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June 30, 2026
Transportation logistics company Hub Group Inc. was hit with an investor's proposed class action in Illinois federal court alleging that the company artificially inflated its share prices by concealing deficient internal controls that caused the company to restate its most significant operating expenses.
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June 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will not review a challenge to a Massachusetts law restricting the sale of pork produced in tightly confined spaces, though Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito were in favor of hearing the case.
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June 30, 2026
The Justice Department offered its formal defense of the controversial midtrial settlement that allowed Live Nation to keep its Ticketmaster subsidiary, telling a New York federal judge the deal frees up artists and venues much faster than any remedy state attorneys general could achieve through their jury win.
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June 30, 2026
Cannabis giant Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. is urging an Illinois federal court to throw out claims from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that a class of unnamed women employees faced constant sexual harassment, saying the complaint is too vague for the company to be on notice for what it has to defend against.
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June 30, 2026
The U.S. International Trade Commission said it has opened an investigation into a U.S. biotechnology company's claim that a Chinese company is importing and selling kits and other technology in the U.S. that infringe patents related to testing the proteins in genomes.
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June 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted Second Amendment challenges to semiautomatic rifle bans in Cook County, Illinois, and the state of Connecticut, combining two cases to decide whether the Constitution guarantees the right to possess AR-15-style weapons.
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June 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday thwarted President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship to babies born to parents with permanent ties to the United States, finding the 14th Amendment cannot be read that narrowly — a decision dissenting justices fear will jeopardize the country's future.
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June 29, 2026
A former instructor's dispute over an allegedly improper performance review cannot move forward against the University of Chicago and a Service Employees International Union local because he hasn't raised viable claims over the process that led to his contract nonrenewal, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.
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June 29, 2026
Two organizations' lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to discontinue two education grants must be heard by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, an Illinois federal court ruled, while finding jurisdiction likely still exists over the plaintiffs' First Amendment claims.
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June 29, 2026
More than two dozen states sued the Trump administration Monday in Massachusetts federal court in a bid to strike down new Medicaid work requirements for certain enrollees, saying the administration did not consider the consequences the requirements would have on vulnerable Medicaid enrollees.
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June 29, 2026
A split Illinois appellate panel ruled Monday that a $2 million medical malpractice settlement between a patient and an emergency room doctor barred claims against a hospital, saying a clause in the settlement agreement didn't trump Illinois legal precedent.
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June 29, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case over whether qualified immunity was correctly granted to two Wisconsin prison guards who left a naked man in an often freezing cold cell for 23 hours, drawing a dissent from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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June 29, 2026
A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a former nanny's suit accusing "Sandman" author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting her while in New Zealand, finding the dispute should be heard in that country rather than Wisconsin where he currently lives as a lawful permanent resident.
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June 29, 2026
A putative class action filed in Illinois federal court claims AbbVie failed to adequately warn consumers that its Juvederm hyaluronic acid dermal fillers carry a significant risk of delayed-onset granulomas that can cause painful facial lumps, scarring and disfigurement.
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June 29, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Washington state's law permitting shelters not to notify the parents of runaway teens who seek gender-affirming treatment, reviving a lawsuit that a Ninth Circuit panel unanimously shot down after a district judge found the plaintiffs could only show speculative injury.
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June 29, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld Mississippi's law allowing state election officials to count mail-in ballots that arrive up to five days after Election Day, paving the way for the Magnolia State and 14 others, along with the District of Columbia, to count late-arriving ballots in this year's midterm elections.
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June 29, 2026
Several consumers saw their claims trimmed or were booted entirely from a proposed class action accusing Colgate-Palmolive Co. of allowing their toothpastes to become tainted with lead and mercury, with a Manhattan federal judge suggesting a third-party study and other testing that all buyers relied on proved very little.
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June 26, 2026
Cornell University and certain other elite schools defending against students' accusations that they illegally conspired to fix their financial aid offerings will not be able to challenge an order sending those claims to trial before a jury resolves them first, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.
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June 26, 2026
The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.
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June 26, 2026
Police officers' abuse of public surveillance technology to stalk people in their private lives highlights the need for greater transparency and accountability when it comes to how these tools are used, say experts.
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June 26, 2026
The National Collegiate Athletic Association was sued in Illinois federal court Thursday by a proposed class of athletes challenging a new policy that restricts players to five years of eligibility with no opportunity for "redshirting" or other eligibility waivers, arguing it imposes "restrictions that arbitrarily and disparately cut short college athletes' ability to compete."
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June 26, 2026
An insurer has said it does not owe coverage to an Illinois chiropractor in lawsuits from patients claiming they were among nearly 200 who were secretly recorded while undressed at the chiropractor's office, saying the alleged criminal acts do not qualify as covered professional services.
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June 26, 2026
King & Spalding LLP has added two more ex-Winston & Strawn LLP partners who will reunite with 15 former colleagues who joined the firm earlier this year.
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June 25, 2026
An Illinois federal judge granted class status to a former Universal Intermodal Services employee in his suit accusing the company and affiliates of illegally collecting workers' biometric data, finding the potential inclusion in the certified classes of temporary workers or those who might have signed consent forms didn't foreclose the move.
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June 25, 2026
A California federal judge has refused to let Meta Platforms Inc. escape an Illinois woman's proposed class claims that Meta collects "voiceprints" in violation of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, saying in a ruling unsealed Thursday that whether Meta obtained her voice recordings in a way capable of identifying her was still up for dispute.