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Liberty Justice Center on automatic license plate readers lawsuit: 'The Fourth Amendment was written long before we had the technology to track peoples’ movements'
A public interest law firm is suing Illinois law enforcement officials for monitoring the movements of Illinoisans with automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). -
New IL anti-doxing law could be used by 'powerful' to silence critics with lawsuits, threats
Supporters say a new Illinois law is needed to give people the recourse to go after those who might 'dox' them, or publish their private info online with the intent to make them a target of hate, threats and harassment. Critics say it goes far beyond that -
Cozen O’Connor Attorney Jim Argionis appointed to Dean’s Advisory Council at Loyola University Chicago
Jim Argionis, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Commercial Litigation practice, has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) at Loyola University Chicago’s College of Arts and Sciences. -
Meta to pay $68M to end biometrics class action over Instagram face scans; Lawyers could get $24M
Milllions of Illinoisans who have used Instagram since 2015 could be eligible for a cut of the settlement, which could amount to far less in per person payments than from previous similar class actions under Illinois' biometrics privacy law -
Cozen O’Connor attorney Argionis reappointed chairman of the Illinois Department of Employment Security Advisory Board
Cozen O’Connor attorney Jim Argionis, a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice in Chicago, has been reappointed by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker as Chairman of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) Advisory Board. -
Unpaid city bills, campaign fines weigh on Johnson ahead of tomorrow’s mayoral runoff; he's a court ruling away from being tossed from ballot
Published reports that Brandon Johnson had amassed thousands in unpaid city water bills and parking tickets has intensified concerns that the former public school teacher lacks the fiscal management skills to oversee the budget of the nation’s third largest city. -
Casten’s proposal to strip SCOTUS of constitutional review authority is ‘crackpot,’ universally ridiculed idea
U.S. Rep. Sean Casten has proposed rewriting the U.S. Constitution to essentially make it all but impossible for courts to strike down laws that violate the U.S. Constitution and citizens' rights, writes Mark Glennon, of WirePoints -
A responsible Illinois General Assembly would be adopting rules similar to the new U.S. House rules
No Illinoisans other than those now in charge in Springfield would object to rules requiring three days to read bills before they can be voted on, writes Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
Judge to mull lifting hold on ex-ISP's director's suit vs Pritzker-connected ex-employee over sex assault claims
As criminal probes drag on vs ex-ISP employee Jenny Thornley, a federal judge is considering whether to let her former boss resume his lawsuit accusing her of smearing his name with false sexual assault claims, to thwart criminal probes against her -
Epic unemployment insurance fraud during pandemic is still being stonewalled by state of Illinois
The state may have paid out well more than $6 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits during the Covid pandemic. But Gov. JB Pritzker's Illinois Department of Employment Security isn't letting anyone find out for sure, even while other states are far more transparent, says Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
Cozen O’Connor Attorney Jim Argionis Honored by Maine Township For Exceptional Community Service
Cozen O’Connor Attorney Jim Argionis Honored by Maine Township For Exceptional Community Service. -
Students smack down Chicago 'Disinformation' Conference panelists, exposing far more than apparent about media
Traditional media beclowned itself last week at a Chicago conference on “disinformation.” That’s a story in itself, but the bigger story is how they covered up even that story, peddling disinformation about a conference on disinformation. The guilty include Illinois media, which is further guilty of still suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story that is part of what sparked the fireworks at the conference. -
Cozen O’Connor attorney Argionis honored by Maine Township for exceptional community service
Cozen O’Connor attorney Jim Argionis, a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice in Chicago, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Sgt. Karen Lader Memorial Good Citizen Award. -
Watchdogs: Woman who got COD no-bid contracts is 'public figure,' can't sue those who reported story for defamation
A new filing in the long-running defamation case asserts news articles published by the Edgar County Watchdogs about no-bid professional services contracts secured by Carla Burkhart from College of DuPage, in which the Watchdogs reported she falsely claimed to be an architect, are protected by the First Amendment -
Credit $200B federal bailout, not Pritzker’s actions, for 'improved' 2023 IL budget
An honest assessment would tell Illinoisans the state needs massive reforms to begin fixing the structural problems temporarily bandaged by unprecedented, massive COVID-related federal financial aid, says an analysis from Wirepoints. -
Illinois is under 'extreme' threat of drawing another Madigan election map
Illinois is listed as one of the states under ‘extreme’ danger of partisan gerrymandering of its state legislative and congressional redistricting maps. Gov. J.B. Pritzker can stop that threat. -
Appeals court: IL state government not required to sue Chicago to force turnover of $11M in abandoned checks
A split appeals panel has ruled the state had the right to refrain from suing the city of Chicago for failing to turn over $11 million in uncashed checks, which whistleblowers brought to the state's attention, because the city's actions did not harm the state. -
Illinois' cell phone taxes are the highest in the nation
Illinoisans pay a combined 32.2% tax rate on their wireless service, tops in the U.S., thanks in part to 2017 legislation hiking 911 fees, which was backed by House Speaker Michael Madigan. -
More Madigan loyalists, ComEd officials indicted over roles in alleged bribery scheme
Federal prosecutors unveiled more charges in the investigation that threatens to draw ever closer to Illinois' powerful House Speaker and Democratic Party chairman. -
Eliminate prosecutorial immunity in criminal misconduct cases, says author of book recounting government overreach in Chicago insurance broker’s conviction
The scariest thing about the book, Conviction at Any Cost, which reads like a top crime novel, is that it’s not a work of fiction.