The Cook County State’s Attorney’s office, alongside Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul and DuPage County state’s attorney, had challenged a lower court ruling that overturned it. A federal appeals court backed the law in a September decision.

The feds argue they have primary authority to regulate the popular markets, not the states. Illinois says the move puts profits over people.

In a highly anticipated and significant opinion impacting pending lawsuits, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed three district court orders and held that a 2024 amendment to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) applies retroactively. 

Nearly seven years after Illinois lawmakers approved recreational cannabis legalization, applicants who lost out on coveted business licenses are still battling the state in court, alleging the law’s rollout undermined its purported equity goals.

Cook County officials are warning residents that a scam court notice that falsely claims to be related to a parking violation could show up in their mailbox.

The new team includes former solicitors general for the U.S. and the state of Illinois, and another attorney who has represented Hillary Clinton and former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Arguments are set to begin Thursday for Madigan, and April 14 in the case of former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyist Michael McClain.

Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested an unincorporated Antioch man for possessing child pornography after he initially provided deputies with a fabricated account of how he came into possession of the material.

The Trump administration on Thursday filed lawsuits against three states, arguing that the controversial prediction market industry should be solely regulated by the federal government, not by state gambling commissions.