The Seventh Circuit ruled Monday that Illinois's 2024 amendment to the Biometric Information Privacy Act limiting damages to one recovery per person applies retroactively to pending cases, potentially saving companies...
A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed a district court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration by a tribal online lender charging nearly 500% annual interest rates, finding the arbitration agreement lacked mut...
Writing for a three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Michelle T. Friedland on Tuesday held that FCA US, LLC cannot compel a class action plaintiff to arbitrate headrest defect claims by invoking a delegation clause in an ar...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael T. Parker on Tuesday ordered a Mississippi plaintiff to file an amended complaint against a home builder after finding her original pleading so confusing that the court could not determine 'who the intended defendants are and w...
U.S. District Judge D.P. Marshall Jr. on Tuesday granted a joint motion for consent judgment in a dispute between gutter companies LeafFilter North LLC and Rain Drain Gutters, dismissing monetary claims against defendant Paul Alexander Robertson without pre...
U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. on Wednesday denied a pro se tenant's emergency motion for a temporary restraining order to halt eviction proceedings, finding Catherine Williamson's rambling 8-page filing failed to establish the legal prerequisite...
Writing for a three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Michelle T. Friedland on Tuesday held that FCA US, LLC cannot compel a class action plaintiff to arbitrate headrest defect claims by invoking a delegation clause in an arbitration agreement the automaker never...
The Seventh Circuit ruled Monday that Illinois's 2024 amendment to the Biometric Information Privacy Act limiting damages to one recovery per person applies retroactively to pending cases, potentially saving companies billions in exposure from multiple fing...
A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed a district court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration by a tribal online lender charging nearly 500% annual interest rates, finding the arbitration agreement lacked mutual assent because it specified governin...