Hospital system Lifepoint sued insurers and MultiPlan in federal court, alleging the defendants formed an anticompetitive cartel to suppress out-of-network reimbursement rates, seeking tens of millions in damages.
The American Physical Therapy Association filed a direct action complaint in the Multiplan multidistrict litigation asserting horizontal and hub-and-spoke conspiracy claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act against Multiplan Inc. and more than two dozen...
A Texas patent-holding company accused the cable giant of infringing five voice recognition and natural language understanding patents with its Xfinity Voice Remote, alleging Comcast has known about the technology since 2012.
A federal judge reduced a $58.9 million jury verdict in a trade secret dispute to approximately $10.4 million, ruling that lost-profit calculations for two major waste haulers were based on conjecture rather than evidence.
A federal magistrate judge in the Northern District of Illinois ordered Amazon to produce source code for its JWO Technology, treating the material as highly sensitive information under a protective order.
A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois granted in part and denied in part a motion to compel, ordering the production of training code for deployed machine-learning models while refusing to require disclosure of development branches of the...
Chief Judge Virginia M. Kendall severed six jewelry defendants from Chrome Hearts LLC’s mass trademark infringement lawsuit, ruling that the plaintiff failed to establish a "logical relationship" between the six appearing entities and the 86 other...
A federal judge transferred an ERISA class action against Labcorp to North Carolina, ruling that the convenience of witnesses and the location of key records outweigh the plaintiffs' choice of forum in Illinois.
The estate of Samya Stumo has secured a verdict against Boeing in the consolidated litigation.
A federal judge in Chicago allowed a claim that CIBC Bank USA failed to manage a borrower’s liquidation in a commercially reasonable manner to proceed, dismissing fraud and breach of contract claims in a $5 million private credit dispute.
A federal judge in Chicago rejected a healthcare employer's attempt to dismiss a putative class action alleging automatic pay deductions and improper overtime calculations, ruling the complaint states a plausible claim under federal and state wage laws.
A federal judge in Chicago rejected a skilled nursing operator’s attempt to throw out a putative class action alleging automatic pay deductions and improper overtime calculations.
A federal judge in Chicago allowed a putative class action alleging that Route App’s pre-checked shipping protection fees deceive consumers to proceed, dismissing only a tortious interference claim.
U.S. District Judge Elaine E. Bucklo denied a motion to dismiss by 14 defendants in Laika LLC’s copyright infringement lawsuit, ruling that common questions of law and fact justify keeping the group in a single suit under Federal Rule 20.
A federal judge in Chicago denied Hytera Communications’ motion for summary judgment of non-infringement in Motorola Solutions’ patent lawsuit, ruling that genuine disputes of material fact remain regarding whether Hytera’s i-Series and H-Series radio...
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed two former McDonald’s executives’ claims that they were denied promotions due to race, but allowed one executive’s retaliation claim to proceed based on the timing of an investigation launched shortly after the lawsuit...
A federal magistrate judge in Chicago ruled that the Illinois Medical Studies Act bars discovery of peer-review materials in a diversity case where a surgeon accused the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery of retaliating against his criticism of spinal...
A federal judge ruled that an insurer owes no duty to defend a reproductive genetics lab against a class action alleging deceptive advertising, holding that marketing misrepresentations do not constitute professional services or bodily injury under the policy.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Ligas consent decree prohibits Illinois from using state-operated developmental centers for interim crisis placements of class members with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
A Northern District of Illinois judge affirmed bankruptcy court rulings that voided engagement letters used by Chicago attorney Xiaoming Wu, finding the split-fee structure violated federal disclosure statutes by obscuring the true cost and scope of legal...