Stephen Joyce

Nov 1, 2024 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Stephen Joyce

Chicago Cubs fans with physical disabilities will have more seating options on Opening Day under a settlement filed in federal court. The National League baseball club agreed to add at least 37 spaces and make other alterations to Wrigley Field, the Cubs’ home stadium and a National Historic Landmark, as part of a consent decree reached with the Justice Department. The settlement would resolve a 2022 case alleging the Cubs violated Title III of the Americans with Disability Act.

Oct 30, 2024 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Stephen Joyce

Illinois defended its law eliminating payment card interchange fees at a federal district court hearing Wednesday, arguing that banks lack standing to seek an injunction against its enforcement. Illinois banks claim the law could cost them billions of dollars in fines and implementation costs. Lawyers for the banks said federal laws preempt the state from enacting and enforcing the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act—the first of its kind among states.

Oct 28, 2024 | news.bloombergtax.com | Stephen Joyce

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Oct 28, 2024 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Stephen Joyce

Federal appellate judges wrestled Monday with how to apply a complex web of judicial opinions in a dispute over whether a sauce-supply company must be indemnified from claimed violations of a landmark Illinois privacy law. The swirl of case law and the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act’s exemption language results in judges having to play a game of “three-dimensional chess,” Judge Michael B. Brennan said. Mullins Food Products Inc.

Oct 23, 2024 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Stephen Joyce

McDonalds Corp. was accused of product liability, negligence, and breach of implied warranties in a lawsuit filed in Illinois Circuit Court Wednesday after a Colorado resident tested positive for E. coli. It was the first lawsuit filed against the fast food giant since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert about an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s quarter pounders, Ron Simon, the lawyer for plaintiff Eric Stelly, said in an email. On Oct.