/illinois?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Illinois Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:16:39 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363898?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363898 An Illinois federal judge weighing ethical fee concerns in an aid-fixing suit against several elite universities said Friday that the class attorney who raised the issue should outline his dispute in a sealed filing before the court decides whether discovery should be taken over it. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:56:29 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363900?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363900 A Chicago damages trial set for a man who lost his immediate family in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash can be taken off the books because his case settled "literally two minutes" before his final pretrial hearing, attorneys told an Illinois federal judge Friday. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:51:27 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363845?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363845 AbbVie on Thursday defeated a certified securities class action that accused it of giving healthcare providers unlawful kickbacks in exchange for prescribing its flagship arthritis drug Humira when an Illinois federal judge ruled that AbbVie provided legitimate services that were "integrally tied" to the drug itself. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:12:49 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363891?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363891 An Illinois federal judge gave preliminary approval for a $12.1 million class action settlement in a biometric privacy law dispute between Speedway LLC and nearly 7,700 current and former gas station employees after ordering a lower redistribution trigger for initial payments that aren't cashed. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:52:19 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363419?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363419 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into New York City's zombie building scene, a BigLaw specialist's view of Nashville's rise in property taxes, and the firms that guided the top hospitality deals in the first half of 2025. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:38:43 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363816?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363816 A suit brought by Illinois homeowners seeking more than $5 million in coverage for damage caused by a burst pipe during an extreme temperature drop is headed to trial after an Illinois federal court found that too many issues of material fact remain unresolved. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:46:51 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363973?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363973 Illinois' justices should overturn lower court decisions allowing $2.1 million in penalties on PepsiCo for categorizing Frito-Lay expatriates' compensation as foreign payroll, a categorization that excluded Frito-Lay's profits from PepsiCo's state income tax calculations, the food and beverage giant said in a petition. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:36:28 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363552?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363552 The Seventh Circuit upheld discovery sanctions against an Indianapolis hotel owner after an Indiana federal court found it repeatedly failed to hand over records relating to whether the property was deemed "vacant" per the terms of its property insurance policy with a Liberty Mutual unit. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:30:48 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363876 Sixteen Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia told a Maryland federal judge Friday that they are dropping their motion to block the federal government from returning forced-reset triggers for guns to their owners, following declarations from the government and others that they would not distribute the products into states where possession is illegal. Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:11:28 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363021?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363021 The Seventh Circuit won't revive a minor's claims against South Korea-based Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. over his injuries from an exploding vape battery, saying there's too much of a "disconnect" between the company's marketing of batteries for use in battery packs and finished products and the sale of an individual battery like the one in this case. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:41:08 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363494?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363494 Carma HoldCo Inc. has filed a $10 million lawsuit in Illinois federal court against its former president and chief legal officer, accusing them of misappropriating its trade secrets and business plans related to "Real American" beer in a partnership with wrestler Hulk Hogan after they were terminated. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:35:33 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363507?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363507 Boehringer Ingelheim notched another Zantac cancer trial win in Illinois state court this week, after a jury rejected a prostate cancer patient's claim that his seven-year use of the brand-name heartburn drug played a role in his diagnosis. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 20:19:44 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363403?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363403 An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday dismissed several retailers' proposed antitrust class action that accused Apple, Visa and Mastercard of scheming to restrain competition in point-of-sale transaction payment networks, saying the express terms of agreements retailers had claimed were anti-competitive showed otherwise. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:39:03 +0000 /illinois/articles/2357660?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2357660 The federal banking regulators' recent approval of Capital One's acquisition of Discover signals the agencies' willingness to approve large transactions and a more favorable environment generally for bank mergers under the Trump administration, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:44:09 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363222?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363222 Attorneys for students accusing elite universities of conspiring to limit financial aid told an Illinois federal court there's no need for the schools to look into ethical concerns raised about attorney fees by a "disgruntled" associate for one of the firms representing the proposed class. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:30:18 +0000 /illinois/articles/2363330?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2363330 DraftKings customers alleging the online betting giant's advertisements fuel gambling addiction are pushing to keep their proposed class action against the company alive, throwing water on its effort to escape the lawsuit by leaning on its extensive disclaimers and fine print. Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:26:30 +0000 /illinois/articles/2339955?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2339955 Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:11:02 +0000 /illinois/articles/2362704?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2362704 A Maryland federal judge said she was unlikely to block settlements between the federal government and gun-component manufacturers allowing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to return "forced reset triggers" to their owners and questioned the standing of states that claim the returns would break their laws. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:31:19 +0000 /illinois/articles/2362494?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2362494 Federal regulators can't give themselves power to order rail carriers to share shipments with their rivals unless the incumbent railroad's service is "inadequate," a Seventh Circuit panel said in striking a Surface Transportation Board rule designed to empower such mandates when service merely fails certain reliability metrics. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:08:46 +0000 /illinois/articles/2362876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2362876 A lawsuit accusing Ticketmaster and Live Nation of baiting customers to buy event tickets with deceptively low prices can move forward for now, because the entertainment giants challenged the claims with arguments that are better resolved after gathering evidence, a California federal judge said Wednesday.