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Martinez reflects on tenure as clerk of Cook County Circuit Court
Iris Y. Martinez said that one of the biggest challenges she faced during her term as clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook ...
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Appellate panel reinstates CPD officer’s disability benefits
A Chicago police officer is entitled to have her disability pension benefits for duty-related injuries reinstated, a state appellate panel held.A panel of the 1st District Appellate Court ruled that ...
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Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony
CHURCH CREEK, Md. — Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on ...
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Widow can’t sue city over CPD officer’s COVID death, judge holds
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.
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Federal judge strikes down Illinois assault weapons ban
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 ...
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Risky business: Facebook seeks relief over SEC threat disclosure
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 ...
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Civil procedure — civil forfeiture
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.
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ComEd lobbyist warned FBI mole to ‘keep Madigan happy’
The FBI wasted no time giving Fidel Marquez his first assignment after the chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth ...
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Jury sees ComEd job placement requests from Madigan co-defendant
Had they been any other job applicants, electric utility Commonwealth Edison likely wouldn’t have given a second look to ...
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Fair Labor Standards Act — travel compensation
Where tradesmen were dispatched to client job sites for days or weeks at a time, their overnight travel that occurred during normal work hours was compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Trump’s election could assure a conservative SCOTUS majority for decades
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 ...
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Consumer groups rail against Chicago gas utility
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.