This new section allows courts to set any conditions it finds just and appropriate for the use of a facility dog in taking testimony of a victim under specific circumstances.
While setting bail and the conditions of release under the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the court may order a risk assessment evaluation for a respondent facing any of the following charges:
Governor Rauner's Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform has a goal of reducing the population of Illinois' overcrowded prisons by 25 percent over 10 years.
Plaintiffs and defendants often file competing cross-motions for summary judgment. But in Illinois, unlike in federal court, those motions may be taken as a concession that no issue of material fact exists.
After police said dashcam videos of a traffic-related marijuana arrest didn't exist, the defendant announced he already had them. How? He got them in response to a FOIA request.
Since its enactment in the 1970s, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act has undergone many changes. Yet, the regulations implementing the Act have failed to keep up.
On June 18, 2013, the First District of the Appellate Court held that in disputes regarding the disposition of pre-embryos, the court would honor any prior agreement between the parties.
Given that Rule 23 orders should in theory break no new legal ground and are not citable in the trial courts as precedent, one would expect them to be rare on the supreme court's civil docket.
As of October 31, 2014, the Department of Insurance now requires that companies file their workers' compensation documents and rate information electronically through the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing ("SERFF").
Pursuant to this Act, the Director of the Department of Employment Security has the authority to create a short-time compensation program, which is a form of unemployment benefits.
Under this amendatory act, the Illinois Board of Trustees retains the power to institute a health reimbursement arrangement that can provide, among other things, that...
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt emergency rules to ensure that sections 5-5b.1 and 5A-2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code are implemented timely and expeditiously.
It is a civil rights violation for an employer to refuse to make reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees. This is true no matter whether the employee is part-time, full-time, or probationary.
In a show-up, police bring a suspect back to the scene for a witnesses i.d. This article discusses its inherent risks and suggests that face-recognition technology may offer an alternative.
Illinois has a new, plain-language statutory health care power of attorney, and lawyers are getting used to it – and, in some cases, tweaking it to suit their practices.
Under this amendatory act, the terms "penalties," "fees," "charges," and "taxes" now ensnare the amount of the total Illinois corporate income taxes paid under section 602 and section 803 of the Illinois Income Tax Act...
Whereas before expedited Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP") eligibility was granted to applicants after an in-person interview, the Department of Human Services has adopted a new rulemaking...
