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An Illinois federal jury sided with Volvo on Thursday in a retrial over a U.S. Army reservist and former employee's claim that the carmaker wrongfully fired her out of frustration over her military service and the absences it required.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's Workers' Compensation Act doesn't preempt claims for statutory damages under Illinois' biometric privacy law, obliterating a defense routinely invoked by employers and finally providing clarity for a flood of paused lawsuits to now proceed against companies.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's Workers' Compensation Act doesn't preempt claims for statutory damages under Illinois' biometric privacy law, obliterating a defense routinely invoked by employers and finally providing clarity for a flood of paused lawsuits to now proceed against companies.

A U.S. Army reservist who is a former Volvo employee told an Illinois federal jury Tuesday that the carmaker wrongfully terminated her out of frustration over her military service and the absences it required, and applied its attendance policies in a discriminatory way to single her out for discipline.

A U.S. Army reservist who is a former Volvo employee told an Illinois federal jury Tuesday that the carmaker wrongfully terminated her out of frustration over her military service and the absences it required, and applied its attendance policies in a discriminatory way to single her out for discipline.

A Cook County judge on Thursday signaled that she would grant a final signoff to a roughly $1 million deal resolving class claims that Hyatt Corp. violated Illinois' biometric privacy law by requiring employees to use a fingerprint-based timekeeping system without first getting their written permission and making mandated disclosures.

John Deere has monopolized the market for repair and maintenance services of its agricultural equipment, preventing independent shops and farmers from accessing vital tools and software needed to repair newer generations of its machinery, according to a proposed class action in Illinois federal court.

John Deere has monopolized the market for repair and maintenance services of its agricultural equipment, preventing independent shops and farmers from accessing vital tools and software needed to repair newer generations of its machinery, according to a proposed class action in Illinois federal court.

Molina Healthcare told an Illinois federal judge Thursday that a False Claims Act suit claiming it wrongly charged Illinois' Medicaid program for skilled nursing it didn't provide should be paused while it challenges the Seventh Circuit's revival of the case at the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Kroger Co. told an Illinois federal judge Thursday that an injunction blocking Grubhub from using a new logo until the court rules on the grocery giant's claims of trademark infringement is warranted to keep Kroger's Home Chef meal-kit delivery service from having to change its entire brand identity and advertising strategy.