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Illinois
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Latest News in Illinois
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May 19, 2025
House Urged To Ax Proposed 10-Year Ban On State AI Laws
More than 140 civil rights and consumer advocacy groups on Monday became the latest to oppose a sweeping provision in the U.S. House of Representatives' budget proposal that would place a 10-year moratorium on states enacting or enforcing laws to regulate emerging artificial intelligence systems, joining a bipartisan coalition of state enforcers that issued a similar call last week.
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May 19, 2025
2 Dozen States Urge Judge To Stop AmeriCorps Cuts
Two dozen states urged a Maryland federal judge on Monday to halt $400 million in cuts to AmeriCorps programs, while the lawyers for the Trump administration insisted that the states' challenge must be brought before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
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May 19, 2025
Chicago's Climate Deception Suit Heads Back To State Court
An Illinois federal judge has found that the city of Chicago's lawsuit looking to hold the nation's largest oil producers liable for allegedly deceiving the public about fossil fuel consumption should be litigated in state court.
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May 19, 2025
7th Circ. Won't Reopen Male Ex-School Director's Bias Suit
The Seventh Circuit refused to upend a private school's win over a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully terminated an administrator and replaced him with a woman, saying he couldn't overcome the school's explanation that he was let go for breaching his boss's trust.
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May 19, 2025
Ex-CTA Worker Can Take Vaccine Bias Claim To Trial
An ex-Chicago Transit Authority employee fired after refusing COVID-19 vaccination can take his religious discrimination claim to a jury this summer after an Illinois federal judge grilled the agency Monday on its assertion that the plaintiff didn't seek an exemption for sincerely held religious beliefs and rejected its argument that he was "cherry-picking" Catholic doctrine.
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- Illinois Attorney General’s Office
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- Illinois Department of Insurance
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- Illinois Gaming Board
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
- Illinois Commerce Commission
- Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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- Class actions
- Environmental suits
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- Product liability and consumer protection disputes
- Securities disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
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