Molly's Law gives plaintiffs more time to bring wrongful death cases that stem from some allegedly intentional and criminal conduct and allows disappointed FOIA requesters to ask the attorney general's office to review denials.
In People v. Rizzo, the supreme court overturned a circuit court ruling that refusing to allow supervision for aggravated speeding is too harsh a penalty compared to those for other Class A misdemeanors.
Too few law firms follow best practices for paying employees who work more the 40 hours a week, an employment lawyer warns. The new federal overtime rules, effective December 1, are a fresh reason for getting it right.
Two bills awaiting the governor's signature are designed to keep rape evidence moving through the system and improve the quality of sexual-assault investigations.
Among other changes, the new law - which draws from the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act - would allow LLC members and managers to waive some fiduciary duties.
Chicago is one of 10 grant awardees nationwide for a DOJ project to fund pilot neighborhood-focused courts that bring offenders and victims together to resolve disputes.
A recent first district ruling holds that redlining discrimination actions can be brought against lawyers and others who purport to provide loan modification assistance.
The Illinois Supreme Court has released two required statewide forms for divorce cases, and legislators have introduced a bill to remove ambiguities in last year's IMDMA rewrite.
Proposed marijuana decriminalization legislation would adopt the governor's amendatory veto from last year, lowering the allowable possession amount and the THC level for drivers.
The plaintiff alleges that Google is using "face geometry" without permission in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, one of two such statutes in the U.S.
Proposed legislation would amend the Trusts and Trustees Act to require that all transfers of property into a trust be evidenced by a written conveyance and acceptance by the trustee.
Medical cannabis users who are parents of minors may discover that the law exposes them to DCFS scrutiny, just one way cannabis users may be treated as "second-class patients."
After the Provena court overturned the property-tax exemption for hospitals, the legislature passed a fix. Now the Illinois Appellate Court has overturned that statute.
An ISBA proposal would allow qualified students to practice under the supervision of an attorney in the private sector, not just in legal aid or other governmental settings.
The supreme court recently abolished the "public duty rule," which held that fire departments and like entities owed no duty of care to provide services.
Small business owners will soon have a new way to raise capital from small investors, one that resembles Kickstarter but allows contributors to get an equity stake.
In In re Squire, the appellate court expanded the reach of the IMDMA's "leveling the playing field" provision by requiring a spouse's attorney to disgorge already earned fees to the other side.
