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Ill. Feds Fight Contempt Proceedings In ICE Protest Case

The Seventh Circuit has upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a former obstetrician-gynecologist over a multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud scheme, saying the district judge made no clear error in applying an enhancement to her sentence for performing invasive and medically unnecessary procedures on patients without their informed consent.

New York, Illinois and 20 other states sued the Trump administration Monday to block a new policy that would authorize the disclosure of sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers and immigration status, of their residents receiving temporary financial assistance.

Ill. Heart Clinic Sued For Breach Compromising Patient Data

Amundsen Davis is facing a lawsuit in Illinois federal court from the romantic partner of a construction executive convicted of misusing millions intended for Chicago's Nobu Hotel, alleging the firm failed to notify her of a roughly $750,000 turnover judgment entered against her personally before the window to appeal expired.

The Seventh Circuit held Wednesday that a Chicago ordinance requiring owners of foreclosed rental buildings to pay tenants $10,600 to help with relocation costs is not an unconstitutional taking of property, saying that state and local authorities have broad power to regulate landlord-tenant relationships.

7th Circ. Probes Offset Restitution In Hytera-Motorola Dispute

The Seventh Circuit won't revive a lawsuit claiming a printing company's directors and employee stock ownership plan trustee illegally undersold the business into private equity for $265 million, saying a lower court made no clear errors in throwing out the case.

An Illinois federal judge Friday dismissed a proposed investor class action claiming Assertio misled shareholders about threats to sales of its arthritis drug Indocin, saying the company's public filings explicitly and repeatedly warned that the drug lacked patent protection and faced imminent generic competition at any time.

Ill. Feds Fight Discovery, But Not Fees, In ICE Protest Case