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Class action over Chicago distracted driving tickets wins new chance

Cook County Record

Class action over Chicago distracted driving tickets wins new chance

Scott Holland
Updated 18 hrs ago

CHICAGO — A state appeals panel has revived a class action accusing the city of Chicago of illegally issuing citations for distracted driving,…

Pro-Trump Cook County judge booted from court sues to get job back

Cook County Record

Pro-Trump Cook County judge booted from court sues to get job back

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Feb 19, 2026

CHICAGO — A retired Cook County judge has sued the Illinois Supreme Court, saying the state high court justices violated his rights, both as a…

Chicago cops cleared in Dexter Reed death; City asks to toss family’s suit

Cook County Record

Chicago cops cleared in Dexter Reed death; City asks to toss family’s suit

Jonathan Bilyk
Feb 18, 2026

CHICAGO — Even as Chicago's civilian police oversight board has cleared nearly every misconduct claim against the police officers involved in …

Judge: ‘Boneless wings’ suit vs Buffalo Wild Wings has no legs

Cook County Record

Judge: ‘Boneless wings’ suit vs Buffalo Wild Wings has no legs

Jonathan Bilyk
Feb 17, 2026

CHICAGO — Buffalo Wild Wings can't be sued for selling "boneless wings" that are actually oversized, sauced chicken nuggets, because "reasonab…

IL lawmaker intros bill to regulate third-party lawsuit investing

Cook County Record

IL lawmaker intros bill to regulate third-party lawsuit investing

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Feb 13, 2026

SPRINGFIELD - Amid a growing push nationwide for new laws to regulate the booming business of third-party lawsuit investing, a state lawmaker …

IL biometric suits nixed vs staffing firms over worker fingerprint scans

Cook County Record

IL biometric suits nixed vs staffing firms over worker fingerprint scans

Scott Holland
Updated Feb 12, 2026

OTTAWA, ILLINOIS - A state appeals panel has ruled staffing agencies can’t be held liable in potentially costly biometric privacy lawsuits tar…

Smith & Wesson wins appeal chance in Highland Park lawsuits

Cook County Record

Smith & Wesson wins appeal chance in Highland Park lawsuits

Jonathan Bilyk
Feb 11, 2026

SPRINGFIELD - Gunmaker Smith & Wesson will get a chance to appeal a Lake County judge's decision clearing the way for the families of vict…

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IL can limit credit, debit ‘swipe fees,’ judge rules; Banks to appeal

Cook County Record

IL can limit credit, debit ‘swipe fees,’ judge rules; Banks to appeal

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Feb 10, 2026

CHICAGO - Illinois should be able to enforce its new limits on so-called "swipe fees," or the fees charged each time someone uses a credit or …

Florida’s crusade against candy turns lawyers’ heads

Cook County Record

Florida’s crusade against candy turns lawyers’ heads

John O’Brien
Updated Feb 10, 2026

CHICAGO – Candy class actions are coming after Florida’s version of MAHA claimed several popular products like Nerds contain unsafe levels of …

Ex-COPA deputy who revealed boss’ anti-cop bias can’t sue over firing

Cook County Record

Ex-COPA deputy who revealed boss’ anti-cop bias can’t sue over firing

Scott Holland
Updated Feb 9, 2026

CHICAGO - A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit from a former top investigator for the Chicago city office responsible for investigating police…

Lawsuit investor Burford can upend Sysco’s $50M chicken price settlement

Cook County Record

Lawsuit investor Burford can upend Sysco’s $50M chicken price settlement

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Feb 6, 2026

CHICAGO - A Chicago federal appeals panel will allow Burford Capital, the world's largest third-party lawsuit investor, to force poultry produ…

Siri class action lawsuit greenlit, billions at stake

Cook County Record

Siri class action lawsuit greenlit, billions at stake

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Feb 5, 2026

CHICAGO - A judge has cleared the way for as many as 3 million Apple device users in Illinois to be included in a class action lawsuit accusin…

Army vet’s suit shut down vs Walmart, others over poster pic

Cook County Record

Army vet’s suit shut down vs Walmart, others over poster pic

Scott Holland
Updated Feb 4, 2026

CHICAGO - A federal appeals panel won’t let a U.S. Army veteran revive his lawsuit against Walmart and other retailers for selling products, w…

Palatine teacher fired over anti-BLM posts turns to SCOTUS

Cook County Record

Palatine teacher fired over anti-BLM posts turns to SCOTUS

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Feb 3, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former Palatine High School teacher who was fired for posting anti-Black Lives Matter content to her personal Facebook pa…

Dems fail in first try to use ‘state sovereignty’ to ‘veto’ ICE

Cook County Record

Dems fail in first try to use ‘state sovereignty’ to ‘veto’ ICE

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Feb 2, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS - As a federal judge in Chicago prepares to hear Illinois' and Chicago's lawsuit seeking to all but halt ICE and Border Patrol imm…

Cook County can’t detour $240M in transportation funds, judge rules

Cook County Record

Cook County can’t detour $240M in transportation funds, judge rules

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 30, 2026

CHICAGO - Cook County can't use more than $240 million a year that should be designated for road projects and other transportation needs to pa…

Woman can keep suing Toro over leg lost in mowing accident

Madison-St. Clair Record

Woman can keep suing Toro over leg lost in mowing accident

Scott Holland
Updated Jan 29, 2026

CHICAGO - A federal appeals panel has restarted part of a lawsuit from the family of a woman seeking to force lawn equipment maker Toro to pay…

Lawsuit: IL Dems can’t use state law to control the name ‘democrat’

Cook County Record

Lawsuit: IL Dems can’t use state law to control the name ‘democrat’

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 28, 2026

CHICAGO — A group of Illinois Democrats who disagree with the power structure of their party on how to address transgender civil rights law an…

Baxter, Lake County EtO plaintiffs reach settlement; terms unknown

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Baxter, Lake County EtO plaintiffs reach settlement; terms unknown

Jonathan Bilyk
Jan 28, 2026

CHICAGO - Pharmaceutical and medical device maker Baxter Healthcare has reportedly agreed to settle at least 38 lawsuits accusing the company …

IL Supreme Court sacks recalled judge who criticized ‘lawfare’ vs Trump

Cook County Record

IL Supreme Court sacks recalled judge who criticized ‘lawfare’ vs Trump

Jonathan Bilyk
Jan 27, 2026

CHICAGO - The Democrat-dominated Illinois Supreme Court has abruptly reversed its decision to recall to service a former judge to help allevia…

Emissions permitted? ‘Irrelevant’ vs lawsuits: IL Sup Ct

Cook County Record

Emissions permitted? ‘Irrelevant’ vs lawsuits: IL Sup Ct

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 26, 2026

SPRINGFIELD - Businesses in Illinois hit by blizzards of potentially ruinous lawsuits over alleged harm caused by emissions from their factori…

Judge ends anti-ICE case, jumps into IL Dems’ bid to freeze ICE

Cook County Record

Judge ends anti-ICE case, jumps into IL Dems’ bid to freeze ICE

Jonathan Bilyk
Jan 23, 2026

CHICAGO - After a federal appeals court signaled it would rebuke her decision restraining ICE from using force against those interfering with …

ABA can’t end anti-white scholarship discrimination lawsuit

Cook County Record

ABA can’t end anti-white scholarship discrimination lawsuit

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 22, 2026

CHICAGO - The American Bar Association can't escape a lawsuit accusing the group, tasked with setting national ethical and professional standa…

U of Phoenix can’t delete class action over embedded activity trackers

Cook County Record

U of Phoenix can’t delete class action over embedded activity trackers

Scott Holland
Updated Jan 21, 2026

CHICAGO - A federal judge won’t stop a significant portion of a class action accusing the University of Phoenix of allowing Facebook and other…

Report: Third-party litigation funding affects affordability

Legislation & Government

Report: Third-party litigation funding affects affordability

Chris Dickerson
Updated Jan 21, 2026

WASHINGTON – A new report shows how third-party litigation financing is driving up costs for American consumers and families more than $600 pe…

Geragos can’t sue Nigerian bros for suing him over Smollett comments

Cook County Record

Geragos can’t sue Nigerian bros for suing him over Smollett comments

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 20, 2026

CHICAGO - An Illinois state appeals court has blocked celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos and his Beverly Hills law firm from reviving a lawsuit aga…

Elite private colleges can’t cap off price-fixing collusion class action

Cook County Record

Elite private colleges can’t cap off price-fixing collusion class action

Scott Holland
Updated Jan 16, 2026

CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago has refused to end an antitrust class action complaint accusing elite universities of colluding in the fi…

SCOTUS takes up Roundup warning case; Billions of dollars at stake

Northern California Record

SCOTUS takes up Roundup warning case; Billions of dollars at stake

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 16, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With billions of dollars at stake, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to settle the question of whether trial lawyers can co…

Boeing settles another lawsuit over deaths from Ethiopian Air crash

Cook County Record

Boeing settles another lawsuit over deaths from Ethiopian Air crash

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 15, 2026

CHICAGO - Boeing has settled another of the lawsuits lodged against the company as a result of a 2019 airliner crash in Ethiopia.

Jonathan Bilyk

Documentary shows cost of personal injury lawsuit abuse

Southeast Texas Record

Documentary shows cost of personal injury lawsuit abuse

Chris Dickerson
Updated Jan 14, 2026

WASHINGTON – A new documentary aims to shine a light on what happens when American citizens are victimized by the personal injury lawsuit system.

Chris Dickerson

SCOTUS: Bost can challenge IL mail-in vote counting rules

Madison-St. Clair Record

SCOTUS: Bost can challenge IL mail-in vote counting rules

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Illinois Democrats may yet need to defend an Illinois state law forcing election authorities to count all mail-in ballots r…

Jonathan Bilyk

Theis abruptly retires from IL Supreme Court; Tailor to replace

Cook County Record

Theis abruptly retires from IL Supreme Court; Tailor to replace

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 12, 2026

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois will have a new state Supreme Court justice at the end of January, after Justice Mary Jane Theis announced her sudden r…

Jonathan Bilyk

Dems move to almost entirely block fed immigration enforcement in IL

Cook County Record

Dems move to almost entirely block fed immigration enforcement in IL

Jonathan Bilyk
Jan 12, 2026

CHICAGO - After enacting state laws forbidding local police from cooperating with federal immigration efforts, and after winning a court case …

Jonathan Bilyk

Reforms sliced BIPA class actions in 2025, new report says

Cook County Record

Reforms sliced BIPA class actions in 2025, new report says

Jonathan Bilyk
Updated Jan 9, 2026

CHICAGO - Reforms to Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law appears to have doled out some relief in 2025 to employers and other businesse…

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