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• March 17, 2026

  JCPenney AI Tool Faces Ill. Privacy Lawsuit Over Facial Data

  Retail brand JCPenney uses an artificial intelligence skin-care analysis tool for website visitors without ever telling them that the technology scanning their faces to provide personalized cosmetics advice illegally captures and stores their biometric information, according to a new lawsuit in Illinois state court.

• March 17, 2026

  Mich. AG Joins Fair Housing Laws Fight Against HUD Guidance

  Michigan's attorney general spoke Tuesday about joining 15 states and the District of Columbia in a California federal suit claiming the Trump administration undermines enforcement of fair housing laws by threatening to halt funding for local government programs protecting people discriminated against for gender and sexual orientation, among other things.

• March 17, 2026

  Motorists Lose Bid To Challenge Chicago Skyway Toll Hikes

  An Illinois federal judge has dismissed for good a putative class action claiming the companies in charge of a major toll road leading into Chicago have increased certain tolls more than they're allowed under their lease agreement with the city, saying alternative routes exist, but the plaintiffs willingly paid the advertised rates and "got what they bargained for."

• March 17, 2026

  Barnes & Thornburg Brings On M&A Pros In Georgia, Illinois

  Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced Tuesday that it has boosted its mergers and acquisitions capabilities with new partners in Atlanta and Chicago.

• March 17, 2026

  Clyde & Co. Opens Indiana Office With Lewis Brisbois Duo

  London-founded Clyde & Co. LLP has expanded its U.S. footprint by launching an office in Highland, Indiana, and bringing on a pair of former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP trial attorneys, the firm announced on Tuesday.

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