Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer denied Community High School District No. 155’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging the district discriminated against and retaliated against a high school student with severe medical conditions.
Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins granted Kalshi, Inc.'s motion to transfer a consolidated class action alleging illegal sports wagering and deceptive trade practices to the Southern District of New York.
A federal judge in Chicago ruled that a paraplegic man who toured a 279-unit apartment building and encountered nearly twenty accessibility barriers suffered a concrete injury sufficient to clear the post-TransUnion standing bar.
A federal judge refused to let Helia Healthcare Services walk away from claims it systematically shaved thirty minutes of pay per day from hourly workers at its skilled nursing facilities.
Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins of the Northern District of Illinois granted Kalshi, Inc.'s motion to transfer a class action challenging the prediction market platform's legality under state gambling and consumer protection laws to the Southern District of New York.
A Northern District of Illinois judge denied Nourish, Inc.'s motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging the company surreptitiously tracked users' sensitive health information and transmitted it to Google.
A skilled nursing facility operator tried to kill a wage-and-hour class action by attaching pay stubs and a timekeeping memo to its motion — documents the court refused to read.
A federal judge in Chicago refused to dismiss a putative class action accusing a skilled nursing facility operator of deducting thirty minutes a day from workers' paychecks after the company's two-page motion failed to substantively challenge the...
Judge Andrea R. Wood denied New Choice Intervention’s motion to dismiss most of Brianna Jackson’s Americans with Disabilities Act claims, allowing her discrimination, failure-to-accommodate, and retaliation counts to move forward.
U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso granted a preliminary injunction in Rosado v. Bondi, holding that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin likely violated the First Amendment by coercing private platforms to...
Jeri Vivit’s Title VII religious discrimination claim against the Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago survives a motion to dismiss, resolving a novel question about whether an employee must notify an employer of her religious beliefs before recording...
A Northern District of Illinois judge granted summary judgment on most employment discrimination claims brought by two Black executives against McDonald’s USA, LLC, but allowed one retaliation claim by former Operations Officer Domineca Neal to proceed.
A federal judge denied Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart and Cook County's bid to dismiss a certified class action alleging that Division 9 of the Cook County Jail lacks the grab bars and mounted shower seats required for disabled inmates to use toilets and...
A federal judge in Chicago refused to dismiss a Fourteenth Amendment excessive-force claim against a Cook County jail officer who allegedly punched a restrained pretrial detainee repeatedly in the head, while dismissing related claims against other officers...
A federal judge dismissed all three trade secret counts against a competing cutlery-services company but allowed a tortious interference claim to proceed, applying the pleading specificity standard the Seventh Circuit demands for trade secret claims.
A federal judge in Chicago denied Helia Healthcare Services' motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging the company systematically shorted hourly workers on overtime pay and improperly deducted break time they never actually took.
A federal judge in Chicago denied a motion to dismiss brought by an auto lender, ruling that a pro se borrower plausibly alleged that the company failed to conduct a reasonable investigation after he disputed inaccurate account information on his credit...