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April 01, 2026
A Nestle consumer cannot pursue false labeling accusations over the "100% real chocolate" claim on the company's chocolate chip bags because her complaint is "half-baked" and contradicts the widespread understanding that chocolate is made from more than cacao bean-based ingredients, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.
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April 01, 2026
An Illinois federal judge tossed a nonprofit's lawsuit claiming that University of Chicago graduate students were forced to pay fees to a union that the organization said was antisemitic, finding the disputed fee arrangement isn't considered a state action that falls within the scope of the First Amendment.
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April 01, 2026
An Illinois federal judge said equity funds alleging Boeing defrauded investors by downplaying the 737 Max jets' safety flaws can pursue claims related to certain statements made after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, but not claims tied to a separate door-plug blowout in 2024.
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April 01, 2026
An Illinois federal judge largely denied cross motions for summary judgment in a suit alleging a gambling product company used sham patent litigation to shove competitors out of the automatic card shuffler market, and certified a class of casinos and other buyers claiming they suffered antitrust injuries as a result.
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April 01, 2026
Through its relentless pursuit of criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Trump administration has further opened itself up to allegations of vindictive and selective prosecution — with potentially far-reaching implications for a grand jury system that has traditionally given the government the benefit of the doubt, experts say.
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April 01, 2026
Attorneys general from Illinois and 16 other states urged the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to undo the Trump administration's recent rollback of Biden-era caps on mercury and other toxins in air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, warning the loosened standards threaten public health and the environment.
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April 01, 2026
A Travelers unit recklessly disregarded its insured's interests in litigation that resulted in a $241 million verdict in favor of the family of a man who died while transporting dry ice for a Prairie Farms subsidiary, according to a complaint filed in Illinois federal court.
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April 01, 2026
The nine attorneys general who successfully sued to block Kroger's failed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons requested over $10 million in attorney fees and litigation expenses Tuesday, arguing that the scale of the litigation and the more than $1 billion the grocery chains spent fighting it justified the amount.
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April 01, 2026
A Salvation Army rehabilitation program's participants are not employees despite working at least 40 hours per week supporting its thrift stores, an Illinois federal judge ruled, finding they did not expect to be paid and were not economically dependent on the nonprofit.
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April 01, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed dubious Wednesday of President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship, with the majority of justices struggling to see how the administration's argument was supported by the constitutional text.
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March 31, 2026
Agri Stats Inc. has agreed to stop producing benchmarking reports for protein processors — or change how it puts them together — as part of proposed settlements ending three cases alleging price fixing in the chicken, pork and turkey industries, according to motions for preliminary approval filed Tuesday.
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March 31, 2026
Students pursuing financial aid fixing claims against Cornell University and several other elite schools can proceed as a class if they tap different lead counsel, since misrepresentations regarding one firm's purportedly contingent casework caused a significant trust impairment, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.
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March 31, 2026
Novartis has called on a Washington federal judge to block a new state law it claims illegally expands the subsidies manufacturers must pay under the federal government's 340B Drug Pricing Program, arguing drugmakers will lose millions of dollars annually if the law is allowed to take effect in June.
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March 31, 2026
The 2016 outcome of a robocall blocker's lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois bars the same company from pursuing similar claims that it filed against Synchrony Financial in Connecticut, a federal judge has ruled in tossing the latest case for good.
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March 31, 2026
An Illinois federal court Tuesday tossed a proposed class action from guests accusing luxury hotel chains of using software provided by Amadeus IT Group to exchange future occupancy information, finding that exchanging information on its own does not violate antitrust law.
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March 31, 2026
An Illinois state appeals court panel won't upset a jury verdict that cleared a gynecologist from claims alleging her medical negligence caused nerve damage during a long procedure, finding the trial court wasn't wrong in its evidentiary or jury decisions.
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March 31, 2026
A Seventh Circuit panel admonished an attorney and former chief federal immigration judge for submitting a brief citing two nonexistent cases and a false quotation, saying while such errors can be "tell-tale signs" of AI hallucinations, her denial she used AI is "plausible" and the court won't consider further sanctions.
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March 31, 2026
In our inaugural Law360 Transportation Tracker, a New York district court walloped the Trump administration's effort to cancel Manhattan's congestion pricing, the federal government continued its assault on California's vehicle emissions regulations, and Boeing investors scored class certification in 737 Max-related securities fraud litigation.
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March 31, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday again pushed off a deadline for public colleges in 17 states to provide seven years of detailed admissions data to the U.S. Department of Education, as two organizations representing private schools seek to join a legal challenge to the new survey.
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March 31, 2026
An Illinois federal court refused to certify a class of State Farm policyholders who accused the insurer of systematically undervaluing claims for totaled vehicles by applying a so-called typical negotiation adjustment, saying individualized issues predominated.
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March 31, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service can assess and collect restitution against a former attorney who served prison time in connection with $7 billion in tax fraud, making the amount immediately due and payable, the Seventh Circuit ruled, saying it was the first circuit court to address the issue.
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March 30, 2026
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. urged a California federal judge to order a dozen states and Washington, D.C., to take corrective measures after they publicly filed thousands of pages of confidential documents related to the company's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc.
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March 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the appeal of a former Chicago Transit Authority employee whose retaliation lawsuit was dismissed by the Seventh Circuit as a sanction for spoiling evidence.
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March 30, 2026
The False Claims Act's whistleblower provisions are unconstitutional, drugmaker Eli Lilly has told the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to overturn a Seventh Circuit decision upholding a $183 million trial win for a whistleblower who claimed the drug company hid how much it charged for Medicaid-covered drugs.
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March 30, 2026
Male employees at an Illinois cannabis dispensary sexually harassed their female colleagues on a "near-daily" basis, which forced at least one woman to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court Monday.