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Amazon can't escape potentially huge biometrics class action over virtual try-on tool
A federal judge has cleared a Cook County woman and her Chicago lawyers to proceed with a class action under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. The same woman and her lawyers failed in 2022 in their bid to target an online eyewear seller over similar claims -
Judge: Litigation financier Burford can seize control of Sysco's claims in chicken prices lawsuits
U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin rejected poultry producers' attempts to shut down Burford Capital's move to step into court in place of Sysco, saying poultry producers need to accept that third party lawsuit funders can take control of lawsuits to protect their investments and maximize profits -
Counties say Supreme Court decision chastising forced home sales over unpaid property tax bills shouldn't apply in IL
A group of Illinois counties, including DuPage, Lake, Kane and Will, argued that a class action lawsuit over "equity theft" should be tossed, despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision that appears to declare sales of entire homes to satisfy delinquent property tax bills to be unconstitutional takings -
Verizon, AT&T customers can keep up suit vs T-Mobile, claiming Sprint merger raised their rates
A judge said plaintiffs had done enough to establish a "reasonable inference" that the T-Mobile/Sprint merger had created "anticompetitive effects" that boosted everyone's bills -
Judge says anyone who ever spoke to Alexa device in IL could be included in huge biometrics class action vs Amazon
A federal judge says neither Amazon's user agreement - which warns users their voices will be recorded - nor Amazon's inability to identify a non-user's voice can defeat a class action under Illinois' biometrics law accusing Alexa of improperly "learning" users' voices -
'The evidence is clear:' Poultry producer Sanderson Farms wins at trial, says proves no conspiracy to inflate chicken prices
While competitors opted to settle for hundreds of millions of dollars, chicken producer Sanderson Farms opted to defend itself at trial before a jury, and won. The verdict can still be appealed. -
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 -
Should BIPA plaintiffs who lose pay defendants' legal bills? Yes, says Dior
Fashion designer Christian Dior says courts should send a message to plaintiffs who may bring doomed lawsuits because they believe they can "extract" a settlement from defendant companies, at no risk to themselves -
No ruling on lawsuit vs IL vote-by-mail rules; Judge schedules Dec. 5 hearing over two-week mail-in ballot window
A federal judge said he needed more time and another hearing to determine if a group of Republicans should be allowed to continue suing the state over a law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted 14 days after Election Day -
Ex-ISP office head: Reputation 'held hostage' by court hold on lawsuit over Pritzker-connected ex-worker's sex assault claims
Jack Garcia, ex-director of the Illinois State Police Merit Board, has asked a federal judge to lift a stay on his lawsuit vs Jenny Thornley, who is accused of manufacturing sex assault claims to thwart an investigation into alleged criminal conduct, and then used her ties to Gov. JB Pritzker to get Garcia removed -
Feds charge Madigan in new bribery conspiracy with AT&T, widening criminal case vs ex-Speaker, Democratic chairman
Under a newly unsealed indictment, former Illinois House Speaker and state Democratic Chairman Michael Madigan allegedly solicited bribes to benefit a former state lawmaker loyalist in exchange for helping AT&T rid itself of obligations to provide landline service in Illinois -
Jury verdict: BNSF must pay $228M to truck drivers for rail yard gate security fingerprint scans
The verdict against railroad company BNSF ended the first such class action lawsuit taken to trial under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. BNSF vowed to appeal -
Judge says IL Dems can't step in to join IL State Elections Board's defense vs challenge to IL vote by mail law
The judge recognized Democrats' election efforts could be strained, should he rule that mail-in ballots can't be counted if they are received after Election Day. But the judge said that's not enough to let them join the court fight -
Judge OK's $92M deal to end class actions vs TikTok; objectors say attorneys got too much money
Complaint alleged improper collection, storage of user biometric data -
NorthShore to pay $10M to settle Covid vax mandate lawsuit; Fired workers could get $25K and their jobs back
The class action lawsuit accused NorthShore University Health System of illegally firing workers who were refused religious exemptions to the hospital system's workplace Covid vaccine mandate -
Lawsuit revived vs Loyola Chicago over refusal to refund tuition, fees, after Covid shutdown
A federal appeals panel says students can press their claim Loyola University Chicago's decision to close the campus and move instruction online in March 2020 breached an 'implied contract' for in-person instruction and access to campus in return for $22,000 per semester tuition -
Impax to pay $145M to settle Opana drug market manipulation claims from pharmacies, other direct purchasers
The lawsuit accused Impax Labs of agreeing with drugmaker Endo Pharmaceuticals to delay the entry of its Opana generic equivalent. The deal came quickly after a jury found in favor of Endo on the antitrust claims -
SCOTUS decision may doom feds' efforts to sue Townstone Financial over execs' talk radio speech: New filing
Chicago mortgage broker Townstone Financial says federal banking regulators overreached in using anti-discrimination regulations to sue them for comments made on the radio by Townstone executives -
Villa Park school district: Father's parental rights don't trump school's obligations to 'support transgender youth'
A father sued Villa Park School DIstrict 45, accusing school officials of conspiring with his ex-wife, to aid their child's transition from male to female over the father's objections, allegedly violating the father's constitutional parental rights -
How 'concrete' an injury is 'emotional distress?' Federal appeals court grapples with question
A group of four federal appeals court judges says the Seventh Circuit was wrong to toss out a woman's class action claims that a creditor should pay for inflicting "emotional distress" when it sought to collect a "zombie debt"