The Illinois Supreme Court announced on Monday the appointment of Gregory T. Mitchell as an At-Large Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Mr. Mitchell is being appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Daniel Kubasiak. Mr. Mitchell’s appointment is effective October 2, 2026, and will conclude on December 4, 2028.

Law firm leasing increased 17% across the country in the first half of 2026, according to data released Thursday from commercial real estate company Cushman & Wakefield.

Otter.ai’s AI notetaker tool has been accused of violating Illinois’s biometric privacy law, and the California court hearing the case recently let the proceedings move forward. As we have previously written in our sister blog, AI notetaker tools carry a growing range of legal risks. These include exposure under wiretapping and biometric privacy laws.

An Illinois appellate court overturned on Monday a Decatur man’s child pornography conviction, saying the content in question does not meet the legal definition of child pornography.

No charges will be filed against the Berwyn Police officers involved in the shooting that ended in the death of the Mahomet triple-homicide suspect, John Lyons.

Two downstate federal prosecutors’ offices joined the U.S. Justice Department Monday in announcing a crackdown on trucking schools that the Trump administration claims has helped immigrants without documentation obtain commercial driver’s licenses.