly scanning users' faces when registering for app
Moomoo Technologies, Inc., the operator of the online financial trading app Moomoo, is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly violating Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law.
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Woman attending Elton John show says United Center security shorted out spinal implant by forcing her too close to metal detector
The lawsuit asserts the woman was forced to undergo further surgeries to replace the spinal cord stimulator after it was damaged by the electromagnetic field generated by the United Center's screening devices at an Elton John concert in 2022.
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Class action accuses bike sharing service Motivate over worker fingerprint scans
Bike sharing company Motivate LLC has been accused in a class action lawsuit of improperly requiring workers to scan their fingerprints when clocking in and out of work shifts.
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Lawsuit: Berwyn must pay for allegedly mishandling discipline of inspector accused of berating Black man with racial slurs
The man, who owns a tree removal service, claims Berwyn's mayor only waited until public pressure mounted to terminate a city "blight inspector" who allegedly hurled racial slurs at him for blocking an alley with his work truck, which he said he had been instructed to do by other city officials
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Class action accuses debt collector, private ambulance biz for pursuing people improperly billed for emergency ambulance rides
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Americollect and Medical Express Ambulance Service, accusing them of improperly attempting to collect debts for non-emergency ambulance transfers billed as emergency rides.
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Class action accuses Rosebud Lending of issuing loans with illegally high interest rates
Rosebud Lending, along with other affiliated lenders, has been accused of violating state lending laws and federal racketeering laws by issuing loans with exorbitantly high interest rates, often exceeding 500%.
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Man claims was made ill at Starbucks by cup of coffee containing cleaning agent
A man named Mohammed Hamideh has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, alleging that he fell violently ill after consuming a cup of coffee that contained a cleaning agent.
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Woman claims sexual assault in spa at Hyatt hotel in Istanbul, says Hyatt all but ignored her
A woman, known as Jane Doe, has filed a lawsuit against Hyatt Hotels Corporation, alleging the company should pay after allegedly taking little action when she informed them that she had been sexually assaulted in a spa at a Hyatt hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Ex-Dolton top cop says Henyard fired him because his wife is 'friendly' with political opponents
Former Dolton Police Chief Robert Collins has filed suit against the village, saying he was illegally fired by Mayor Tiffany Henyard over personal political conflicts, without approval from the village board