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On September 24, 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its decision in People of the State of Illinois ex rel. the Department of Human Rights v. Oakridge Healthcare Center, LLC, 2020 IL 124753, constricting the avenue through which plaintiffs can bring Illinois Human Rights Act claims for workplace discrimination against their defunct employers’ corporate successors. In its 6-0 decision, authored by Justice Kilbride (Justice Neville abstaining), the court affirmed summary judgment for the succeeding corporate entity and rejected a divided Illinois Appellate Court’s adoption of a federal standard that would have broadened the path for plaintiffs to claim fraudulent corporate

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