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Dispatchers sue village of Hillside, 911 call center, claiming they were shorted OT pay
A group of 9-1-1 dispatchers have sued the village of Hillside and the Proviso Central Dispatch Center, claiming they have been wrongly denied overtime pay, despite working long hours, often over 40 hours a week.
William K. McVisk Selected as 2024 Lawyer of the Year for Chicago: Litigation – Insurance by Best Lawyers
Tressler LLP is proud to announce that William K. McVisk has been selected as the 2024 Lawyer of the Year for Chicago: Litigation - Insurance by U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers®.
CTA retirees poised to get $53M to end class action over constitutional protections for health care benefits
Lawyers who represented a group of about 6,350 retired workers from the Chicago Transit Authority are poised to collect about $26.7M in the lawsuit over whether the CTA was allowed to make retirees pay a portion of their health insurance costs
Three Neal Gerber Eisenberg Attorneys and the Trademark Practice Listed in the 2023 Edition of Managing IP
Neal Gerber Eisenberg is proud to share that Antony McShane, Emer Simic, and Jeffrey Ward have been named as IP Stars for Illinois in the 2023 edition of Managing Intellectual Property (Managing IP).
Lawsuit: CTA violated state law protecting employee medical information
The CTA is accused in a new class action lawsuit of violating a state genetic information privacy law by requiring workers to disclose parts of their families' medical histories.
Appeals panel says $5.2M fine in FTC credit monitoring scam litigation can stand
Judges also corrected an error in an earlier judgment that may have allowed the federal government to improperly claim a portion of the funds meant for restitution
Benesch Welcomes Thomas Hughes as Partner in Chicago, Expands M&A Practice Group
Benesch has added Thomas Hughes as a corporate partner in its Chicago office. Tom represents public and private companies, private equity firms, portfolio companies and family offices on a variety of U.S. and cross-border transactions, including negotiated and contested acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, strategic investments and key commercial relationships.
Benesch Welcomes Thomas Hughes as Partner in Chicago, Expands M&A Practice Group
Benesch has added Thomas Hughes as a corporate partner in its Chicago office. Tom represents public and private companies, private equity firms, portfolio companies and family offices on a variety of U.S. and cross-border transactions, including negotiated and contested acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, strategic investments and key commercial relationships.
Armstrong Teasdale Adds Associates in Chicago, St. Louis
Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Associates Robert J. Crawford, Zachary W. Langrehr and Andrea M. Sciarratta.
Class action accuses State Farm of refusing burglary, theft claims, especially for Black customers
Aurora woman says insurer wouldn't make white clients jump through as many hoops to process a claim of loss from theft or burglary
Red light camera execs from SafeSpeed sue ex-partner Maani, say they didn't know about IL bribes
Two top executives at AllTech Tracking, the red light camera company formerly known as SafeSpeed, are asking a Cook County judge to order former SafeSpeed co-founder Omar Maani to pay at least $25M to reimburse the company for damage caused by the red light camera bribery scandal
People search websites agree to pay $10M settlement to end privacy class actions
Lawyers stand to get 35% of the funds. Individual payouts will vary by state, and whether claimants can prove someone searched their name and then bought a subscription with one of the online people search companies
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.
Judge: CTA may have violated worker's rights by firing him after denying religious exemption from Covid vax
A federal judge said the Chicago Transit Authority may yet need to provide explanation for denying a fired devout Catholic electrician's application for a religious exemption from the agency's Covid-19 vaccine mandate
Appeals panel agrees Walgreens can't yet force Prime to help in fraud lawsuit from Blue Cross parent
Ruling affirms Cook County judge's determination that Walgreens would need to first lose vs Blue Cross before it could try to force Prime Therapeutics to shoulder some of its potential liability in the case accusing Walgreens of allegedly committing fraud by allegedly boosting drug prices charged to Blue Cross
Six Mayer Brown lawyers named "Lawyers of the Year" by Best Lawyers 2024
Mayer Brown announced that six lawyers were recognized as “Lawyers of the Year” in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 report in the following categories and cities.
Class action accuses Edward-Elmhurst of allowing Facebook to track patient web activity
A class action lawsuit accuses suburban Chicago health and hospital company Edward-Elmhurst Health of violating patients' privacy rights
Federal appeals panel vacates $57M fee award in $181M settlement ending chicken price-fixing class action
Chicago federal appeals judges said objectors were right to argue a judge failed to give weight to evidence that the plaintiffs' lawyers have agreed to accept lesser amounts in other class action lawsuits on the West Coast
McGlynn to hear arguments on gun ban 'vagueness' claim
EAST ST. LOUIS – While U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn awaits a Seventh Circuit decision on his injunction against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s weapon ban law, he tackles a claim that owners won’t know how to comply due to vagueness.
Benesch Adds Associate to Corporate Team in Chicago
Benesch, a leading law firm with 350 attorneys and offices in Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Wilmington, is pleased to announce that Shanae Nelson has joined the firm as an Associate within the Corporate & Securities Practice Group.