The jury that will determine the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is nearly complete after three slow ...

Where employee of Amtrak was a railroad employee and therefore FAA did not control her suit against employer.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal from a decision by Judge Rebecca ...

The term has begun at the Supreme Court, and in five arguments, the court began its work for the year, including hearing the ghost guns case. While always hard to predict outcomes, the overall ...

Where defendant cannot show prejudice, she cannot assert ineffective assistance of counsel as a basis for reversal.

Members of the Federal Bar Association’s Chicago Chapter like to think of their organization as being special. They distinguish it from its sister chapters.

Today's announcements are for 10-10-2024.

A trial judge correctly denied a temporary restraining order (TRO) to a video gaming operator seeking to bar the city of Waukegan from revoking its license in an ongoing suit over the city’s push tax, ...

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly, who is now serving 20 years in prison after ...

Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced for a death that sparked national protests ...

The city of Chicago will pay $1.75 million to a man who suffered permanent injuries after his car was hit by a vehicle involved in a police chase.

The Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to give Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip at least another day in court in his long quest to throw out his murder conviction and death sentence.

A state appellate panel declined to revive a negligence lawsuit against a school board over a head injury a student sustained from running into an unpadded brick wall in his high school tumbling class ...