On July 14, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services that consumers cannot sue businesses for unwanted marketing text messages under a key provision of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

After nearly 24 years on the bench, Steve Kouri still has mixed emotions about Friday being his last day as a judge.

A deal offered by prosecutors would have required Kelly to admit guilt following a murder trial tainted by a corrupt detective and ineffective counsel. A reporter met Kelly inside the Cook County Jail to hear about his decision.

Sean Grayson’s case will go before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Friday, less than six months into the 20-year prison sentence he received after being convicted of second-degree murder in October.

A metro-east contractor who pleaded guilty to felony bank fraud last year is back in federal court, where a Texas company has filed a civil lawsuit accusing him of fraud, conspiracy and other wrongdoing.

For more than 40 years, Nancy Alexander lived in the shadow of a secret that broke her heart every single day. She was just a young girl—a Chicago Public School student struggling with epilepsy—when the one person assigned to help her learn to read allegedly stole her childhood instead.

The Illinois State Board of Elections told the U.S. Department of Justice this week it is complying with all federal laws governing voter registration and the maintenance of voter rolls, and it pushed back against threats by the Trump administration to prosecute state and local authorities for allowing illegal election activity.

A lawsuit filed in Sangamon County last week alleges the Catholic Archdiocese of Springfield enabled and concealed the sexual abuse of an altar boy by a former priest in Taylorville in the 1990s.

Thirteen high achieving college students gained insight on legal careers and preparing for law school last week through Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School’s Pipeline to Practice program.