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Class action accuses private ambulance company of docking EMTs' pay for traffic tickets
A new lawsuit asserts Elite Medical Transportation wrongly deducted workers' pay for moving violations they received while on duty answering medical assistance calls
Chicago accuses group of landlords of running fraudulent rent-to-own scheme
The lawsuit asserts the defendant landlords misled tenants into believing they were responsible for all of the responsibilities of homeownership, without any of the benefits, while maintaining the right to evict them
Appeals panel says Pritzker order may shield nursing homes from negligence lawsuits during Covid
Families of decedents sued Briar Health Services over loved ones' deaths, but the court said they may be immune from those lawsuits under an executive order issued by Gov. JB Pritzker under Illinois' Emergency Management Association in spring 2020
Dot Foods allegedly wrongly asked workers about family medical history, class action accuses
The lawsuit asserts the alleged questions by Dot Foods amounts to a violation of an Illinois state genetic information privacy law
New IL law opens employers, others to risk of massive punitive damages in wrongful death cases; Law could face challenges
HB219, signed by Pritzker, is another controversial state law that appears to have been enacted while ignoring by Democratic state lawmakers who ignored constitutional rules governing how laws must be approved
Greubel and Buckley Obtain Defense Verdict In Retrial of Medical Malpractice Case
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP attorneys William P. Greubel, III and Shannon E. Buckley obtained a defense verdict at trial on behalf of their client, a nurse practitioner, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
Appeals panel agrees Cook County can't resurrect lending discrimination suit vs Bank of America
County sought to hold financial institutions liable for role in rash of defaulted home loans and extra expenses suffered by the county to deal with the fallout amid the Great Recession in 2008-09
Attorney Andrew Holmstrom Joins HSPRD’s Med Mal Group
We are delighted to announce that Andrew Holmstrom has joined our Medical Malpractice Defense group as an associate attorney.
University of Chicago to pay $13.5M to end class action over alleged elite school financial aid collusion
Deal leaves 16 other elite universities to face claims they participated in a 'cabal' to limit financial aid awards to minimize competition for students
Online streaming service FuboTV sued over customer data sharing
Online streaming TV service FuboTV faces a class action lawsuit, accusing it of allowing its users' history and data to be tracked, allegedly in violation of a federal privacy law.
Appeals panel agrees FOIA can't force Chicago to demand annual reports from waste haulers
Chicago Recycling Coalition strikes out on attempts to force City Hall to produce documents from third-party waste haulers that should have been filed every year under a city ordinance
McGuireWoods Partners Examine Federal Prosecution of Commercial Healthcare Fraud
A recent 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion demonstrates the federal government's interest in prosecuting medical providers who defraud commercial healthcare insurers, McGuireWoods partners Michael Podberesky and Timothy Fry wrote in an Aug. 7, 2023
New lawsuit claims Dixmoor allegedly inflated water bills by millions for Solvay plant
Solvay lawsuit seeks injunction to block a stop work order issued by Dixmoor amid a dispute over the company's allegedly unpaid excess water bills
National Shooting Sports Foundation lawsuit: Firearm liability law is unconstitutional, preempted by Lawful Commerce in Arms legislation
The National Shooting Sports Foundations Inc. (NSSF) is suing Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in response to House Bill 218 signed by Gov. J.B. Pritkzer on Aug. 12, which “radically expands liability in Illinois for members of the firearm industry - and them alone.”
Appeals panel: Courts should place 'heavy thumb on scale' to let defendants make 'copyright trolls' pay
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
How Not to Lose $1m: Preparing for Hhs-oig Info Blocking Enforcement on August 15, 2023
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued a final rule to implement its authority under the 21st Century Cures Act to investigate allegations of information blocking and assess civil monetary penalties for violations.
Polsinelli Grows Private Equity M&A Practice With New Shareholder Raymond Jacobi
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed Raymond J. Jacobi III as a new shareholder to the firm’s Private Equity M&A Practice and in the Chicago office.
IL Supreme Court upholds 'assault weapons' ban; Decision does not address 2nd Amend claims
In seeming 4-3 decision, court's majority says gun ban doesn't violate equal protection rights. Dissents divided, as Pritzker-backed justice says the law wrongly allows cops to keep gun rights, and conservatives say lawmakers unconstitutionally OK'd the law
Class action over Kraft Heinz merger heading to $450M settlement; Lawyers want $90M
The settlement would resolve complaints from investors who assert they lost billions of dollars following the Kraft-Heinz merger in 2015.
Lawsuit: Dolton mayor accused of withholding liquor licenses over campaign donations to mayor
The lawsuit from video gaming chain Lacey's Place says scandal-plagued Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard is using a "tax audit" as cover for a scheme to withhold liquor license renewals from companies that did not donate to her campaign