The Winnebago County chief judge says he needs more staff to comply with the new Supreme Court Rule limiting when minors may be restrained during court.
There's a six-year statute of repose for legal malpractice - unless the alleged act or omission isn't discovered until the client dies. Estate planning lawyers want more protection.
A Chicago lawyer is suing the city and other defendants for gathering cellphone information in a way that violates individual privacy and should require a warrant.
Beginning next year, lawyers who don't carry malpractice insurance will have to complete a four-hour assessment of their ethical knowledge and management practices.
A new bill would remove incentives that encourage police to seize cars and other private property and would limit the practice to people convicted, not just accused, of crimes.
The Illinois Supreme Court rules that a direct victim suing for negligent infliction of emotional distress must allege physical impact, surprising those who thought the rule had been abrogated.
The seventh circuit okays a lawsuit by a divorcing husband who alleges his wife intercepted his email in violation of the federal Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act.
Other legislative proposals include altering the way life insurance proceeds are distributed to former spouses and increasing the credit defendants receive toward fines for time spent in jail.
Just days before it was to take effect, a federal district court in Texas issued an injunction against implementing the Department of Labor's new overtime rule.
The ISBA has approved a committee recommendation that the Illinois Supreme Court adopt the UBE, which is used by 25 jurisdictions, including Missouri and Iowa.
Some want to eliminate the requirement for cash bail, while others think less sweeping changes will keep poor defendants from being unfairly put behind bars.
When billing rates are compared to the cost of living, Illinois is the third most lucrative state in which to practice for small-firm lawyers, according to Clio's Legal Trends Report.
Filing fees and court costs are rising faster than inflation and having a disproportionate impact on the poor, according to a study commissioned by the Illinois General Assembly.
She won her race for Cook County judge. But with her law license suspended and criminal charges pending after she heard cases while still a staff attorney, will Rhonda Crawford be allowed to take office?
A federal district court found that Avvo did not run afoul of the Illinois Right of Publicity Act by creating profile pages without plaintiffs' consent and using them to sell advertising to competing attorneys.
The Illinois fifth appellate district invalidated seizure by law enforcement of a Harley Davidson trike, basing its ruling on the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause.
There's a growing amount of sophisticated information about judges for voters and practitioners. But you still can't beat insights from fellow lawyers.
In Blumenthal v. Brewer, the Illinois Supreme Court held that Hewitt v. Hewitt is good law and unmarried cohabitants can't enforce marriage-like property rights.
Chicago-based Knight, Morris & Reddick uses technology and an entrepreneurial spirit to carve out niches in real estate, estate planning, and other practice areas.
The Champaign County State's Attorney explains her decision not to charge an Urbana man arrested for violating Illinois' unconstitutional but still on the books flag-desecration law.
After a false start in 2015, the legislature delivered and the governor signed a bill this year that gives fiduciaries the power to access email, social media, and other digital assets of a decedent.
In Holtzman II, the seventh circuit ruled that a lawyer who owed up to $4.2 million for sending 8,430 "junk" faxes would only have to pay recipients who actually claimed their $500 award.
