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7th Circuit Digest

Oct 12, 2021

Arbitration – Equitable Estoppel

Plaintiff Fredy Sosa, a user of the marketplace application OfferUp, registered his identity to become a verified user on the app.

Oct 12, 2021

Warrantless Search and Seizure – Suppression of Evidence

During a visit to Mark McGill’s home, McGill’s probation officer seized a cell phone without warrant to do so.

Oct 12, 2021

ERISA – Pension and Health Benefits

Chicago offers public-school teachers higher pay if they earn extra college credits.

Oct 12, 2021

Breach of Implied Warranty

Bernard and Beverly Zylstra spent close to $100,000 on a brand-new recreational vehicle in order to enjoy travel and recreation during their retirement years.

Oct 12, 2021

TCPA – Jurisdiction

Christopher Bilek received two unauthorized robocalls soliciting health insurance that he alleged violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Illinois Automatic Telephone Dialing Act. Bilek sued Federal Insurance Company and Health Insurance Innovations on a vicarious liability theory, claiming that defendants’ agents generated the unauthorized robocalls.

Oct 12, 2021

Securities Exchange Act Violation – Retrospective Statements

The City of Taylor Police and Fire Retirement System contends that Zebra Technologies Corporation defrauded investors by making bad predictions during a corporate consolidation.

Oct 11, 2021

Sentencing Guidelines – Supervised Release

One component of a federal criminal sentence may, and sometimes must, be a period of supervised release that begins after the offender has completed his time in prison.

Oct 11, 2021

Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement

Jason White, convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon, petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct his 30-year sentence.

Oct 11, 2021

Prisoner – Deliberate Indifference

Travis Fredrickson was a troubled person. Events not pertinent to this appeal landed him in Illinois’s prison system, where he spent time at several institutions.

Oct 11, 2021

Summary Judgment – Issue of Material Fact

At the center of this overtime pay case is a complicated payment scheme for auto repair technicians.

Oct 11, 2021

Court Error – Restitution

Lloyd Robl, working as an unlicensed and uninsured asbestos abatement contractor, undertook asbestos removal and disposal services for clients in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Oct 11, 2021

Preliminary Injunction – Trade Secret Misappropriation

This trade secret case arises from a short‐lived business relationship between two companies that sell spinal implant devices.

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