Friday, July 31, 2026
A deal offered by prosecutors would have required Kelly to admit guilt following a murder trial tainted by a corrupt detective and ineffective counsel. A reporter met Kelly inside the Cook County Jail to hear about his decision.
An Illinois appeals court has fined an attorney $15,000 in an effort to crack down on and deter the misuse of artificial intelligence in case briefs.
On July 14, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services that consumers cannot sue businesses for unwanted marketing text messages under a key provision of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Sean Grayson’s case will go before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Friday, less than six months into the 20-year prison sentence he received after being convicted of second-degree murder in October.
After nearly 24 years on the bench, Steve Kouri still has mixed emotions about Friday being his last day as a judge.
A metro-east contractor who pleaded guilty to felony bank fraud last year is back in federal court, where a Texas company has filed a civil lawsuit accusing him of fraud, conspiracy and other wrongdoing.