These amendments, which take effect June 1, 2026, expand employee protections by broadening definitions, tightening restrictions on certain contractual provisions, and altering available remedies for employees bringing actions against employers for violations of the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act.

Leading appellate attorneys review the Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Thursday, September 18. 

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, took the unusual step of traveling to Chicago to briefly participate in arguments Monday before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

An obscure practice that lets private investors extract millions in equity from Illinois homeowners is now under legal fire.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Saturday warned California, New York and Illinois, so-called sanctuary states, to cooperate with the government in deporting undocumented immigrants released from prison after serving time for crimes.

Immigration enforcement officials have arrested almost 550 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.

The school district told the U.S. Department of Education it should be given more time and due process before a federal grant is withheld.