Daily Legal News Archive

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a historic bill into law Tuesday to eliminate the state's subminimum wage and improve work opportunities for people with disabilities. The Dignity in Pay Act will phase out subminimum wage authorizations by December 31, 2029.

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WAND

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined three other attorneys general in suing President Donald Trump over the constitutionality of his Inauguration Day executive order that would end birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants without legal status.

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WGLT

Purchasers of distressed real estate in mortgage foreclosure proceedings can now work remotely, too. Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Public Act 103-930 S.B. 2919, which became effective January 1, 2025, and allows the “sheriff or other person” to conduct a judicial sale “in person, online or both.”

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The National Law Review

Cecilia Bowman will never forget the phone call she received nearly 18 years ago. It was just a quick check-in like so many others with her oldest daughter.

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Pontiac Daily Leader

A Republican state lawmaker from Morton is sponsoring a bill making it illegal for insurance companies to place a time limit on anesthesia payment coverage.

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WSIU

A former executive in the cannabis industry has been charged with insider trading, as detailed in an indictment filed in a federal court in Chicago.

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Legal Newsline