A divided Illinois Supreme Court has ruled a man once wrongfully imprisoned for a Downstate murder, has the right to sue detectives for malicious prosecution, saying police may have swayed prosecutors to pursue the misbegotten case.
In new filings in a Springfield court, Gov. JB Pritzker argued the constitution is no impediment to his public health emergency powers. Foxfire restaurant argues the governor can't just trample their rights and wave away their claims, 16 months into a "temporary" public health emergency.
Women, men who worked at Twin Peaks allege culture of "rampant harassment" throughout chain, including inappropriate touching, body shaming, and being forced to wear lingerie at work.
Attorneys for an Evanston restaurant owner have asked a state appeals court to overturn a Cook County judge's decision to dismiss their class action lawsuit against State Farm over denial of coverage for losses they suffered after Gov. JB Pritzker ordered all restaurants closed in the spring of 2020.
Freeborn & Peters LLP welcomes Amanda C. Andrews, Jerome R. Crabtree, and Robert A. Sikorski to the firm’s Chicago office as attorneys in the Corporate Practice Group, with Amanda and Jerome also joining the firm’s Trust and Estates team.
Consumers sued credit bureaus TransUnion, Equifax and Experian over alleged credit report inaccuracies, after the bureaus said they didn't need to do anything more other than ask creditors if debts are valid.
U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, D-Glen Ellyn, says only a "small minority" of racist Americans are opposed to teaching and implementing the principles of Critical Race Theory throughout the U.S. Data and court cases say that's not true, says Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints.
The town of Cicero has filed suit against BNSF, saying the railroad's big railyard causes flooding throughout Cicero. BNSF had targeted Cicero for trying to jack up its sewer bills by 1,250% and then threatening to close the railyard unless BNSF paid up.
HeplerBroom attorney Stephanie Weiner and Katie Dibble, a risk management professional at West’s Insurance Agency of Gurnee, Illinois, recently presented a webinar for West’s customers. In the webinar, Weiner and Dibble discussed the importance of additional insured and contractual indemnification provisions in commercial contracts.
Schiff Hardin LLP announced the continued expansion of its Private Clients, Trusts and Estates Practice Group in New York and Chicago. Kevin Matz joins as a partner in New York, bringing nearly 20 years of experience in international and domestic trust and estate planning, and Kiran Uppal joins as counsel in Chicago.
The lawsuit accuses Walmart of violating workers' rights at its four Illinois 'fulfillment centers' under the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act.
Attorney Joseph Longo argued federal judge should've approved nearly $1 million more for his work on the case. But a federal appeals panel ruled his claims were "meritless" or even "simply frivolous."
The Illinois Secretary of State's Office has agreed to make voter registration easier for non-English speakers, as a result of a lawsuit brought by Chicago-based political reform groups.
Lawyers for Chicago Police officers are seeking to question former Cook County FIrst Assistant State's Attorney Eric Sussman to learn how the State's Attorney's office reached the decision to walk away from the prosecution of two men who had earlier confessed to the murders of a Chicago couple in a plot to take their children.
Attorneys for Cicero have asked a federal judge to reject BNSF Railway's attempt to block Cicero from enforcing a 1,250% increase of sewage rates on BNSF's railyard. BNSF says the town's sewer bill and enforcement action violate federal law.
Tressler LLP has promoted attorney Elizabeth F. Wagman to partner. Elizabeth joined Tressler as senior counsel in 2020 and is a member of our Government and Education Practice Groups.
A Chicago federal judge has pared a discrimination suit brought against McDonald's by two executives, which alleges corporate brass thinned Blacks from the company's ranks.
While Chicago may have violated its own permitting rules and state law at the behest of left-wing activists, the city hasn't yet "taken" General Iron's property, so the company can't yet sue the city in federal court, a federal judge said.
