More people are applying to law schools, and the rise can be attributed to the 2024 elections, an unstable economy and a focus on social issues, experts say.

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s jury verdict that found trade dress infringement and liability under state deceptive practices law, and the court’s order entering a nationwide permanent injunction.

A new amendment to the Illinois 8-1-1 safe digging law, also known as the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act, is now in effect and utility companies said it’s all about planning ahead and protecting lives.

Five days before a Rock Falls man’s murder trial is set to begin, Whiteside County’s state’s attorney is asking to delay the trial because her office continues to wait for DNA test results held up in the Illinois State Police crime lab.

An 84-year-old veteran is suing for fraud after he says he was led to believe he’d won $10,000 but instead got pressured into buying a car he couldn’t afford.

A federal judge in New York issued a preliminary order Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from cutting off states’ access to hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief funds for public schools, including more than $77 million for Illinois.

A former Chicago elementary school principal who was charged in a 2021 wire fraud case was found dead after she failed to appear for her sentencing hearing, the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed.

The global trade war boosted nearly every major practice area for law firms in the first quarter of 2025, but the months ahead “may be rocky indeed,” according to a summary by the Thomson Reuters Institute of its latest Law Firm Financial Index.