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Legal but illegal: How Illinois shut down a company that played by the rules
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - As of Oct. 29, 2018, a medical sterilization firm called Sterigenics was in full compliance with state and federal regulations over its use of ethylene oxide, a carcinogen. Then on Oct. 30, it wasn’t. -
Illinois files lawsuit after 200,000-gallon oil leak affects Granite City
CHICAGO — The state of Illinois has filed a lawsuit against a Delaware company following a 200,000-gallon oil leak from the company's storage tank in Downstate Granite City, according to the Illinois Attorney General's Office. -
Major construction company settles Illinois allegations of minority-owned business fraud
CHICAGO — The state of Illinois has reached a $2 million settlement with a multiregional construction company over claims of minority-owned business fraud, according to the Illinois Attorney General's Office. -
Coalition opposes Labor Department's proposed change of patient-lift operation rules
CHICAGO — An 11-state attorneys general coalition is opposing the U.S. Department of Labor's recent proposed change that would allow 16- and 17-year-old workers to operate power-drive patient lifts without training or supervision. -
Illinois accuses California women of selling tickets to fake events
CHICAGO — A California woman accused of running a fake event ticket scheme in Illinois is facing a lawsuit by state Attorney Genera Lisa Madigan. -
Wells Fargo reaches $17 million settlement with Illinois over securities sales
CHICAGO — Wells Fargo has reached an over $17 million settlement with the state of Illinois to resolve charges the bank failed to reveal the risk of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), according to the Illinois Attorney General's Office. -
Coalition asks U.S. Supreme Court to uphold states' rights to sue pharmaceutical manufacturers
CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is the latest state legal officer to join a 23-state coalition filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court regarding Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht and arguing to uphold a states' rights to sue pharmaceutical manufacturers for deceiving consumers. -
Trial lawyers: EPA admission of fault in Sterigenics emissions measuring won't matter to lawsuits vs company
As federal environmental regulators reassess their controversial measurements of emissions from the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook, a group of lawyers representing Willowbrook residents are continuing unfazed in their lawsuits against the company, based largely on findings in a federal report that relied heavily on the allegedly faulty data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. -
Illinois pharmaceutical manufacturing company settles charges of releasing wastewater into Long Lake
CHICAGO — An Illinois pharmaceutical manufacturing company will pay a $75,000 penality and help fund wetland restoration in the state for allegedly discharging wastewater into the Long Lake tributary. -
Illinois alleges 4 construction companies dumped pollutants into Chicago River
CHICAGO — The state of Illinois alleges in a lawsuit filed in the Cook County Circuit Court that four construction companies are violating the state's environmental laws by releasing pollutants into the Chicago River.