By: Claire Savage

Illinois bills that would update existing laws to be more gender inclusive and add protections for LGBTQ marriages are ready for action by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who said he will sign them.

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By: Dave Byrnes

The ruling, which reversed a decision made less than a week ago by a lower court, is just the latest development in a multipronged legal fight over the new rules.

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By: WAND TV

Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that qualified Illinois consumers who were deceived into paying for tax services that were available for free will soon receive settlement checks from a multistate settlement with TurboTax's owner, Intuit.

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By: Claire Savage

Illinois lawmakers greenlighted a bill Wednesday that says libraries in the state must adopt an anti-book banning policy to receive state funding, in a vote that fissured along party lines.

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By: Stephen Joyce and Skye Witley

The number of lawsuits in Illinois circuit courts alleging violations of the 2008 Biometric Information Protection Act jumped 65%, to 122 cases, during the two months following the Feb. 17 Cothron v. White Castle System Inc. decision, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis of dockets through April 17.

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By: Glenn Minnis

All Cook County judges and court employees will be required to at their "regularly assigned workspace" for the vast majority of their time on the job beginning in mid-May.

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By: Abraham Jewett

Amazon fails to obtain the required informed consent before collecting, storing and disseminating biometric identifiers obtained from its Amazon Flex users, a new class action lawsuit alleges.

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By: Jeff Arnold

Facebook users across the state could be in line for another payout later this year after a $725 million class-action suit against the social media platform was brought against the company for providing personal information to third parties without permission.

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By: Nika Schoonver

Measures would further decriminalize use of substance after its 2020 legalization

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By: Associated Press

Embattled electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the company has reached so far for its role in the youth vaping surge, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday.

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