Daily Legal News Archive

Friday, May 2, 2025

Nearly three months after disgraced Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, federal prosecutors have heaped on new public allegations that he lied repeatedly while on the witness stand.

From: 
NBC 5 Chicago

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday announced an investigation into Evanston/Skokie School District 65 over alleged discrimination in the district’s racial equity policies, programs and curriculum.

From: 
Evanston Round Table

A 19-year-old from Effingham will earn her bachelor's degree this month and complete her first year of law school by using an accelerated program.

From: 
WAND

A lawyer who wanted his pleadings to stand out has been ordered to remove a large purple dragon watermark from each page of a lawsuit that he filed in federal court.

From: 
ABA Journal

According to O’Keefe Media Group, the Glenview Police sent a detective to an undercover journalist’s home after a hidden camera investigation into former State Farm executive Haden Kirkpatrick, citing a possible violation of Illinois’ eavesdropping law.

From: 
Advantage News

Effective 1 January 2026, Illinois House Bill 3773 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act, to expressly prohibit employers from using artificial intelligence that “has the effect of subjecting employees to discrimination on the basis of protected classes.”

From: 
The National Law Review