Health Law

Illinois Tax Hikes Claim First Victim: Jimmy John's to Leave State
Following up on my recent posts (here and here) on the gigantic individual (67%) and business (45%) income tax hikes just approved in Illinois: Jimmy John Liautaud, the founder of Jimmy John's Gourmet Subs, has announced that he is pulling the company out of Champaign because of the tax increases...

Jimmy John's Salmonella Sprouts Sicken 88 in 15 States
According to Jimmy John's himself, Jimmy John's restaurants throughout the state on Illinois on Tuesday were asked to pull alfalfa sprouts from their menus as a precautionary measure after reports of a salmonella outbreak...

Jimmy Johns Sprouts Linked to Five State E. coli Outbreak
The CDC just reports a total of 12 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli STEC O26 have been reported from 5 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Iowa (5), Missouri (3), Kansas (2), Arkansas (1), and Wisconsin (1)...

Jimmy John's Salmonella Cases Caused by Alfalfa Sprouts
Jimmy John's restaurant patrons in Illinois may have noticed that an alarming number of them came down with salmonella food poisoning. There are at least 46 individuals in the nine Illinois counties who have fallen ill from salmonella, reports the...

Jimmy Johns Sandwich Shop Loses in Arbitration
Last week's ADR Law & Policy Update, a free news service from the National Arbitration Forum, contains a summary of the case Jimmy John's Franchise, LLC v. Kelsey. In the case, an Illinois Federal Court upheld a large arbitration award granted in favor of the franchisee...

Sprouts salmonella outbreak: 88 ill in 15 states
Jimmy John's restaurants, implicated in a Salmonella outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts (at least in Illinois), were asked to pull alfalfa sprouts off their menus as a precautionary measure...

John Vermillion and Associates LLC et al.
allegedly misrepresented themselves as qualified financial advisers to sell living trusts and exploit senior citizens.

St. John Health
Agrees a $13.5 Million Settlement in Antitrust Class Action

John Hancock
$24 Million Settlement in Racial Discriminaton Class Action

San Antonio Bay Oysters Linked to Virus
Oysters Linked to Contagious Virus

Celebrity Chef
John Burton Race ordered to pay wife $7.2 million divorce settlement.

John Wirta
$2.5 million settlement for a hit and run DWI accident.