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• Arbitrator Must Decide Whether Uber Agreement Extends to Estate's Wrongful Death Claims, State Appellate Court Rules June 20, 2025
  The lower court had agreed with the woman's arguments that the claims should not go to arbitration since the wrongful death suit doesn't arise out of her use of the app and the arbitration clause her husband signed should not be extended to bind her claims.      
• Insurer's $20M Dispute Over 'Reinsurance Policies' Presses On, Judge Decides June 18, 2025
  U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois granted defendant Virginia Surety's motion to reconsider its motion to dismiss plaintiff PMC Casualty Corp.'s breach of contract suit, where it claimed it was owed nearly $20 million, but denied the company's motion to dismiss the suit for a second time.      
• Former Volunteer Coach's FLSA Suit Proceeds Against Northwestern University, Federal Judge Rules June 18, 2025
  "With the benefit of discovery, Northwestern may be able to demonstrate that a different economic reality existed, and that Santiago was not an FLSA-employee during any of his time with Northwestern," U.S. District Judge Mary M. Rowland wrote.      
• Mute Rulings on Certain Claims: 7th Circuit Provides Guidance for District Court's 'Clerical Mistake' June 16, 2025
  "The district court's final judgment here was silent about the disposition of the defendant's counterclaims. After that omission was identified, the parties and the district court proposed four separate solutions. That number suggests some clarification might be helpful to parties and district courts," the per curiam opinion said.