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OCTOBER 6, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit addressed several key issues in intellectual property litigation, including the scope of "absolute litigation privilege" under Illinois law, trade dress functionality, and the consequences of discovery sanctions. Toyo Tire Corp. Atturo Tire Corporation , No.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Illinois Supreme Court's anticipated rulings in Tims v. White Castle could alter the outlook for Biometric Information Privacy Act litigation, putting an end to companies' and insurers' willingness to pour money into expensive settlements, say Pamela Signorello and Megan Brown at Wiley. Black Horse and Cothron v.

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Law 360

JULY 19, 2023

State and federal courts have handed down rulings in Illinois cases so far this year that have altered the legal landscape for biometric privacy claims in the state, opened up an area of uncertainty for False Claims Act litigants and upheld a state statute tacking 6% prejudgment interest onto personal injury and wrongful death verdicts.

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Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2024

One of the biggest players in Illinois politics faces a criminal racketeering trial, a host of lawsuits filed under a decades-old genetic information privacy law will advance and the state's high court is expected to further weigh in on insurance coverage for litigation under the state's biometric privacy statute in some of the Illinois cases to watch (..)

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Seven judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that claims against employers for statutory damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) were not barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA). The appellate court ruled similarly in 2020.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Some of the year's most significant rulings handed down by Illinois' appellate courts and the Seventh Circuit could add even more cases to the state's already steady flood of biometric privacy cases and prevent businesses from litigating in federal court. Here, Law360 looks at some of 2021's biggest decisions in Illinois courts.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Agri Stats has asked a Minnesota federal court to transfer the government's case accusing the company of operating an illegal information exchange for meat processors to Illinois, where a judge has already rejected similar claims in multidistrict litigation over chicken prices.

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Law 360

MARCH 15, 2022

Though two recent rulings by Massachusetts and Illinois federal courts add to the growing body of case law denying discovery into litigation funding arrangements, prudence necessitates that lawyers, clients and funders follow certain best practices to ensure that their communications are not discoverable by opposing parties, says Stewart Ackerly at (..)

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2022

Amazon's top brass has misled investors as to the e-commerce giant's compliance with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act as well as the substantial litigation risks associated with its lackluster compliance, according to a stockholder derivative suit filed Tuesday in Washington federal court.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Clair Long, owner of a law firm in Illinois, what are some of the top skills or traits that you look for in paralegals that you also look for in your associates? Olivia purchased that paralegal training program years ago, and she also put a few of her law clerks (associates in training) through the Litigation Paralegal Boot Camp.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

A class-action lawsuit was filed in May 2024 by four Illinois residents on behalf of shoppers in the state. The plaintiffs allege that Target violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) , which regulates the collection, storage, and use of biometric data such as facial scans and fingerprints.

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Law 360

AUGUST 5, 2024

An Illinois federal judge awarded a win to an insurer Monday in a suit over coverage of underlying Biometric Information Privacy Act litigation, finding a contractual exclusion prevented coverage for a machine and plastics manufacturer accused of failing to secure employee data.

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Law 360

AUGUST 26, 2024

An Illinois federal judge trimmed a lawsuit Friday filed by two former Papa John's workers who claim the chain violated the state's biometric privacy law, but refused to dismiss it as duplicative of a putative class action raising similar claims, saying the plaintiffs have every right to "grab the litigation wheel."

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Law 360

AUGUST 6, 2024

Jones Day wants to prevent former client Soverain Software LLC from exiting a decade-long spat over $2 million in unpaid legal fees, telling an Illinois state court that Soverain's bid to bring the litigation to a close "is a house of cards that collapses with the slightest breeze."

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Law 360

JUNE 25, 2024

A New York federal judge handling multidistrict litigation over Visa and Mastercard merchant fees rejected a proposed settlement for equitable relief and recommended a case from Grubhub be sent back to Illinois, making good on a suggestion she shared at a previous hearing.

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Law 360

JUNE 17, 2024

and a class of truck drivers who challenged the railroad's gate-access practices neared final approval Monday, resolving litigation that had been pending in Illinois' state and federal courts. A $75 million biometric privacy settlement between BNSF Railway Co.

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2024

An Illinois federal judge on Thursday agreed to allow an affiliate of legal investment firm Burford Capital to substitute for food giant Sysco in price-fixing litigation against broiler chicken producers, a ruling that comes a month after a Minnesota federal judge refused to allow the same Burford unit to substitute for Sysco in similar pork and beef (..)

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Law 360

JULY 1, 2024

The Brooklyn federal judge handling multidistrict litigation over Visa and Mastercard merchant fees on Monday suggested that a case alleging the credit card companies had agreements with Apple that violated antitrust law should be sent back to Illinois federal court, saying the facts in the case are not similar enough.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 5, 2022

Litigation involving drug price reporting under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP)1 has been very active in 2022. Most recently, on August 3, 2022, an Illinois federal jury.

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Day on Torts

JUNE 1, 2023

Faced with no Illinois law directly on point, the federal court determined that the reasoning in Haley v. A federal judge in Chicago has agreed to allow a jury to consider whether airplane crash victims experience preimpact terror before their deaths. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 2d 311, 314-15 (5th Cir. 1984), was persuasive.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An Illinois appellate court ruled Tuesday that two insurers are not responsible for part of a $19 million settlement in underlying biometric privacy litigation based on a broad violation-of-law policy exclusion, saying the Seventh Circuit's recent analysis of nearly identical language is not "an accurate reflection of Illinois law."

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Law 360

MAY 6, 2024

No-poach antitrust litigation against McDonald's is getting back underway in Illinois federal court following the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal of the fast food giant's appeal, spurring the district court judge to consider whether more discovery might be needed to determine the appropriate standard that will govern the case.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An Illinois federal judge granted a win to an insurer in a coverage dispute with a condiment company over biometric privacy litigation, changing course Tuesday in response to a state appeals decision concerning an identical policy exclusion.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 18, 2024

An Illinois federal judge refused Friday to reconsider a prior decision trimming the Federal Trade Commission's suit alleging Walmart facilitated fraud through its money transfer services, while allowing Walmart to seek interlocutory review regarding the FTC's litigating authority.

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Law 360

APRIL 5, 2024

An Illinois federal judge refused on Friday to spell out exactly what Hytera Communications should tell a Chinese court to lift the U.S. judge's hefty sanctions and halt the foreign litigation that the company participated in against her orders, saying it is Hytera's responsibility to unwind the situation the company created for itself.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 2, 2024

An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday held TikTok and parent company ByteDance to multidistrict litigation in which users claim the video platform's in-app browser illegally tracks activity on third-party sites, and gave the plaintiffs a chance to replead one claim under California law.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Attorneys described in lurid detail the allegedly horrific conditions at the Northern Reception and Classification Center outside Joliet, Illinois.

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Law 360

MARCH 15, 2022

signaled to an Illinois federal judge Tuesday that they've struck a $4.5 million deal with the platform to end litigation over its allegedly illegal fingerprint scanning and collection practices. Workers for an online gift platform owned by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

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Law 360

JUNE 15, 2023

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday granted preliminary approval to a $48 million deal settling CBS, Cox and Fox out of multidistrict litigation by ad buyers over an alleged scheme among U.S. broadcasters to fix television ad prices, saying the settlement "will likely be granted final approval."

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Law 360

JANUARY 26, 2024

TikTok can't use a $92 million biometric privacy settlement finalized in 2022 to duck 13 additional lawsuits over TikTok's in-app browser that were later transferred to a multidistrict litigation, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 8, 2023

The college then prolonged the litigation, virtually forcing the family into insolvency. Oberlin President Carmen Twillie Ambar and the Board needlessly spent millions in litigation costs above the damages rather than admit that the college was wrong in the targeting of this grocery. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Streaming service Tubi must litigate a user's proposed class suit claiming the company unlawfully shares her and others' viewing history and personal information with advertisers, an Illinois federal judge has ruled, rejecting Tubi's bid to either arbitrate or dismiss the claims.

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2023

Seeking to undo an unusual order blocking it from signing settlements in high-value antitrust litigation, food industry giant Sysco Corp. told an Illinois federal court that an arbitrator's recent injunction belies "uniform, nationwide public policy" in favor of settlements.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 27, 2021

District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, it’s likely that jurors will be spread… If you have a trial coming up in the U.S.

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Law 360

JUNE 13, 2024

Plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation targeting Clearview AI's allegedly unlawful practice of "scraping" internet photos to collect biometric facial data told an Illinois federal judge on Wednesday they have struck a "unique" deal giving the class a stake in the company's future growth.

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Law 360

APRIL 11, 2024

The Illinois Senate on Thursday passed legislation that would update the Biometric Information Privacy Act as well as tweak its liability guidelines, a clarification that proponents say is needed to protect businesses from costly, frivolous litigation.

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Law 360

AUGUST 25, 2023

An Illinois attorney has filed a countersuit in an employee benefit fund administrator's federal benefits litigation alleging he failed to disclose conflicts of interest and recommended unlawful transactions that triggered a federal investigation, arguing the fund and its managers were to blame for its mismanagement.

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