DOR also repealed the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tax Act (86 Ill. Adm. Code 428 (effective Oct. 4, 2018)), because the underlying statute was declared unconstitutional and is no longer enforced.

A condominium association's board sued the property's owner seeking declaratory judgment regarding a parking-place lease.

On May 23, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court held sections 7-38-115(f) and 7-38-115(l) of the Municipal Code of Chicago to be constitutionally valid.

The defendant was arrested solely on the authority of an “investigative alert.”

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Acupuncture Practice Act to include new training and certification requirements for those licensed under the Act.

or areas that exist outside a city’s jurisdictional limits, the county is the only body that can enact wind-farm zoning regulations, even if the county has not “formed a zoning commission and adopted formal zoning.”

The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is amended by changing section 115-21 ("Informant Testimony") as follows. Courts may permit the prosecution to disclose its intent to introduce the testimony of an informant with less notice than the 30-day notice required under subsections (c) and (d) of this section, if the court finds that the informant was not known prior to the 30-day notice period.

The Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009 was amended to create the College Student Credit Card Marketing and Debt Task Force.

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) adopted amendments to Rules of Practice (83 IAC 200; 42 Ill. Reg. 19323) that permit the certification of documents under the procedures established in the Code of Civil Procedure.

The Department of Insurance has adopted new amendments applying to internal security standards and fidelity bonds that define companies subject to the rulemaking and amends rules for securities transactions (50 Ill. Adm. Code 904 (effective Jan.11, 2019)).

On May 6, 2019, the Third District Appellate Court affirmed the circuit court’s decision to grant the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence because the police officer did not have probable cause to search the defendant’s vehicle without a warrant for evidence of driving with an open container of alcohol.

The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation issued a rulemaking which consolidates the licenses for providers of real estate prelicense education and continuing education into a single education provider license (68 Ill. Adm. Code 1450 (effective Jan. 25, 2019)).

The Department of Insurance (DOI) adopted amendments to Insurance Department Consumer Complaints (50 Ill. Adm. Code 926), Construction and Filing of Life Insurance and Annuity Forms (50 Ill. Adm. Code 1405), Recognition of the 2001 CSO Mortality Table for Use in Determining Minimum Reserve Liabilities and Nonforfeiture Benefits (50 Ill. Adm. Code 1412), Insurance Oversight Data Collection (50 Ill. Adm. Code 2907), and Summary Document and Disclaimer (50 Ill. Adm. Code 3401), all effective Feb. 25, 2019.

On July 23, 2019, the Third District Appellate Court reversed and remanded a defendant’s conviction, holding that a clear or obvious error occurred when the lower court required the jury to view and listen to video and audio recordings of the arrest in the courtroom in the presence of the parties, their attorneys, and the trial judge, as the presence of these third parties chilled jury deliberations.

On May 17, 2019, the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois held that in certain circumstances, a corporation or other legal entity may be held civilly liable under the Gender Violence Act.

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Counties Code to provide an additional remedy for counties that find residential properties of one acre or less containing concentrations of unsafe garbage and other waste.

Plaintiffs were awarded $19.155 million, plus $35 million in punitive damages, following a jury trial for injuries sustained in a rear-ender vehicular accident in Indiana.

A traffic stop based on failure to signal a lane change led to police finding methamphetamine after searching the defendant's vehicle.

Under current law, prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse must be commenced within 10 years of the commission of the offense if the victim reported the offense within three years of the commission.

The Department of Innovation and Technology adopted new rules labeled Mandatory Cybersecurity Training, in accordance with new legislation (80 Ill. Adm. Code 4000 (effective Jan. 1, 2019)).