A proposed class of Illinois residents is suing Ancestry.com for allegedly disclosing their genetic information to Blackstone without consent during the acquisition process last year.
BENTON – Senior U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert ordered Edwardsville lawyer Brian Wendler to pay fees and costs for defendants that litigated in the wrong court for seven months due to an error he committed.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Madison County resident Michael Stone added Illinois residents to a wage suit solely to defeat federal jurisdiction over their employer, U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled on Nov. 6.
SPRINGFIELD – Business owners spending $5 million against retention of Tom Kilbride in the Supreme Court’s Third District started spending against election of Fifth District candidate Judy Cates on Oct. 15.
The following cases categorized as "245 tort product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on Sept. 9. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois reported the following activities in the suit brought by Barbara Hil and Jimy D Hil against Cambarloc Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc. and Cotrel on Sept. 9.
CHICAGO – Two men who took $60,000 each to dismiss objections to a class action settlement must disgorge it, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on Aug. 6.
