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Judge: Woman fired for improperly issuing drivers' permit OK to keep suing IL Sec. of State for discrimination
A Black woman who formerly worked for the Illinois Secretary of State's office was fired after improperly issuing a drivers' permit to a friend. She sued for discrimination, in part because her white male colleagues weren't fired for allegedly doing the same thing
10 Tressler Attorneys Selected in the 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™
Tressler LLP is pleased to announce that Rachel Bassett, Taylor Brewer, Kiera Fitzpatrick, Jamie Gende, Shannon Harvey, Sarah Elizabeth Melendez, Jerome Murphy, Matthew O’Malley, Samantha Shafer and Stacey Wilkins were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™.
Dykema Expands Its IP Depth With the Addition of Michael J. Word in Chicago
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Michael Word as a Member of its Intellectual Property Department resident in the firm’s Chicago office.
Class action: S. IL Healthcare Foundation violated genetic privacy law by asking workers about health history
The lawsuit seeks to include potentially everyone who worked for or applied for a job with Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation in the past five years
Federal judge: Samsung must face 'mass arbitration' of biometrics claims
The electronics giant had argued the collective filing of tens of thousands of individual claims at the same time amounted to an attempt to extract a class action-style settlement, despite arbitration agreements forbidding class actions
Class action claims Social Catfish website violated Illinois publicity act
A new class action lawsuit has accused online background report service Social Catfish of violating an Illinois right of publicity law by using people's names and other personal information to sell their products.
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
What’s New in Employment Litigation: Updates and Trends on September 14, 2023
Chris Hennessy and Julie Trester will present at the 2023 ACC Chicago Summit.
Class action: OSF violated IL genetic privacy law by requiring workers to complete health questionnaire
The lawsuit was filed against health and hospital system operator OSF under Illinois' Genetic Information Privacy Act.
Judge won't dismiss Chicago's complaint vs Monarch law firm, contractor over debt resolution work
Chicago City Hall alleged Strategic Financial Solutions attempted to use Monarch Legal Group's law license to shield itself from the city's lawsuit over alleged fraudulent debt settlement offers
Little Caesars will end BIPA class action for nearly $7M, lawyers to get $2.3M
Little Caesars workers who used fingerprint time clocks in Illinois are in line for $545 checks
Barry Appointed to DRI's Young Lawyers Steering Committee
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP associate Caitlin M. Barry has been appointed to the Defense Research Institute's (DRI) Young Lawyers Steering Committee for the 2023-2024 term.
Dating apps MeetMe, Luxy among latest to be targeted by biometrics class actions in Illinois
The separate lawsuits were filed in Cook County court on back to back days by the same named plaintiff, represented by the same Ohio lawyers
Family of boy trampled amid panic at Lil' Durk concert sues rapper, United Center, Live Nation
The lawsuit accuses the United Center, Live Nation Entertainment and rap star Lil' Durk of not doing enough to control the crowd during an Aug. 12 concert at the arena, allowing a report of an active shooter to create a panic that allegedly resulted in several people being trampled
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
State Farm can't total out class action lawsuit by Black agents accusing discrimination
Federal judge says it is too soon to allow State Farm to end the class action claims
13 Tressler Partners Selected in the 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
We are proud to announce that Tressler partners Mark Banovetz, Daniel Cunningham, Danita Davis, Daniel Formeller, Timothy Jabbour, Donald Machalinski, Mary McPherson, William McVisk, Todd Schenk, Linda Schneider, Patrick Stufflebeam, Anthony Tessitore and Rosa Tumialán were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 30th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
Ambulance company violated Illinois genetic privacy law by asking for worker medical history, lawsuit claims
A new class action has accused a private ambulance company of violating a state genetic privacy law by forcing workers to share their family medical history when applying for a job.
Judge says lawsuit over United vaccine policy struggles to find the grounds to stay aloft
A Chicago federal judge granted a grou p of United Airlines workers a few extra weeks to amend their complaint to try again to show how United's Covid vaccine mandate rules amounted to religious discrimination or violations of a federal genetic information privacy law.
10 Tressler Attorneys Selected in the 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™
Tressler LLP is pleased to announce that Rachel Bassett, Taylor Brewer, Kiera Fitzpatrick, Jamie Gende, Shannon Harvey, Sarah Elizabeth Melendez, Jerome Murphy, Matthew O’Malley, Samantha Shafer and Stacey Wilkins were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™.Learn more about this group of experienced attorneys below.