Chief Justice John Roberts issued a defense Tuesday of judicial independence, which he said is under threat from intimidation, disinformation and the prospect of public officials defying court orders.

Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle. Giuliani? As Rudy Giuliani’s life gets stripped for parts to satisfy a $148 million defamation verdict, the former New York City mayor is fighting to keep one gleaming ...

Where the state has already approached the court to authorize defendant’s arrest and set bail at defendant’s first appearance, the state may then petition to deny pretrial release.

Last year in a trio of cases, the Illinois Appellate Court reviewed how a circuit court should handle questions from a jury during deliberations: Edson v. Horwich¸ 2024 IL App (1st) 221877-U; Galich v ...

Where prisoner alleged he did not receive responses to two out of three grievances he filed related to denied medical care, and this was not contradicted by the record, district court erred in ...

A homeowner who alleged his home was destroyed when a heating fuel tank ruptured after PetroChoice LLC negligently delivered oil to his home lost a bid to reverse a verdict in favor of the company.

A Lake County Circuit Court employee failed to show he was a victim of sex discrimination when he was demoted for purportedly harassing a co-worker during a long-running child custody dispute between ...

Where plaintiff alleges defendants’ failure to notice client’s diminished capacity amounted to legal malpractice, whether defendants were “on notice” requires a weighing of evidence.

Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect.

In employee compensation documents, how important is the fine print? What happens when glossy PowerPoint presentations are paired with sharply written legalese? The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

If 2023 was a year of wonder about artificial intelligence, 2024 was the year to try to get that wonder to do something useful without breaking the bank.

Minimum wages.Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another ...