Two officers stood on Fernando Rodriguez’s outstretched arms, handcuffs connecting his wrists. Another stood on the shackles ...

A McHenry County jury awarded more than $2.9 million to the family of a man who died of a medical condition caused by a tear in his aorta about 30 hours after an urgent care center diagnosed him with ...

A law firm is not barred by res judicata from recovering unpaid legal fees from a former client as nonpayment persisted after a prior judgment was entered, a split state appellate panel ruled.

I recently met with someone I’ll call Thomas who fancies himself a “top networker.” I invested an hour over breakfast where I listened to him trash talk a half dozen people in our mutual networks. He ...

Where district court prevented supervisee from cross-examining probation officer who provided description of video evidence during revocation hearing, court erred but error was harmless.

With two weeks left before the General Assembly's spring session is set to adjourn, negotiations continue on a labor ...

U.S. labor law determines which of the claims brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act against a food manufacturer may be pursued by the woman who filed them, a federal judge held.

Former 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, who was convicted of filing false tax returns, should be suspended from practicing law for three years, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration ...

Steven P. Garmisa has announced he will end his two-decade-long run writing Trial Notebook for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, with his final column appearing in early June.

A complicated question of law about Subchapter V of the Bankruptcy Code in a battle over the dischargeability of a debt that a company allegedly procured by fraud — with a false written statement ...

Where the state has and relies on defendant’s police report from a prior arrest at a pretrial detention hearing, he must provide copies to defendant’s counsel prior to the hearing.

Stateville Correctional Center could close as early as September under a plan laid out by Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration.