Illinois Bar Journal | February 2025 Table of Contents

A defendant, after reaching a nonprosecution agreement, successfully appeals his subsequent prosecution; the extent to which a court is obligated to examine all possible reasons to not deny pretrial release; developers, annexation, and the Impact Fee Law; defamation and the Illinois Citizen’s Participation Act; a computer glitch mistakenly allows a search based on a warrant that had been withdrawn; child support when a parent is unemployed or underemployed; private detectives; consumer credit reports and medical debt; and more.