A federal judge in California on Thursday was scheduled to weigh preliminary approval of a $2.78 billion settlement of three ...

Prosecutors and defense lawyers are bitterly at odds over the next steps in Trump’s federal election case after the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of the prosecution by ruling that former presidents ...

Apropos of the recent column in this space regarding the lack of transparency in the Illinois courts of review and the need for public access to the briefs, orders and motions of those courts, three ...

Where Indiana statute prohibited corporate contributions to Super PACs, prohibition violated First Amendment and district court was directed to issue a preliminary injunction barring enforcement.

Where plaintiff seeks a refund based on unconstitutional and void government agency actions, that claim is subject to the five-year civil catchall statute of limitations.

A trial judge erred when throwing out a legal malpractice complaint accusing a lawyer of leaving a client in debt by failing to prevent her estranged husband from liquidating their marital assets ...

An attorney who the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) hearing board recommended be disbarred for continuing to represent clients while suspended should be entitled to a ...

A federal judge denied Illinois’ request to end court oversight of its disability services.Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, agreed with ...

An Illinois law banning concealed firearms on public transportation violates the Second Amendment as applied to four plaintiffs who want to arm themselves for self-defense when they are traveling on ...

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a homeowner whose house was in foreclosure with the redemption period having expired, lacked sufficient insurable interest to collect the ...

Where a party was not properly notified of a condominium association meeting per the relevant bylaws, motions passed at that meeting are invalid.The 1st District Appellate Court affirmed the decision ...

A Kendall County jury returned a record $48.7 million verdict over a spinal injury for a man who was permanently paralyzed after being forcibly removed from a bar in Plano.