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The Illinois Supreme Court has refused to undo the murder conviction of a man who claims he was framed by Chicago police, saying the fact detectives have been sued for alleged misconduct in other cases, doesn't constitute 'new evidence' to exonerate.
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A federal magistrate judge has decided lawyers representing the city of Chicago and former Chicago cops can question the people suing them over false arrests, about uncharged criminal behavior that occurred in the years after their alleged sham convictions.
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Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Marci Eisenstein, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group Deputy Leader Maggie Hickey, and Construction Law Group Deputy Leader Heidi Rowe have been named to the 2020 Notable Women in Law list by Crain’s Chicago Business, which distinguishes female attorney leaders who have made significant contributions to their industry in the past 18 months.
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John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, announced an update on Operation Legend in Chicago.
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Lawyers from the firms of O'Malley & Madden; the Hamilton Law Office; Erickson & Oppenheimer; the Law Office of Al Hofeld Jr.; and Odim Law Offices poised to grab a cut of the settlement funds for bringing the lawsuits.
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A federal judge said the Illinois State Police is within its constitutional authority to deny a concealed carry license to a man who was accused by the Chicago Police of being a gang member and who had 20-year-old non-violent criminal record.
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The plaintiffs assert Chicago Police routinely deny arrestees their rights to communicate with an attorney or their family when they are taken into custody and interrogated.
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Appeals court says the settlement prevents all lawsuits for all claims relating to the incident, including the alleged scheme to protect the officer.
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Judge says no evidence has been presented to show the officers acted with a "deliberate intention to cause harm" or "utter indifference" for the couple's property.
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Appellate judges noted the man had already crashed several times fleeing the scene, and officers already knew someone in the car had fired a gun less than two minutes earlier.
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A federal appeals court ruled against a Chicago police sergeant who alleged department brass helped their wives and girlfriends cheat on the lieutenants’ exam, giving the women an unfair advantage over other applicants.
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The dispute centers around Zellner's representation of Lathierial Boyd, a man whose conviction for murder was tossed out in 2013, in a civil rights suit Boyd brought against the Chicago Police for $20 million.
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An 83-year-old Chicago man is claiming one his neighbors conspired with the president of his community association, who is a sergeant with the Chicago Police Department, to have him falsely arrested in retaliation for a lawsuit against the board president and the association.
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A family on Chicago's West Side says they were traumatized by a mistaken 2015 raid on their home by Chicago police searching for a suspect, who at the time was in an Illinois state prison, serving a 40 year sentence for first degree murder.
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Judge says Smollett can't sidestep city's lawsuit over hoax "MAGA" assault report and says his dismissal motion was just an attempt to "muddy the waters" and distract from city's claims.
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An Illinois appeals panel has ruled the owners of a now-closed Near West Side bar cannot be sued for a "targeted" murder that took place there because the slaying was not a foreseeable event. To rule otherwise, the justices said, would essentially require restaurants and bars to hire "round-the-clock security."
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A man arrested by Metra Police at Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation in an incident that began with a disagreement over where he could plug in his electronic devices can continue his action for false arrest, a Chicago federal judge has ruled.
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A federal appeals panel ruled a federal judge did not violate a man's rights when he repeatedly reminded a jury that a Cook County judge had determined the man had a gun when police shot him
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An Illinois appeals panel has ruled the Illinois State Police are within their authority to deny a concealed carry firearm permit to people based solely on allegations contained in police reports, whether or not that person was ever arrested on those charges, much less convicted.
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In a split decision, a state appeals panel ruled a man can’t sue the Chicago Police Department officers who pursued the vehicle that crashed into a car in which he was riding.