Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly

Holding that a complaint's allegations should "contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' "

Doe v. Chao

Holding a plaintiff must prove causation in order to obtain damages

Gibson v. City of Chicago

Holding that "the actions of an officer who has no authority whatsoever to act" are outside the ambit of § 1983

Siegel v. Shell Oil Co.

Holding that individualized inquiries regarding “why a particular plaintiff purchased a particular brand of [the product]” were necessary to establish harm to each class member under the ICFA and, thus, common issues could not predominate

Pisciotta v. Old National Bancorp

Holding that, under Indiana state law, "allegations of increased risk of future identity theft . . . [are not] a harm that the law is prepared to remedy"

Avery v. State Farm

Holding claims of non-Illinois plaintiffs insufficient where the only connection to Illinois is the headquarters of the defendant and the fact that a scheme "was disseminated" from Illinois

United States v. Maze

Holding that a credit card bill mailed to the cardholder after the defendant stole the card from the cardholder and used it to rent a room at a motel was insufficient to sustain a conviction for mail fraud because the defendant's "scheme reached fruition when he checked out of the motel, and there is no indication that the success of his scheme depended in any way on which of his victims ultimately bore the loss. Indeed, from his point of view, he probably would have preferred to have the invoices misplaced by the various motel personnel and never mailed at all"

U.S. v. Warshak

Holding that 18 U.S.C. § 982 forfeiture provision reached "proceeds obtained" from money generated through "legitimate" sales because they "resulted ‘directly or indirectly’ " from the criminal offense

Robinson v. Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

Holding that an unfairness determination should consider: " whether the practice offends public policy; whether it is immoral, unethical, oppressive, or unscrupulous; whether it causes substantial injury to consumers"

Moorman Mfg. Co. v. National Tank Co.

Holding that, in Illinois, a product-liability plaintiff cannot recover economic losses under a negligence theory

Section 2510 - Definitions

Defining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"

Section 45 - Unfair methods of competition unlawful; prevention by Commission

Providing court-ordered monetary penalties against anyone who engages in conduct previously identified as prohibited in a final cease and desist order, but only if the violator acted with "actual knowledge that such act or practice is unfair or deceptive"

Section 815 ILCS 505/1

Defining "consumer" as "any person who purchases or contracts for the purchase of merchandise not for resale in the ordinary course of his trade or business but for his use or that of a member of his household"

Section 815 ILCS 505/2

Prohibiting "[u]nfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices"

Section 2701 - Unlawful access to stored communications

Holding liable any person who "intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided ... and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or electronic communication while it is in electronic storage"

Section 2707 - Civil action

Granting relief to those "aggrieved by any violation of this chapter in which the conduct constituting the violation is engaged in with a knowing or intentional state of mind"

Section 2702 - Voluntary disclosure of customer communications or records

Restricting use of Internet subscriber information without consent

Section 2711 - Definitions for chapter

Adopting terms defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2510

Section 815 ILCS 530/20 - Violation