COOK COUNTY FALLS JUST SHORT OF BEING RANKED AMERICA'S WORST 'JUDICIAL HELLHOLE'

It’s not really news to the litigants who get entangled in the system. This is a report from Judicial Hellholes:

The prevalence of no-injury lawsuits in Cook County has propelled the county near the top of this year’s list. Litigation brought under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continues to flood the state’s court system, with some of the most notable cases brought in Cook County. Rather than rein in abuse, Illinois Supreme Court rulings have only incentivized more filings.

Illinois also rivals California and New York for the most food and beverage class actions in the country due to the state’s reputation for allowing no-injury lawsuits and plaintiff-friendly consumer protection laws. Lawyers file most of these cases in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois, which includes Cook County.