Mealey's (December 3, 2020, 10:34 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — Following amended definitions, a federal judge in Illinois on Nov. 23 granted a renewed motion to certify two subclasses in a lawsuit accusing an employer and its plan of interfering with severance benefits by changing its interpretation and administration of the eligibility criteria in October 2011 without notifying employees (Alan K. Carlson, et al. v. Northrop Grumman Severance Plan, et al., No. 13-2635, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 218636)....