504 results for 'court:"USDC Northern District of Illinois"'.
J. Cummings partially grants an auto body shop's motion for summary judgment on a former employee's discrimination claims. The former employee claims she faced discrimination at work on the basis of her pregnancy, and was eventually fired. The court finds the former employee has abandoned her hostile work environment claim, as she did not respond to the auto shop's argument against it, but allows the rest of her allegations to go forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Cummings, Filed On: April 25, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv2524, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Vehicle, Employment Discrimination
J. Seeger partially grants a lending agency's motion to dismiss claims by a borrower that it disguised its consumer loans as business loans. The borrower brought three claims over this alleged financial deception; one for violations of the Illinois Interest Act, another for Electronic Funds Transfer Act breaches, and the third for violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. The court dismisses portions of the borrower's Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act claim, but allows the rest of the complaint to move forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Seeger, Filed On: April 25, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv15452, NOS: Truth in Lending - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Business Practices, Banking / Lending
J. Valderrama partially grants an American medical technology company's motion for summary judgment for non-willfulness as to a Chinese medical technology company's patent infringement claims. The Chinese company claims the U.S. company deliberately infringed on its patent for a fingertip pulse oximeter and an associated display. The court grants the U.S. company's motion as to its pre-suit activities, but finds factual disputes make judgment on its post-suit activities inappropriate.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Valderrama, Filed On: April 23, 2024, Case #: 1:18cv825, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Health Care, Patent, Technology
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J. Leinenweber grants a veterinary clinic’s motion to dismiss a fertility clinic’s copyright claims, finding the fertility clinic has failed to show that consumers would likely confuse its trademarked PROOV ovulation testing device with the veterinary clinic’s OvuPROOF ovulation testing device. The court also dismisses the veterinary clinic’s counterclaim for defamation, but allows its counterclaims for defamation and misrepresentation to proceed.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Leinenweber, Filed On: April 22, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv3854, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Defamation, Technology
J. Kennelly partially grants a rideshare company’s motion to compel arbitration against several of its drivers. The drivers wish to forward a class action against the company. They claim it wrongly classifies them as independent contractors rather than employees so as to avoid paying them higher wages and overtime, compensating business expenses and providing employee benefits. The court finds arbitration is appropriate for three of the plaintiff drivers but not for a fourth. The court also grants conditional class certification for “all drivers who have worked for Uber in Illinois during the last three years.”
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 22, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv17182, NOS: Labor/Management Relations - Labor, Categories: Arbitration, Class Action, Labor / Unions
J. Kennelly partially grants a former Chicago public school student’s motion for class certification, for all students who “participated in the Quiet Time program in Chicago Public Schools during Chicago Public School’s academic calendar” between 2015 and 2019, and turned 18 on Jan. 13, 2021, or later. The court finds the student has sufficiently alleged the public school system’s “Quiet Time” program had “hidden” Hindu religious elements, such as chanting Sanskrit mantras that honored Hindu deities.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 19, 2024, Case #: 123cv218, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, Class Action, First Amendment
J. Cole mostly denies a class of truck drivers’ motion for more discovery in this long-running case over a railroad operator potentially violating biometric privacy law. The court broadly sides with the railroad operator in its assertion that it has already provided the class of drivers with all the discovery documents they are entitled to, but nevertheless orders the operator to compile a privilege log regarding its communications with a third-party software company.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Cole, Filed On: April 15, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv390, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Privacy, Discovery, Class Action
J. Kennelly partially grants account executive employees’ motion for sanctions against their employer, a logistics firm. The employees accused the firm of wrongly denying them overtime pay, and in subsequent proceedings a magistrate judge found the firm had violated its discovery obligations. This court affirms some of the objections the firm had raised to the magistrate judge’s sanction recommendations, but overrules others. The court also orders the firm to pay the employees almost $88,000 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 15, 2024, Case #: 1:16cv7331, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Sanctions, Attorney Fees, Class Action
J. Kennelly partially grants Chicago’s motion for summary judgment on multiple employment discrimination claims from Black former employees of the Chicago Department of Water Management. The employees claims they faced racial discrimination, a hostile work environment, skipped promotions and missed overtime pay. The court finds for the city regarding the employees’ claims of discrimination involving missed promotions, overtime pay and poor shift assignments; it also dismisses three employees’ hostile work environment and discriminatory discipline claims. The remaining claims will proceed to trial.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 12, 2024, Case #: 1:17cv4858, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Kennelly grants a baby formula manufacturer’s motion to dismiss an unjust enrichment class action brought by a nationwide class of consumers. The consumers paid more for baby formula after the manufacturer instituted a mass voluntary recall of tainted formula and shut down the facility where the formula was produced. Despite this, the court finds the class has failed to state a claim, opining there is no law under which the manufacturer “was obligated to maintain particular levels of formula production and supply or otherwise ensure stable formula prices.”
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 12, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv4148, NOS: Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Product Liability, Business Practices, Class Action
J. Daniel denies a pro se litigant’s motion for sanctions against the Aurora police he says arrested him without probable cause, and who now have violated their discovery obligations. The court also denies the litigant’s motion for summary judgment on all his claims against the police, and mostly grants the police’s motion for judgment on the same claims. Of eight claims brought against multiple police and the city of Aurora itself, the court will allow only a single failure to intervene claim against one officer, and two indemnification and failure to train claims against the city, to move forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Daniel, Filed On: April 11, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv4606, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Sanctions, Indemnification, Police Misconduct
J. Kocoras partially grants and partially denies both groups of window and curtain companies’ motions for summary judgment on the plaintiff companies’ patent claims against the defendants. The plaintiff companies alleges the defendant companies are infringing on their patents for a curtain wall system used for facades in high-rise buildings, which the defendants contest. The court splits the opposing motions for summary judgment; finding the defendants have not infringed on certain elements of the system but have infringed on others.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kocoras, Filed On: April 9, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv6618, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Construction, Patent, Technology
J. Hunt grants a data analytics company’s motion to dismiss a privacy and fraud suit brought by immigration activists. The activists claim the data analytics company sells private consumer data to law enforcement, government agencies and businesses that places immigrants at heightened risk of stalking, identity theft and law enforcement targeting. However, the court agrees with the company that some of the activists have failed to sufficiently allege their claims, and others lack standing to bring their claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: April 8, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv5384, NOS: Other Personal Property Damage - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Privacy, Business Practices
J. Coleman denies a former post worker’s motion for summary judgment and partially denies the U.S. postmaster’s motion for summary judgment. The former postal worker says the post office did not accommodate her disabilities stemming from a workplace injury, and also discriminated against her due to her age. However, the court does not find she has sufficiently alleged her disability discrimination claim to warrant summary judgment. The court also dismisses her age discrimination and retaliation claims, finding the bad behavior she accuses her supervisors of do not amount to legal age discrimination and that her retaliation claim lacks supporting evidence.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Coleman, Filed On: April 5, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv4689, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Cole partially grants a former electronics salesman’s motion to compel his former employer, an electronics retailer, to produce a privilege log. The former electronic salesman claims his employer fired him over his disability and use of FMLA leave, and seeks documents that could corroborate his allegations of discrimination. The court instead asks the parties to confer “in good faith,” and reach a “negotiated result” over discovery within the next two weeks.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Cole, Filed On: April 3, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv2639, NOS: Family and Medical Leave Act - Labor, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Discovery, Employment Discrimination
J. Kennelly grants a children’s clothing retailer’s motion to dismiss a consumer class action, brought by parents who say school uniforms they bought from the retailer contained polyfluoroalkyl substances. The court finds the parents lack standing to pursue injunctive relief, as they are now aware the uniforms contain the harmful substance. The court also finds the parents have failed to state an actionable claim.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 1, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv4899, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Consumer Law, Class Action
J. Blakey partially grants the sued software development company’s motion to dismiss the suing software development firm’s copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims. The suing firm claims one of its former employees used his knowledge of its programs to develop an almost identical research software to the one it markets, and launched the software with his competing company. The court dismisses the suing firm’s confidentiality and non-competition agreement breach claim, but allows all its other allegations to go forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv676, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Copyright, Trade Secrets, Technology
J. Blakey partially grants a medical clinic’s motion to dismiss race discrimination, wrongful termination and Title VII claims brought by one of its former employees. The former employee, a Black single mother, claims she faced consistent racial discrimination from her supervisor, who would also leave disparaging comments regarding her daughter on social media. She eventually felt pressured to resign given the constant poor treatment. The court finds the former employee has sufficiently alleged all her claims save her Title VII caregiver discrimination allegation.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: March 29, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv7012, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation