The widow of a Chicago police officer cannot sue the city of Chicago over her husband’s death from allegedly contracting COVID-19 while on the job, a federal judge held.

A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois’ assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the Second and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and issued an order ...

Where the state moves for civil forfeiture and establishes a prima facie case that the property is subject to forfeiture, the burden shifts to the claimant to establish that it is not.

While an election took place last Tuesday, the Supreme Court began its November oral arguments with four cases, including two on Election Day. One of the cases involved Facebook and the Cambridge ...

Jones Day added Melissa Vandewater as a partner to the firm’s real estate practice group in Chicago. She will also be part of the firm’s energy transition and infrastructure group, focusing on ...

Where district court did not err in accepting evidence of defendant’s culpability for drug-overdose death, because defendant's alternate theory was not supported by evidence in the record.The 7th U.S.

Had they been any other job applicants, electric utility Commonwealth Edison likely wouldn’t have given a second look to ...

The FBI wasted no time giving Fidel Marquez his first assignment after the chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth ...

Regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission are nearing decisions in several high-profile cases that could determine changes to utility bills for millions of Illinoisans.

Donald Trump has already appointed three Supreme Court justices. In his second term, he could well have a chance to name two more, creating a high court with a Trump-appointed majority that could ...

A teacher can continue her claim that she faced retaliation after reporting the alleged sexual assault and harassment of a student to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, a federal ...

Two Cook County judges were referred to the Judicial Inquiry Board Wednesday over residency concerns that came to light in reports and judicial ratings leading up to the election.