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IL high court: Judges must specially approve all process service in Cook County, setting Cook apart from all other IL counties
In a 5-2 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled a process server, serving notice in Cook County for an action filed outside the county, must be specially appointed for the process to be legitimate. -
SCOTUS decision could spur more religious freedom-based challenges to LGBTQ anti-discrimination rules, perhaps in IL
A U.S. Supreme Court decision declared Philadelphia violated a Catholic foster care agency's rights by demanding it certify same-sex couples for foster care placement, but that decision will likely only lead to more cases, the court's conservatives warned. -
Appeals panel: 'Stateless' law firm partners means ex-Trump advisor Carter Page can't sue over Steele dossier in federal court
Former Trump 2016 campaign advisor Carter Page can't use federal courts in Chicago, or anywhere, to sue the law firm of Perkins Coie for pushing Russian collusion story. -
Lawmakers need to try again to properly redraw Illinois' Supreme Court districts
Illinois' former lieutenant governor calls on the Illinois General Assembly to redraw the Illinois Supreme Court's five districts using actual Census data, not for partisan advantage. -
GREENBERG TRAURIG: 160+ Greenberg Traurig Attorneys, 39 Practices Recognized in the Legal 500 U.S. 2021 Guide
The Legal 500 U.S. 2021 Guide (U.S. Guide) recognized more than 160 attorneys and 39 practices from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. In addition, for the fifth consecutive year and seventh time overall, the firm was recognized as a “Top Tier” firm in its Real Estate category. -
Settlement doesn't mean a settling party's share of blame in injury lawsuit considered 'uncollectable': IL Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled defendants in personal injury lawsuits can't use a settlement by another party to shift some of the remaining liability onto still another party. Dissenting justices called the ruling unfair. -
IL Supreme Court: Court foreclosure filing fees are illegal tax to support state 'neighborhood beautification plan'
The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a system that charged $50 filing fees on all mortgage foreclosure lawsuits, and then steered the money to 'housing counseling' agencies and city and county governments, ostensibly to reduce foreclosures and blight. -
Appeals panel upholds termination of ex-Allstate analysts' defamation suit
SEC filing, company memo didn't identify fired employees, who originally won $27M federal verdict, justices said -
Appeals court says Chicago housing developer can't sue ex-attorneys for what his bankrupt company lost in profits
A state appeals panel has stopped Chicago developer David Dubin's $2 million malpractice suit against his ex-lawyers, saying he has no right to litigate over his company's lost profits. -
Judge: Homeowners can't sue their village for merely allowing their homes to be built in flood-prone areas
A Chicago federal judge doused a lawsuit brought by a group of homeowners in Channahon, on the Will-Grundy county line, over claims the village government should pay for damage to their homes from repeated floods. -
Chicago church: Court order still needed to block Pritzker from ever reimposing COVID church worship restrictions
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he has no intention to ever restrict church services again, asks court to dismiss a church's long-running legal challenge to his COVID-related authority. -
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Six Flags inks $36M deal to end fingerprint scan class action that resulted in landmark IL Supreme Court decision
Six Flags Great America members and pass holders who visited the park from 2013-2018 could be in line for cash payments of $60-$200. Lawyers could get $12 million. -
IL Supreme Court pauses transition to new appellate court districts, says work needed to get ready
Illinois Democratic state lawmakers had rushed the new maps through the General Assembly, and scheduled the districts - which critics say were drawn to preserve a Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court - to take effect immediately. -
Lake County chief judge: No one 'made any requests' for lawmakers to redraw the county's judicial lines
The origin and purpose of new legislation to redistrict Lake County's court system remains shrouded in questions, as the county's chief judge says it wasn't needed to solve any problems. -
Judge nixes Pritzker bid to toss athletes' parents' suit over high school sports shutdown; Guv will get another try
A Springfield judge has again refused Gov. JB Pritzker's bid to toss a legal challenge to his COVID orders, this time allowing parents of high school athletes to continue their lawsuit over Pritzker's 2020 shutdown of high school athletics. -
SCOTUS won't hear oil, gas driller's lawsuit accusing IL of using regulations to all but ban fracking, strip property rights
Next Energy LLC had asserted an Illinois state moratorium on oil and gas fracking permits, coupled with a thicket of new drilling rules, amounted to an unconstitutional taking of lease and property rights, locking out drillers looking to invest potentially billions into an economically struggling part of the state. -
Politicizing courts is 'last thing we should be doing in dark of night,' GOP senator says; Meier says 'very bad bill' intended to pack St. Clair Co
SPRINGFIELD - A bill redrawing judicial circuits in the Metro-East and Chicago suburbs passed the Illinois Senate at 3 a.m. on June 1, without public hearing or input from stakeholders. -
Democrat remap solidifies court where high number of defendants strive to escape; St. Clair Co will be just like Cook Co - its own circuit
SPRINGFIELD – Democrat State Rep. Jay Hoffman (Belleville) proposes to lop Monroe, Washington, Randolph and Perry counties off the 20th Judicial Circuit and make St. Clair County a circuit unto itself. -
IL high court dunks 'test the waters' doctrine used to defeat judge substitutions; Resets $20M Palos hospital v Humana court fight
Ruling holds a Cook County judge wrongly denied Palos Community Hospital's request for a new judge, and voids all orders entered since 2017 in hospital's lawsuit vs Humana. -
IL Supreme Court: Courthouses statewide can lift masking rules for vaccinated visitors, workers; Temp checks gone, too
The Illinois Supreme Court has revised its masking rules, now allowing local courthouses to determine whether they wish to allow fully vaccinated people to visit and work at courthouses mask free.