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SCOTUS: Airline ramp workers exempt from arbitration mandates, more class actions vs transportation employers inbound?
The U.S. Supreme Court says Southwest Airlines ramp workers are involved in interstate commerce, and should be given exemption under federal law from mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts -
Federal judge approves class definitions in litigation over poultry price fixing allegations
Three groups will get to pursue claims against producers that haven't settled -
'Astronomical damages:' IL high court ponders how many fingerprints should be worth up to $5K each under IL biometrics law
With potentially billions of dollars on the line, justices on the state high court must answer the question of how many repeated scans of fingerprints and other biometric data should cost Illinois employers $1,000-$5,000 each under the state's stringent Biometric Information Privacy Act -
IL Supreme Court won't consider, for now, whether biometrics lawsuits are limited to two-year personal injury time window
The state high court has rejected a petition to bypass a state appeals court on the question of whether potentially ruinous class actions under the state's biometrics privacy law should be restricted to a two-year, rather than five-year, statute of limitations -
Hard time fighting back: Employers seek defenses vs rising biometrics class actions, emboldened settlement demands
A January Illinois Supreme Court decision effectively ended employers' efforts to use Illinois' workers' comp law to beat biometrics class actions, and may have emboldened the plaintiff’s bar to seek even higher settlements -
BIPA reform would allow businesses to comply before ‘gotcha’ lawsuits filed, witness says
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois businesses pay employees $1,000 or more to settle claims that they violated data privacy law, according to statements at an April 12 hearing on a bill to change the law. -
SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP: Minority Corporate Counsel Association Talks Diversity with Shook Chair Madeleine McDonough
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) spoke with Shook Chair Madeleine McDonough about the firm’s commitment to diversity for the Winter 2018 of Diversity & the Bar. -
Missouri court of appeals knocks out $72 million talcum powder verdict against J&J
ST. LOUIS - A $72 million talcum powder verdict leveled against Johnson & Johnson last year has been vacated by a state appeals court. -
The sun is shining, and it's a dark day for asbestos plaintiff lawyers
Asbestos attorneys are feeling the earth move under their feet, they're feeling the sky tumbling down, a-tumbling down, and they can't get that Carole King tune out of their heads.