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Latest News in Illinois

  • October 09, 2026

    Boeing Can't Preclude Punitive Damages In Door Plug Suit

    A Washington judge Friday rejected The Boeing Co.'s effort to shut down passengers' bid for punitive damages in a lawsuit over the 2024 blowout of an aircraft door plug, allowing the plaintiffs time to conduct more discovery around whether Illinois law applies.

  • October 09, 2026

    States Fight DOL's Ax Of Unemployment Insurance Grants

    Fourteen states sued the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Friday, alleging the U.S. Department of Labor wrongfully terminated grants intended for modernizing their unemployment insurance programs.

  • October 09, 2026

    DirecTV, AGs Can't See Nexstar-Tegna Benefits Yet

    A California federal magistrate judge refused to make Nexstar and Tegna explain how their $6.2 billion merger will boost local news against streaming competition and accelerate technological transition, rejecting as premature a motion to compel from DirecTV and the bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general challenging the deal.

  • October 09, 2026

    'A Moral Hazard': Kalshi Drug Trial Bets Spark Ethical Qualms

    Kalshi Inc. opening prediction markets for clinical drug trials has raised a host of compliance concerns for attorneys, including the risk of insider trading among the wide swaths of stakeholders in the know about the trials, as well as the danger of compromising the trials themselves.

  • October 09, 2026

    Alight Seeks To Nix Investors' Deceptive Growth Claims Suit

    Employee benefits and human resources provider Alight urged an Illinois federal court to toss a suit alleging its executives misled investors about the company's ability to hit financial targets, arguing it repeatedly warned about the risks of its strategic overhaul.

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