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Facebook will pay $550M to settle Illinois photo tag class action brought by Edelson, other firms
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle one of the first and largest class actions launched under an Illinois biometrics privacy law. -
Illinois Supreme Court will allow Bayer to appeal personal jurisdiction rulings in Madison County Essure cases
The Illinois Supreme Court will allow appeals from Bayer Corp., which is challenging mass action suits involving more than 150 non-Illinoisans over its contraceptive device Essure. -
ESL police chief on trooper’s death: ‘Everybody’s going to govern and police a little different now’
EAST ST. LOUIS – Police Chief Kendall Perry, reflecting on the fatal shooting of Illinois State Trooper Nick Hopkins on Aug. 23, sees changes coming in the service of high-risk warrants. -
Fifth District affirms decisions allowing non-Illinois residents to litigate Essure claims in Madison County
MOUNT VERNON -- In two separate decisions, the Fifth District Appellate Court has affirmed rulings out of the Madison County Circuit Court finding that non-Illinois residents are allowed to be involved in a mass action suit despite the landmark Bristol Myers Squibb decision limiting that right. -
Law Day 2019: Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society
As petty and trivial as the press may sometimes be, its power to inform and to educate on the important issues of the day has endured. -
Trump’s tweets highlight contradictory climate claims, shoddy science
When confronted with inconvenient facts or evidence that calls into question one or more aspects of the theory of human caused climate change, or by arguments that the way climate science is being practiced violates the scientific method, climate alarmists revert to ad hominem attacks—calling the researchers’ raising such questions childish names or questioning their motives rather than addressing the substance of their arguments. -
20 facts Pritzker doesn’t want ordinary Illinoisans to know
There’s no arguing that Illinois is a wreck. But read Gov. J.B. Pritzker's recent pre-budget report and you'll get the impression former Gov. Bruce Rauner alone caused that wreck. -
Trump to stump for Bost in Murphysboro on Saturday; Recent poll shows Bost up 9 points
CARBONDALE – President Donald Trump is coming to Southern Illinois to try and turn back a bid by state Democrats to gain a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives after the Nov. 6 election. -
Former New York Times photographer alleges copyright infringement
BENTON — A former New York Times photographer claims his photos were used in violation of federal copyright laws. -
Gubernatorial candidates hurling insults instead of addressing 10 trends driving Illinois towards insolvency
With Illinois’ decline in full display for the nation to see, proposals for fiscal and spending reforms should dominate the campaign and political landscape. After all, virtually every budget and economic trend in Illinois is pointing towards insolvency sometime in the near future. -
Student loan troubles? Illinois officials can suspend your professional license
Almost a quarter of Illinois workers need licenses to work in their professions, and workers who default on student loans can face the suspension of those licenses. -
Former College of DuPage board member files amended suit against watchdog group; ECW predicts it will fail
A former College of DuPage Foundation Board member has filed an amended complaint against a watchdog group and its founders after the original complaint was dismissed. -
Illinois' public pensions in some ways mirror Madoff's Ponzi scheme
A Ponzi scheme is a form of fraud in which early investors see quality returns, not because their money was invested wisely as the investors are led to believe, but because new investors fund the payouts. The cycle perpetuates itself – more and more new investors are needed to continue to fund previous investors' returns at an unbeknownst higher risk to themselves – until it inevitably collapses. -
Critics say online privacy legislation is pro-trial lawyer; Advocate says tech industry is 'too loose' with personal data
Internet privacy legislation making its way through Springfield is more in line with the interests of the trial bar than it is with consumer protection, critics say. -
Puerto Rico's 'bankruptcy' a warning to Illinois
Illinois needs to enact structural spending reforms to avoid following Puerto Rico down the path to insolvency. -
Democrat Party’s alienation of rural America similar to urban rejection of Republicans
As the inauguration of Donald J. Trump approaches, there’s one setting that’s likely to celebrate rather than resist the coming transition of power – rural America. -
Illinois lost 150,000 university students from 2000 to 2014
Misplaced priorities in education funding have driven students out of the state and skyrocketed tuition costs. -
Wimps, whiners and wussies
Imagine if you will, that someone - anyone - was involved in a very bad accident on November 6, two days before the election. -
Sheldon Silver, a high-ranking N.Y. politician and asbestos lawyer, found guilty of corruption
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Sheldon Silver, a once-powerful politician who worked at one of the most prominent asbestos law firms in the country, was found guilty of corruption by a federal jury on Monday. The verdict against Silver, a Democrat who was the speaker of the Assembly prior to the indictment against him, came in the fifth week of the trial, the New York Times reported.