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.

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.

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.

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. 

Jamison Fisher could be on the move. The attorneys for the man accused of abducting and murdering Trudy Appleby, 11, in 1996 filed a change-of-venue motion claiming media coverage and social media-fueled rumors have made it impossible for Fisher to get a fair trial in Henry County.