A man who was convicted of murder based solely on eyewitness testimony should have his conviction reversed, a state appellate panel ruled.

Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him ...

Google, already facing a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine, is fighting to beat back another attack by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging monopolistic conduct, ...

A federal judge declined to toss a lawsuit accusing Target Corp. of using its customers’ facial geometry without their permission to catch shoplifters.

Where a complaint has been dismissed twice for any reason, the plaintiff has no right to refile under section 13-217 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Following almost a year of legal battles and fierce public opposition from many customers, water utility Aqua Illinois is set to raise its rates in 2025.

The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.

On Aug. 2, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2979, amending certain provisions of the Biometric Information Privacy Act. It became effective immediately. Three months in, several aspects ...

Cook County Circuit Judge Shannon P. O’Malley narrowly lost his bid for reelection to the bench, securing 57.9% of the vote, mere margins away from the 60% vote requirement to keep his seat.

A health care provider did not violate the constitutional and statutory rights of a nurse when it fired her for refusing to either get a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing for the virus, a ...

The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica ...

Chicago-based firms Romanucci & Blandin and Washington Law Group were part of a trial team that obtained a $98.6 million verdict in Texas after a jury ruled in favor of the family of a man fatally ...