Law 360

JULY 19, 2023

State and federal courts have handed down rulings in Illinois cases so far this year that have altered the legal landscape for biometric privacy claims in the state, opened up an area of uncertainty for False Claims Act litigants and upheld a state statute tacking 6% prejudgment interest onto personal injury and wrongful death verdicts.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Illinois Supreme Court's anticipated rulings in Tims v. White Castle could alter the outlook for Biometric Information Privacy Act litigation, putting an end to companies' and insurers' willingness to pour money into expensive settlements, say Pamela Signorello and Megan Brown at Wiley. Black Horse and Cothron v.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Agri Stats has asked a Minnesota federal court to transfer the government's case accusing the company of operating an illegal information exchange for meat processors to Illinois, where a judge has already rejected similar claims in multidistrict litigation over chicken prices.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Seven judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that claims against employers for statutory damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) were not barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA). The appellate court ruled similarly in 2020.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Some of the year's most significant rulings handed down by Illinois' appellate courts and the Seventh Circuit could add even more cases to the state's already steady flood of biometric privacy cases and prevent businesses from litigating in federal court. Here, Law360 looks at some of 2021's biggest decisions in Illinois courts.

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Law 360

MARCH 15, 2022

Though two recent rulings by Massachusetts and Illinois federal courts add to the growing body of case law denying discovery into litigation funding arrangements, prudence necessitates that lawyers, clients and funders follow certain best practices to ensure that their communications are not discoverable by opposing parties, says Stewart Ackerly at (..)

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2022

Amazon's top brass has misled investors as to the e-commerce giant's compliance with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act as well as the substantial litigation risks associated with its lackluster compliance, according to a stockholder derivative suit filed Tuesday in Washington federal court.

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2024

An Illinois federal judge on Thursday agreed to allow an affiliate of legal investment firm Burford Capital to substitute for food giant Sysco in price-fixing litigation against broiler chicken producers, a ruling that comes a month after a Minnesota federal judge refused to allow the same Burford unit to substitute for Sysco in similar pork and beef (..)

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Law 360

APRIL 5, 2024

An Illinois federal judge refused on Friday to spell out exactly what Hytera Communications should tell a Chinese court to lift the U.S. judge's hefty sanctions and halt the foreign litigation that the company participated in against her orders, saying it is Hytera's responsibility to unwind the situation the company created for itself.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An Illinois federal judge granted a win to an insurer in a coverage dispute with a condiment company over biometric privacy litigation, changing course Tuesday in response to a state appeals decision concerning an identical policy exclusion.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An Illinois appellate court ruled Tuesday that two insurers are not responsible for part of a $19 million settlement in underlying biometric privacy litigation based on a broad violation-of-law policy exclusion, saying the Seventh Circuit's recent analysis of nearly identical language is not "an accurate reflection of Illinois law."

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Day on Torts

JUNE 1, 2023

Faced with no Illinois law directly on point, the federal court determined that the reasoning in Haley v. A federal judge in Chicago has agreed to allow a jury to consider whether airplane crash victims experience preimpact terror before their deaths. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 2d 311, 314-15 (5th Cir. 1984), was persuasive.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 5, 2022

Litigation involving drug price reporting under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP)1 has been very active in 2022. Most recently, on August 3, 2022, an Illinois federal jury.

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Law 360

JUNE 27, 2022

Abortion providers and officials in Illinois are preparing for potential interstate conflict and litigation as they expect a flood of patients to cross the state's borders following Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade that could clear the way for every surrounding state to outlaw the procedure.

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Law 360

APRIL 11, 2024

The Illinois Senate on Thursday passed legislation that would update the Biometric Information Privacy Act as well as tweak its liability guidelines, a clarification that proponents say is needed to protect businesses from costly, frivolous litigation.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Streaming service Tubi must litigate a user's proposed class suit claiming the company unlawfully shares her and others' viewing history and personal information with advertisers, an Illinois federal judge has ruled, rejecting Tubi's bid to either arbitrate or dismiss the claims.

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Law 360

JANUARY 26, 2024

TikTok can't use a $92 million biometric privacy settlement finalized in 2022 to duck 13 additional lawsuits over TikTok's in-app browser that were later transferred to a multidistrict litigation, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Attorneys described in lurid detail the allegedly horrific conditions at the Northern Reception and Classification Center outside Joliet, Illinois.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 8, 2023

The college then prolonged the litigation, virtually forcing the family into insolvency. Oberlin President Carmen Twillie Ambar and the Board needlessly spent millions in litigation costs above the damages rather than admit that the college was wrong in the targeting of this grocery. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.

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Law 360

JUNE 15, 2023

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday granted preliminary approval to a $48 million deal settling CBS, Cox and Fox out of multidistrict litigation by ad buyers over an alleged scheme among U.S. broadcasters to fix television ad prices, saying the settlement "will likely be granted final approval."

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2023

Seeking to undo an unusual order blocking it from signing settlements in high-value antitrust litigation, food industry giant Sysco Corp. told an Illinois federal court that an arbitrator's recent injunction belies "uniform, nationwide public policy" in favor of settlements.

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Law 360

MARCH 15, 2022

signaled to an Illinois federal judge Tuesday that they've struck a $4.5 million deal with the platform to end litigation over its allegedly illegal fingerprint scanning and collection practices. Workers for an online gift platform owned by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 27, 2021

District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, it’s likely that jurors will be spread… If you have a trial coming up in the U.S.

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Law 360

AUGUST 25, 2023

An Illinois attorney has filed a countersuit in an employee benefit fund administrator's federal benefits litigation alleging he failed to disclose conflicts of interest and recommended unlawful transactions that triggered a federal investigation, arguing the fund and its managers were to blame for its mismanagement.

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Law 360

AUGUST 28, 2023

million to a class of Illinois vehicle owners in litigation claiming the auto giant knew certain cars had a valve timing control device defect while clearing the automaker on similar claims by Golden State vehicle owners. A California federal jury on Monday ordered Honda to pay $1.4

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

.” In a statement to The Verge , a TikTok spokesperson refuted these claims, but also said , “Rather than go through lengthy litigation, we’d like to focus our efforts on building a safe and joyful experience for the TikTok community.”

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

A federal court in Illinois agreed with Google that a biometric privacy lawsuit filed against it in the Northern District of Illinois should be stayed in favor of a similar pending state court case.

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LegalReader

APRIL 23, 2021

A discrimination lawsuit was recently filed against Team Illinois Hockey Club and Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2022

State and local governments with lawsuits against Teva—excluding New York, which is pursuing separate litigation—are all potentially party to the settlement Teva announced Tuesday.

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The Cloud Court Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Arlene’s broad and deep expertise in IP litigation and other corporate disputes makes her an ideal advisor for Cloud Court. Arlene holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois Chicago and a JD from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 28, 2022

BNSF Railway in an Illinois federal court illustrates that any collection of biometric data — even by an outside vendor — exposes a company to significant litigation risk under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, say attorneys at Reed Smith. The recent $228 million verdict in Rogers v.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

Here in Illinois, www.2.illinois.gov At the Federal level, the position can be classified as a Paralegal Specialist, whereas working for the State of Illinois Attorney General’s office can be classified as Paralegal I or Paralegal II. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? How to Find a Government Job. Meet the Author.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

There is a two year time period to file a suit after a truck accident in Illinois, referred to as the statute of limitations, although there are some exceptions to this timeline.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 20, 2023

The state recently enacted a law that would make it more difficult for most residents to obtain certain "high-powered" firearms, as well as high-capacity magazines.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. DoNotPay , was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff last month after the judge sent it to arbitration in July.

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Law 360

APRIL 1, 2022

An Illinois federal judge has refused to toss a proposed class action by parents who claim Google's "G Suite for Education" software violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting their children's data without parental consent, saying it is too early in litigation to decide whether BIPA requires parents to consent.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Cook County public guardian is suing Illinois child welfare officials for allowing foster children to remain locked up in juvenile detention even after they’ve been ordered released — a problem that has only gotten worse, an Illinois Answers Project investigation found last year. It feels like nobody cares about me.

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