U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Benton Division
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Kansas City lawyers voluntarily dismiss BIPA class actions they pursued in Illinois federal court
EAST ST. LOUIS - Kansas City area lawyers Jayson Brown and Jason Watkins, who jumped into Illinois fingerprint litigation with two potential class actions, voluntarily dismissed both cases. -
McGlynn rejects state's request for more time to respond to motion for injunctive relief from firearm registration deadline
U.S District Judge Stephen McGlynn denied the state’s request for additional time to respond to a motion by gun advocates seeking injunctive relief from the approaching firearm registration deadline, but he granted their request to file a lengthy response “due to the complexity of the arguments in the motion for preliminary injunction.” -
John A. Logan College settles suit with student over its refusal to approve vaccination exemption
EAST ST. LOUIS - Luke Wegmann of Woodlawn and John A. Logan College of Carterville settled his claim that rejection of his request for religious exemption from virus vaccination cost him $222,059. -
Dugan remands suit involving fatal I-70 Greyhound bus crash to Madison County
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge David Dugan restored Madison County jurisdiction in a suit involving a fatal Greyhound bus crash at a rest area on Interstate 70 near Highland. -
Wrongful death suit alleges nurse sexually assaulted nursing home patient
BENTON - Garden Place Waterloo, where nurse Kandy Gibson allegedly committed sexual abuse and aggravated battery on resident Jeannete Lentz, faces a claim that Lentz’s injuries resulted in her death. -
Rosenstengel dismisses law firm's suit alleging AI lawyer competes with false advertising, deceptive trade practices
EAST ST. LOUIS - Miller King law firm of Alton lacked standing to sue for an order putting robot lawyer Do Not Pay out of business, Chief U. S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel ruled on Nov. 17. -
Sison rejects New Mexico jurisdiction in loan dispute alleging Addmi executive misused funds
EAST ST. LOUIS - Matt Auffenberg of St. Clair County established Illinois jurisdiction over his claim that software provider Addmi Inc. of Albuquerque failed to repay loans of $1,325,000, U. S. Magistrate Gilbert Sison ruled on Nov. 9. -
Mother sues video game makers over son's addiction to Fortnite, Minecraft
EAST ST. LOUIS - A mother claims her son became so addicted to video games that he frightens her, according to a suit at U.S. District Court. -
Graduate claims Balfour can't enforce arbitration in BIPA class action
EAST ST. LOUIS - Owners of graduation website Balfour can’t enforce an arbitration clause against a potential class action over biometric privacy because plaintiff Joshua Gaertner didn’t see it, his counsel Matthew Limoli argued on Nov. 6. -
St. Louis County attorney seeks $255K in fees after jurors award inmate $32K
BENTON - Lawyer James Cole of St. Louis County moved for a $255,360 fee after jurors awarded $32,000 to his client, former St. Clair County jail occupant Cameron Belk. -
Gun advocates seek preliminary injunction in Southern IL federal court from approaching firearm registration deadline
Gun advocates suing the state over its controversial Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) filed a new request for injunctive relief, seeking to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of the firearm registration requirement due to insufficient notice, vagueness and Constitutional violations. -
BIPA suit against McDonald's voluntarily dismissed
BENTON - Four days after Antonya Wren of Cahokia Heights sued a group of McDonald’s restaurants on a claim that their fingerprint clocks invaded biometric privacy of workers, she voluntarily dismissed the complaint. -
Gilbert vacates settlement agreement in trademark dispute, finds the 'irregular methods' to be 'suspect'
BENTON - Senior U. S. District Judge Phil Gilbert scrapped a settlement agreement that owners of Pete’s market in Troy signed without counsel on the eve of a trademark trial with Pete’s Fresh Markets of the Chicago area. -
Route 13 Diner employee sues over alleged unpaid overtime wages
EAST ST. LOUIS - Former Route 13 Diner cook Dorrine Douglas claims owner Jimmy Johnson failed and refused to pay overtime for working in excess of 40 hours a week. -
Missouri lawyers file BIPA suits in Southern Illinois against Kraft Heinz, McDonald's
BENTON - Missouri lawyers Jason Brown and Jayson Watkins filed two biometric privacy invasion suits in three days at U. S. district court, one against Kraft Heinz and one against a local group of McDonald’s restaurants. -
Local leaders find 8,748 documents involving sewer dispute in Centreville city hall basement
EAST ST. LOUIS - Local leaders, who for two years ignored discovery requests of Centreville area residents suing for better sewers, are now claiming they found 8,748 pages of evidence in a closet in the basement of the former Centreville city hall. -
Graduation picture provider challenges Illinois jurisdiction in BIPA suit
EAST ST. LOUIS - Graduation picture provider Candid Color Systems of Oklahoma challenges Illinois jurisdiction over a potential class action alleging invasion of biometric privacy. -
Apple rejects proposal to amend BIPA suit by subdividing the class, demands explanation of the 'undeveloped argument'
EAST ST. LOUIS - Apple rejected an "undeveloped" proposal from class action lawyers Jerome Schlichter and Andrew Schlichter of St. Louis to reduce the size of a class by adding plaintiffs “to conform to the evidence adduced.” -
Woman settles 'Rent-a-Tribe' suit alleging Orlando lender fraudulently charged 677% interest
EAST ST. LOUIS - Online lender Stanley Chao of Orlando, facing a class action complaint that he charged 677% interest under a false cover of tribal immunity, settled with borrower Katherine Schnefke of Edwardsville in two months. -
Subpoena withdrawn on neurotoxicologist who disputes theory that paraquat causes Parkinson's disease
EAST ST. LOUIS - Lawyers who blame weed killer paraquat for causing Parkinson’s disease tried to use the power of the U.S. district court to investigate neurotoxicologist Douglas Weed of Salt Lake City for writing an article against their theory.