U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso granted a preliminary injunction in Rosado v. Bondi, holding that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin likely violated the First Amendment by coercing private platforms to suppr...
Jeri Vivit’s Title VII religious discrimination claim against the Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago survives a motion to dismiss, resolving a novel question about whether an employee must notify an employer of her religious beliefs before recording...
A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois has granted a habeas corpus petition for a 15-year-old Guatemalan national, ruling that his rearrest and detention by immigration officials violated his due process rights and the Trafficking Victims Prot...
A Northern District of Illinois judge granted summary judgment on most employment discrimination claims brought by two Black executives against McDonald’s USA, LLC, but allowed one retaliation claim by former Operations Officer Domineca Neal to proceed.
A federal judge denied Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart and Cook County's bid to dismiss a certified class action alleging that Division 9 of the Cook County Jail lacks the grab bars and mounted shower seats required for disabled inmates to use toilets and s...
A federal judge in Chicago refused to dismiss a Fourteenth Amendment excessive-force claim against a Cook County jail officer who allegedly punched a restrained pretrial detainee repeatedly in the head, while dismissing related claims against other officers...
A federal judge dismissed all three trade secret counts against a competing cutlery-services company but allowed a tortious interference claim to proceed, applying the pleading specificity standard the Seventh Circuit demands for trade secret claims.
A federal judge in Chicago denied Helia Healthcare Services' motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging the company systematically shorted hourly workers on overtime pay and improperly deducted break time they never actually took.
A federal judge in Chicago denied a motion to dismiss brought by an auto lender, ruling that a pro se borrower plausibly alleged that the company failed to conduct a reasonable investigation after he disputed inaccurate account information on his credit rep...