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Unanimous ruling sends lawsuit over allegations of faulty townhome construction back to circuit court
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The state high court said a lower court was wrong to determine that the presence of Divvy stations meant the city has abandoned its longstanding position that cyclists should be considered "permitted, but not intended" users of many city streets, unless the streets are clearly marked for bicycle use
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The Illinois Supreme Court announced today significant amendments to M.R. 25307 and the Court’s Policy on Access for People with Disabilities (Policy) to improve disability access for all Illinois courts.
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The Illinois Supreme Court has announced the members of the Illinois Judicial College Committee on Pretrial Education (CPTE), the seventh Standing Committee of the Illinois Judicial College.
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In the past two days, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined two invitations to issue emergency injunctions blocking the state from enforcing the new gun ban law. The decision leaves thousands, if not millions, of Illinois residents facing the risk of criminal charges while constitutional challenges to the law continue to play out in court
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A class action lawsuit accuses Blockchain of violating Illinois's biometrics privacy law by scanning users' faces when they log in.
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Illinois Supreme Court's and Illinois lawmakers' encouragement of big money 'no injury' lawsuits in biometrics class actions and other litigation has powered courts in Chicago to highest ranking ever on American Tort Reform Association's annual list of worst court systems in America for 'lawsuit abuse'
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A man had claimed the law firm of Burke Wise Morrissey & Kaveny had violated his rights under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act by discussing his personal medical information in a press release trumpeting a $4 million verdict they won for him
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The unanimous ruling said a HIPAA-specific exemption protects Illinois hospitals and health care equipment maker Becton Dickinson from a specific group of potentially catastrophic class action lawsuits under Illinois' biometrics privacy law
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A former employee has filed a class action lawsuit against tortilla manufacturing company El Popotocatepetl, alleging that the company violates Illinois biometrics privacy law by requiring workers to use a fingerprint reader system to track time.
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The Illinois State Board of Elections says the All for Justice campaign committee, led by lawyer Luke Casson, a prominent ally of State Sen. President Don Harmon, must pay $99,500 for failing to report spending on time during the 2022 election campaign, when it spent millions to elect IL Supreme Court justices Rochford and O'Brien
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State Rep. Dan Caulkins and other gun owners from Macon County say the U.S. Supreme Court needs to undo the Illinois high court's ruling on the "assault weapons" ban, because they could not receive a fair hearing when two justices, who already were endorsed by anti-gun groups, got millions of campaign cash from Gov. Pritzker
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The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) announced that two Illinois Probation Departments/County Court Services Departments were each awarded a $5,000 grant from the Foundation for Rural Services-Community Service Grants Program.
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Supporters say rule change needed to prevent "harassment" and discrimination. Opponents say it would empower state regulators to discriminate against lawyers who express political and social opinions disfavored by Illinois' dominant progressives
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Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. and Justice Joy V. Cunningham will administer the attorney’s oath to 1,111 new lawyers over two bar admission ceremony sessions on Thursday, November 9, in the First Judicial District.
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Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Second Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Lindsey D. Waldrop as associate judge of the Second Judicial Circuit.
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The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hear comments on five proposals on November 15, 2023, at a public hearing beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 222 N. LaSalle Street, 13th Floor, in Chicago.
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Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Sixth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Michael B. Baggett as an associate judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.
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Lawyers who represented a group of about 6,350 retired workers from the Chicago Transit Authority are poised to collect about $26.7M in the lawsuit over whether the CTA was allowed to make retirees pay a portion of their health insurance costs
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In seeming 4-3 decision, court's majority says gun ban doesn't violate equal protection rights. Dissents divided, as Pritzker-backed justice says the law wrongly allows cops to keep gun rights, and conservatives say lawmakers unconstitutionally OK'd the law