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Judge Questions Equal Payouts In $9M White Castle BIPA Deal

An Illinois federal judge said Thursday he would grant preliminary approval to a $9.4 million settlement resolving a class action targeting White Castle's biometric timekeeping practices but added he wants more information on why all employees are poised to receive the same recovery regardless of how long they worked there.

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Perkins Coie 'Beating A Dead Horse' To Duck Case, Judge Says

An Illinois judge on Thursday refused to reconsider his decision to let an investment company move ahead with its lawsuit accusing Perkins Coie of helping the company's former investment manager steal $12 million and opted not to certify questions raised by the firm about his reasoning to the Illinois Supreme Court.

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Judge Urged To Reject UnitedHealth's Antitrust Deal Qualms

Patients who cut a $55 million antitrust settlement with NorthShore University HealthSystem are urging an Illinois federal court to reject objections by United Healthcare Services, arguing that the insurer has no standing to derail the deal and that its challenge to the agreement could dilute their recovery.

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Smith & Wesson Can't Keep Mass Shooting Case In Fed. Court

The Seventh Circuit ruled Monday that Smith & Wesson must litigate in state court lawsuits brought by survivors and the families of victims who were killed or wounded in the July 4, 2022, Highland Park, Illinois, parade shooting, rejecting the gunmaker's argument that its compliance with federal regulators mandated federal jurisdiction.

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Rapper French Montana Seeks Atty Fees For 'Frivolous' IP Row

French Montana has told an Illinois federal judge that a young musician who alleged that the rapper sampled his song to make his hit single "Ain't Worried About Nothin'" should cover the attorney fees and litigation costs he spent defending the "frivolous" copyright lawsuit, suggesting that he only filed it to gain publicity.

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Ill. Judges End Diversity Rules That Drew Conservative Ire

The Seventh Circuit's chief judge has resolved judicial misconduct complaints targeting allegedly discriminatory standing orders by some Illinois federal judges encouraging younger, female and minority attorneys to handle oral arguments, after two of the judges rescinded their policies in response to the complaints.

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Ill. Judge Scolds Defense Attys On Discovery: 'This Is Insanity'

A Cook County judge trimmed a lawsuit Tuesday brought by investors alleging financial mismanagement of the firm behind celebrated Chicago restaurant Maple & Ash, but lambasted defense counsel for dragging out discovery, saying she was "flabbergasted" that they left out information in discovery responses that she ordered them to include late last year.

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Voters Urge Keeping Trump Off Ill. Ballot As Primary Looms

Illinois voters told a Cook County judge Friday she should issue an order that Donald Trump can't appear on the state's March primary and subsequent general election ballots, arguing an elections board should have been empowered to remove Trump even if he didn't "knowingly" lie about his eligibility.

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Schools' $104M Aid-Fixing Deal OK'd, Vanderbilt Deal Coming

An Illinois federal judge on Monday granted initial approval to a $104.5 million deal with Yale, Emory, Brown, Columbia and Duke in a proposed antitrust class action claiming that 17 universities conspired to limit student aid, with another settlement from Vanderbilt expected to hit the docket in the coming weeks.

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7th Circ. Won't Revive School Staffers' COVID-Testing Suit

The Seventh Circuit on Monday refused to reinstate a lawsuit brought by public school personnel challenging the Illinois governor's orders that they be tested regularly for COVID-19 unless they had been vaccinated, saying the plaintiffs improperly filed one suit in state court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and a second in federal court seeking damages.

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