Brown v. Circle K
We are suing Circle K – the national convenience store chain – for firing Judi Brown, an African-American transgender woman. Soon after Ms. Brown started working at Circle K’s Bolingbrook store, her manager...
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We are suing Circle K – the national convenience store chain – for firing Judi Brown, an African-American transgender woman. Soon after Ms. Brown started working at Circle K’s Bolingbrook store, her manager...
Michael Dumiak and Christopher Simmons have been harassed, ticketed, and prosecuted by Downers Grove authorities when the men stood on a raised median strip seeking donations from people in vehicles stopped...
UPDATE: Preliminary Settlement Approved. See below and here for more details.
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On June 21, 2018, the ACLU of Illinois filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police...
The ACLU of Illinois filed a sex discrimination charge on behalf of Darolyn Lee, a Chicago woman denied basic contraceptive care and discriminated against by Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago....
In 2008, Illinois enacted a groundbreaking law to allow individuals to control their own biometric data –fingerprints, DNA, facial scans, and other biological information that can be used to identify an...