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Illinois Supreme Court agrees fitness centers may be liable if staff fail to use AED when needed
Plaintiffs allowed to sue for willful, wanton negligence over non-use of life-saving device to treat cardiac arrest
ACLU, Clearview settle privacy suit over online face scrapes, ban Clearview from IL for 5 years
The settlement of the ACLU's lawsuit also carries nationwide implications for Clearview, extending the reach of Illinois' law over the online facial recognition services provider. The company sells access to its facial ID databases, largely to law enforcement and companies like banks and loss prevention specialists.
Judge: Scans of photos can equal facial recognition, may be barred by IL biometrics law; Suit vs Onfido continues
Illinois man alleges Onfido didn't adequately inform about use of photographs, facial scans
Appeals panel says arbitrator will decide if minor can sign contract, lead IL biometrics class action vs Snapchat
Snapchat facing class action over user face scans led by a minor, whose lawyers are trying to keep the dispute in court, and out of arbitration
Illinois Supreme Court: Election laws don't forbid elected officials from using campaign funds to pay criminal defense bills
Former Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis' cooperation with feds makes it OK for him to spend campaign cash on legal defense of corruption investigation, the state high court says
Appeals panel: State Farm has no obligation to cover restaurant's losses from Pritzker's COVID closure orders
While the restaurant only closed because the governor ordered them to do so, it was the COVID-19 virus that actually caused the losses, so the steep losses the businesses suffered aren't physical losses covered by insurance policies, state appeals judges ruled
Appeals panel: IL hospital workers can sue over systems requiring fingerprint scans to access drug lockers
Hospitals argued HIPAA should shield them from class actions brought under Illinois' biometrics law by workers who needed to scan their fingerprints to access locked medicine dispensary systems
Union workers' biometrics claims belong in arbitration, not in class actions, because of CBA: Appeals panel
A Cook County judge had ruled workers' claims over fingerprint scans were separate from their union contract. But a state appeals panel said they would not break with a decision set by a federal appeals court on the question.
IL appeals panel: State doesn't need to pay business owners for shutdowns forced by Pritzker's COVID orders
Pike County bar and restaurant owners sought compensation for forced COVID closures
Federal appeals court agrees: No insurance coverage for income lost by many businesses shut down by Pritzker COVID orders
Cincinnati Insurance argued the COVID virus didn't physically alter the covered buildings, so there should be no coverage, even though the businesses were forced by Gov. JB Pritzker to reduce operations amid the onset of the pandemic
Group can continue lawsuit vs IL Elections Board for restricting voter registration data, frustrating audit of IL voter records
Judge says high likelihood the Illinois State Board of Elections violated federal election law by refusing to turn over state voter records to group seeking to audit the voter rolls for irregularities.
UFCW settles unfair labor practice complaint with ConAgra worker
Plant employee said union bosses gave employees incorrect information
Appeals panel upholds order of protection in domestic abuse case
MOUNT VERNON — A state appeals panel has upheld a lower court’s order of protection granted to a woman who said she was in an abusive relationship.
Woman who killed friend and her children entitled to new relief hearing, panel says
MOUNT VERNON — A state appeals panel has ordered further proceedings in a convicted murderer’s appeal for post conviction relief.
Appeals panel overturns summary judgment in debt dispute
MOUNT VERNON — A state appeals panel has ruled that a dispute about a six-figure loan was not sufficiently resolved in circuit court.
Fifth District rules Illinois Eastern Community Colleges trustees can be sued
MOUNT VERNON — The Illinois Fifth District Appellate Court has determined Illinois Eastern Community Colleges trustees can be sued under the Illinois False Claims Act.
Appeals court rules holding cell graffiti is not admissible evidence
MOUNT VERNON — A state appeals panel has decided that a judge was not wrong to exclude graffiti evidence from a murder trial.
Appeals panel: Federal law trumps state privacy law in class actions vs airlines over fingerprint scans
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed airlines shouldn’t face class action lawsuits concerning the use of employee fingerprint scans for biometric punch clocks
Patient alleges he became addicted to medications prescribed by Family Care Specialists of Edwardsville, doctor
EDWARDSVILLE – An Illinois man alleges he became addicted to opiate-based painkillers after they were prescribed by a Madison County doctor.
Godfrey construction company seeks to confirm $55,526 arbitration award
EDWARDSVILLE — A Godfrey construction firm was awarded $55,526.74 in arbitration against a Louisiana HVAC company.