Federal Wiretap Act: Illinois Court Rejects Claim Over Hospital Deploying Website Analytics ToolsClient AlertMarch 14, 2023 Subscribe Wiretapping claims have become the focus of the privacy plaintiff’s bar, and the healthcare industry in particular has been in the crosshairs of recent filings (wit...
Illinois appellate court rules Missouri act inapplicable in IllinoisTom Herrmann
For the second time in two weeks, the Illinois Supreme Court clarified the scope of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) — this time inCothron v. White Castle. The court, in a 4–3 decision, held that BIPA claims accrue each time biometric data is collected...
PACER does not limit the cost of each case search you make, meaning you could be charged exorbitant fees for searches that return bad results. In addition to PACER’s expensive case search fees, PACER also charges court document fees. PACER charges 10 cents per page and claims that these...
Now Mr. Pritzker wants a progressive income tax he claims will really solve the issue. The bottom line is that politicians in Illinois want ever-increasing taxes to finance ever-increasing pensions for state and local bureaucrats. This cartoon from Eric Allie nicely summarizes the attitude of the...
As of January 1st, 2022, the court may now appoint multiple persons or entities to act as a guardian over a person and or his property. Those guardians are entitled to receive reasonable fees and compensation for their services, and they have a first-class claim to a deceased ward’s esta...
Phillip Morris Asks Illinois High Court to Overturn Verdict Reports that Phillip Morris USA asked the Illinois Supreme Court in a legal brief to overturn a lower court verdict in Chicago, Illinois. Reversal of verdict sought by the company on four legal grounds; Claims of the company for properl...
No. 129081 In The Supreme Court Of Illinois LUCILLE MOSBY, Individually, and ) On Appeal from the Circuit Court on Behalf of All Others Similarly Sit- ) of Cook County, Illinois, County uated, ) Department, Chancery Division Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) Case No. 2018-CH-05031 ) v. ) The...
Liquidated damages clauses will be found unenforceable by an Illinois court under certain situations. The liquidation damages clause is unconscionable, the clause violates public policy, such as a penalty, and the amount of the liquidation damages clause is grossly disproportionate to the number of da...
of appeal, and that he had informed Murray of this fact. He asserts that he thought he was being retained by Murray only to pursue the motion to set bond pending appeal. He claims that he made a mere error in judgment by his failing to see that a substitution of attorney was filed. ...