The number of appeals filed by criminal defendants seeking release from jail while they await trial dropped from 1,041 in January to mid-April to 154 in the three months following rule changes to ease the burden. The appeals numbers are still up significantly compared to years preceding Illinois' criminal justice system reforms
Christopher Hendrix has filed a lawsuit against non-profit organizations New Star Inc., and its successor Sertoma Star Services Inc., alleging they falsified work hours for government reimbursements and retaliated when he exposed it. Filed in an Illinois district court on October 2nd; the suit seeks back pay plus damages under federal/state false claims acts.
The Appellate Court has revived a class action lawsuit against Chicago concerning over $11 million in uncashed checks spanning three decades. Plaintiffs John Thulis and James Webb allege violations under multiple acts including RUUPA after an earlier qui tam suit was dismissed.
Second Amendment rights advocates urged the Seventh Circuit Appeals Court to strike down Cook County's "assault weapons" ban ordinance and overrule their colleagues, saying the ordinance and the decision violate the Constitution and clash with two Supreme Court rulings
The settlement will end legal actions launched by 43 states accusing Johnson & Johnson of allegedly misleading consumers about the safety of its talc baby powder and body powder products. The company has denied its products cause cancer, as other plaintiffs have claimed in thousands of other lawsuits
A 2-1 panel of the Seventh Circuit Appeals Court in Chicago refused to block Illinois' 'assault weapons' ban from being enforced. A dissenting judge said the ruling conflicts with SCOTUS rulings, and effectively subjects Americans' Second Amendment rights to a 'military veto'
Votes will be continue to be counted over the coming days to determine the fate of Amendment 1, the so-called "Workers Rights Amendment" strongly supported by government unions seeking to cement their power over Illinois' laws and government
6-0 ruling vacates lower court order to pay out at least $175,000, but state high court shies away from ruling whether the Illinois constitution allows lawmakers to cut their pay
A group of Republicans have sued the state, saying a state law requiring mail-in votes to be counted up to 14 days after Election Day, conflicts with federal law.
A new class action lawsuit is asking the courts to step in again and declare, once and for all, that Cook County has unconstitutionally levied taxes on the sale of firearms and ammunition, and give gun and ammo buyers refunds for taxes they've paid for nearly a decade
A federal judge has returned the lawsuit vs Skokie Fairview District 72 to Cook County court, where it has been amended to include allegations and demands against Illinois' state school superintendent
Three Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Michael Bost, have sued the state of Illinois, arguing federal law sets the date of Election Day, and Illinois' vote-by-mail illegally extends Election Day by 14 days
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
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman, who is the longest-serving judge in Illinois, announced Monday that she will retire after nearly 50 years on the bench.
Calumet City Mayor and Illinois State Rep. Thaddeus Jones won election in May 2021, and immediately replaced the city's longtime lawyers with attorneys with ties to current Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch or indicted ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan or
The Pritzker administration has asked a federal judge to deny an attempt by a court-appointed state government hiring monitor to force the state to turn over details about how it hired allegedly unqualified lab techs at the Illinois Department of Public Health in the early days of the COVID pandemic
