The Illinois Rules of Evidence: A Color-Coded Guide (2026)

No attorney should be without this handy hard-copy version of Gino L. DiVito's authoritative color-coded reference guide, which is fully updated through January 1, 2026. It not only provides the complete Rules with insightful commentary, including the latest supreme and appellate court opinions, but also features a side-by-side comparison of the full text of the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Illinois Rules of Evidence.

Illinois judge approves lawsuit against Apple over Siri privacy concerns

An Illinois judge has greenlit a class action lawsuit that accuses Apple of violating the state’s biometrics privacy law with its Siri personal assistant. According to the suit filed on January 29 in Cook County, the complaint says the way Siri works is by recording a user’s voice to learn and recognize it.

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WTVO News

County's top prosecutor calls Mayor Brandon Johnson's ICE executive order 'wholly inappropriate'

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said an executive order requiring cops to document potential violations by federal agents could raise issues of political interference that could jeopardize criminal prosecutions.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois senator seeks immediate expulsions for student sexual assault

An Illinois state senator is renewing a push to change state law to require the immediate expulsion of students found responsible for sexual assault, arguing current policies leave victims unprotected and force families to take extreme measures to keep their children safe.

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Advantage News

ISBA Website Services Update

The Illinois State Bar Association is in the process of converting to a new association management system (AMS). Our AMS is the membership database that serves as the backbone for most of our technology systems. As of Friday, February 6, 2026, all CLE programming and the ISBA bookstore are back online. 

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The Bar News

Deposing the Top Dog

Posted on February 9, 2026 by Marybeth Stanziola

The apex doctrine is a common-law limitation on deposing corporate executives where the executive has limited personal knowledge of the relevant issues or where the same information can be obtained from other sources, notes Caroline A. Veniero in her February Illinois Bar Journal article, “Deposing the Top Dog.” But as handy as the doctrine may be for top execs, it is far from absolute.