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A real estate developer pled guilty Tuesday to charges that he conspired in an elaborate scheme to embezzle $31 million from the now-shuttered Washington Federal Bank for Savings and failed to claim the money he received on his tax return.
Kidney dialysis company DaVita Inc. and its former chief executive have asked an Illinois federal judge for a protective order requiring the government to preserve information from its criminal antitrust case now being sought in civil no-poach litigation, citing obligations they have to destroy their copies of the documents.
The wife of convicted fraudster Joseph Furando urged the Seventh Circuit Friday to bar the government from inspecting their assets and selling a home the couple owned, arguing a lower court made a serious error by denying her third-party forfeiture interest petition without an evidentiary hearing or any dispositive motion filed.
A proposed class of workers wants to hold Microsoft liable for violations of Illinois' biometric privacy law, arguing in a state court complaint that because the tech giant stores biometric information on behalf of a payroll service used by their employers, it's also subject to regulation under the statute.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Doris L. Pryor is part of a wave of groundbreaking judicial nominations that could result in the most diverse roster in the Seventh Circuit's history and a fairer court more reflective of the people it serves, experts say.