Steven Weinhoeft is returning to the role of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.

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WQAD

How Cyber-Secure Are You?

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Timothy A. Slating

 If one thing is clear from the Illinois Bar Journal’s March cover story, it’s that now is not the time to ignore cyber-security threats. The article, “How Cyber-Secure Are You?,” unpacks a pair of ISBA continuing legal education programs held in late 2024 that provided guidance on common cyber vulnerabilities for lawyers. The article explores various concerns, including ethics, compromised emails, hacking tactics, financial-information vulnerabilities, and what lawyers can do to safeguard their computer and network systems from cyber-criminals.

ADHD: A Rise in Diagnosis of Women, Its Impact on the Legal Profession, and How It Affects the Professional Woman

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Timothy A. Slating

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from our speaker, Dr. Cortney Bindrich, as she draws upon her experience as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in Neuropsychology to discuss the rise of ADHD diagnoses in women. In addition to explaining the mental health condition of ADHD (and why more and more female professionals are being diagnosed with this condition), Dr. Bindrich will offer real-world tactics to improve your daily practice and grow in the legal profession.

A Chicago man filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago, a Chicago police detective and several officers after being charged in the death of a CFD firefighter.

From: 
Fox 32

A corruption-busting prosecutor with a 20-year track record of winning major cases will step down from his job with the United States attorney in Chicago.

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NBC 5 Chicago

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday moved to challenge a law recently enacted in Democratic-led Illinois that seeks to encourage greater diversity in the nonprofit sector by requiring charitable organizations to publicly report on the race, gender and sexual orientation of their governing bodies.

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Reuters

A couple renting an apartment from Marco Antonio Contreras sued him in 2022 under the Illinois Immigrant Tenant Protection Act, which protects tenants from discrimination or harassment based on their immigration status.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Trump administration has stopped reimbursing Illinois for a program designed to help farmers and supply fresh food to Illinois food banks. The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that changes to federal funding mean Illinois is missing reimbursements for costs for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, or LFPA, and can no longer run the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program, or RFSI.

From: 
Muddy River News

A Cook County judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging a company violated the terms of a lucrative state contract in ways that included failing to inform the state that a pair of political insiders profited from the deal.

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Belleville News-Democrat