Recent News About Dan K. Webb
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Attorney Dan Webb and his co-special prosecutors said actor Jussie Smollett's bid to overturn his conviction for lying to police about a 2019 hoax attack wrongly relies on Cook County State's Attorney's Kim Foxx decision not to prosecute to sidestep 'overwhelming' evidence against him
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Actor Jussie Smollett is still fighting the outcome of his trial linked to lying to Chicago Police about his alleged assault hoax, which special prosecutor Dan Webb says was shown at trial to have faked for Smollett's "own personal gain"
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Federal appeals judges have tossed a class action lawsuit asserting the company that owns the rights to thousands of metered parking spaces in Chicago violated federal antitrust law by cutting City Hall out of control of on-street parking, forcing motorists in the city to pay among highest costs to park in U.S.
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Convicted actor Jussie Smollett said a Cook County judge should never have appointed special prosecutor and his deal with Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx satisfied the demands of the law
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A federal judge said the plaintiffs legal injuries are apparent, but the city contract has immunity from antitrust lawsuits
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A newly released report from Special Prosecutor Dan Webb asserts Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and others in her office may face further investigation for professional ethics violations in the handling of the Jussie Smollett case.
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A Chicago federal judge has again turned aside an attempt by boatmaker Brunswick to undo a $25 million personal injury settlement the company says was obtained through fraud, as a federal judge said the company has failed again to lay claim to a protected interest violated by a rival lawyer’s decision to allegedly withhold information about a jury note moments before a verdict would have delivered a win to Brunswick.
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A beleaguered Chicago lawyer scored a win in his attempt to fend off claims he should pay for wrongly using a jury note to wrest a $25 million personal injury settlement on the cusp of losing at trial, as a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit brought by the boatmaker he had sued, saying the boatmaker couldn’t demonstrate its rights had been violated.
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The owners of two groups operating many of the video gambling establishments in strip malls and other locations across Illinois have sued the Illinois Gaming Board, arguing one board policy and two provisions of the state’s 2009 Video Gaming Act are unconstitutionally depriving them of the chance to negotiate better business deals for a larger share of the revenue they generate.
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Chicago lawyer Mark McNabola, already being sued by his ex-client - a man left paralyzed from a 2009 boating accident who claims the attorney’s use of jury note, improperly shared by a court clerk, cost him a $25 million settlement - has been hit with another lawsuit, this time from the yacht maker they had sued and who now allege the lawyer should also be made to pay for using the jury note to cost them a verdict from a jury poised to hand the company a courtroom win. The suit also names Cook C
