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Passengers sue Boeing in Cook County court over worst crash in Emirates history

June 2, 2018 at 11:05 p.m.

More than a dozen passengers aboard an Emirates airline flight that crashed in August 2016 sued plane-maker Boeing on Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court, blaming an allegedly defective switch....

McDonald's franchisee Nick Karavites, whose roughly two dozen franchises in Cook County were among the defendants, denied the allegations that the county's soda tax was wrongly applied to a customer.

Lawsuit against McDonald’s over Cook County soda tax dismissed

June 2, 2018 at 11:28 p.m.

A lawsuit alleging that McDonald's bungled the rollout of Cook County's new penny-per-ounce sweetened beverage tax has been dismissed. The lawsuit, which sought class-action status, was filed last week by...

McDonald's is facing a lawsuit alleging that it essentially charged extra sales tax on top of the new Cook County sweetened beverage tax.

McDonald’s, Walgreens, 7-Eleven hit with lawsuits over Cook County soda pop tax

June 3, 2018 at 12:37 a.m.

Three major purveyors of soda pop and other beverages have been sued in the week since Cook County's new penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened drinks went into effect, with 7-Eleven and...

Nordstrom’s Trunk Club ordered to drop ex-worker’s noncompete agreement

June 3, 2018 at 1:13 a.m.

A 23-year-old Chicago woman has been released from the noncompete agreement over which she sued Nordstrom's Trunk Club last month, but her lawyer — who's also her father — said...

A lawsuit filed Friday in Cook County Circuit Court alleges Walgreens has charged the county's sweetened beverage tax on unsweetened beverages.

Walgreens sued over allegedly collecting soda tax on unsweetened drinks

June 3, 2018 at 1:00 a.m.

A Schaumburg man is suing Walgreens for allegedly wrongly charging Cook County's new sweetened beverage tax on unsweetened sparkling water. The lawsuit, filed Friday by Vincent De Leon, comes days...

Cook County soda pop tax goes into effect, despite retailers’ appeal

June 3, 2018 at 2:26 a.m.

A group of retailers is appealing a judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit that temporarily blocked Cook County's sweetened beverage tax. The penny-per-ounce tax, originally slated to begin July 1...

Franciscan St. James Health is seen Feb. 8, 2016, in Chicago Heights. The hospital, now called Franciscan Health Chicago Heights, has reached a $15

million

settlement with family of a 6

-year-old Sauk

Village

girl who allegedly suffered brain damage during her delivery.

Sauk Village family reaches $15M settlement over alleged brain damage during delivery

June 3, 2018 at 4:25 a.m.

A south suburban hospital has reached a $15 million settlement with the family of a 6-year-old Sauk Village girl who allegedly suffered brain damage during her delivery. Nyelle Brown suffered...

An anti-Cook County soda tax placard hangs in the soft drinks aisle at Pete's Fresh Market in Chicago on June 22, 2017.

Cook County pop tax still on hold, but ruling coming next week

June 3, 2018 at 5:13 a.m.

Cook County's sweetened beverage tax will remain on hold at least another week. Cook County Circuit Judge Daniel Kubasiak said Friday that he would rule July 28 on the county's...

Eric Zepeda, 38, a former employee at the Kimpton Hotel Palomar, is photographed near his home July 20, 2017, on Chicago's North Side. Zepeda, who worked on the housekeeping staff for seven years, is suing the chain that owns the hotel, alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act when it required workers to scan their fingers for a timekeeping device.

Mariano’s, Kimpton Hotels sued over alleged collection of biometric data: ‘It’s something very personal’

June 3, 2018 at 5:52 a.m.

Punch clocks, key codes and ID-badge swipes — they're all so 2010. A new twist on tracking employee hours or providing access to sensitive work areas relies on biometrics. That's...

Nordstrom’s Trunk Club sued over noncompete agreement

June 3, 2018 at 5:29 a.m.

Nordstrom's Trunk Club has been sued by a former employee who complains that the personal styling service makes even entry-level workers sign highly restrictive noncompete agreements, making it difficult to...

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