“Granting summary judgment based on such ‘vague and conclusory’ concerns, without more, runs the risk of constitutionalizing a heckler’s veto. Enough outsider complaints could prevent government employees from speaking on any controversial subject, even on their own personal time. And all without a showing of how it actually affected the government’s ability to deliver ‘public […]

The lone dissenting Judge Ilana Rovner called the majority opinion “an untenable restraint on employers’ decisionmaking.       

The Seventh Circuit also remanded the case to the district court to determine the scope of the injunction following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Trump v. CASA Inc., which put limits on universal injunctions. In the present case, which may be among the first cases analyzed since the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Seventh

After 17 years as general counsel, Eric Fencl is handing the reins to Yevgeny Fundler. This will be his fourth legal chief role.       

The defense had argued that the servers that processed the collected images were based outside of Illinois and, therefore, not subject to to the Prairie State’s biometric law.       

The company argued that it did not view the plaintiff’s medical records as indicating he was disabled, but rather that the records showed that seizures may impair his work later.       

George Vincent is replacing Christine Wheatley, the latest in a series of C-suite changes at the company since its $25 billion purchase of Albertsons unraveled.       

“The federal interests here are particularly weak compared to the relatively strong interest of the state in interpreting its own statute via a specialized tribunal created by the state legislature,” said U.S. District Judge John J. Tharp Jr. of the Northern District of Illinois.       

The court concluded that numerous factors weighed in favor of transferring the case to Texas and granted the motion under 28 U.S.C. § 1404, which allows a court to transfer a case for the interest of justice or for the convenience of the parties and witnesses.       

“Under [the plaintiffs’] reading, virtually all pharmaceutical product-support services would qualify as a kickback, U.S. District Court Judge John Tharp for the Northern District of Illinois said.