Online judicial sales – Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law Enters the Digital Age

Purchasers of distressed real estate in mortgage foreclosure proceedings can now work remotely, too. Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Public Act 103-930 S.B. 2919, which became effective January 1, 2025, and allows the “sheriff or other person” to conduct a judicial sale “in person, online or both.”

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The National Law Review

Illinois joins three other states in suing to stop Trump birthright citizenship order

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined three other attorneys general in suing President Donald Trump over the constitutionality of his Inauguration Day executive order that would end birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants without legal status.

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WGLT

Dignity in Pay Act: Pritzker signs monumental bill phasing out sub-minimum wage

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a historic bill into law Tuesday to eliminate the state's subminimum wage and improve work opportunities for people with disabilities. The Dignity in Pay Act will phase out subminimum wage authorizations by December 31, 2029.

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WAND

Central Illinois lawmaker wants to bar insurers from placing time limits on anesthesia coverage

A Republican state lawmaker from Morton is sponsoring a bill making it illegal for insurance companies to place a time limit on anesthesia payment coverage.

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WSIU

Former cannabis executive charged with insider trading alongside three associates

A former executive in the cannabis industry has been charged with insider trading, as detailed in an indictment filed in a federal court in Chicago.

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Legal Newsline

Powerful or Powerless?

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Timothy A. Slating

 In their January 2025 Illinois Bar Journal article, “Powerful or Powerless?,” Thomas Osran and Robert Held focus on amendments to the Illinois Power of Attorney Act that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Osran and Held note the amendments will help when third parties refuse to honor validly drafted and executed POAs. But, unhelpfully (and perhaps fatally), they add, the law creates no new teeth to enforce unreasonable refusals to honor valid POAs and lists 14 new ways for banks and others to legally refuse to honor otherwise valid POAs.

Chicago Police Department releases statement on 'Welcoming City Ordinance' - What to know

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson reaffirmed his opposition to President Donald Trump’s proposed immigration reforms this week, pledging to defend the Illinois Trust Act and resist federal immigration enforcement efforts.

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Fox 32

Undercover sting exposes rampant housing discrimination across Chicago area, watchdog group says

Real estate agents, brokerage firms and landlords routinely violated state law by rejecting renters who sought to use housing vouchers, the Housing Rights Initiative claimed in a slew of complaints filed Monday.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Department sues Walgreens over opioid drug prescriptions

The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions over a period of several years.

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Belleville News-Democrat