The appellate court upheld a previous court ruling that mandated public access to the most serious cases involving alleged misconduct by Chicago Police Department officers.

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ABC 7

A federal judge on Friday denied former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan’s legal arguments that he should remain out of prison while his appeal of both his corruption convictions and 7 ½ year sentence play out.

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Capitol News Illinois

Students and teachers will soon return to classrooms carrying books, making new friends, and starting another year — ready to learn. Along with students, new laws are implemented each year concerning districts and classrooms in Illinois.

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The State Journal-Register

Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Seeks Attorney (Litigation Focused)

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Marybeth Stanziola

Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, a not-for-profit organization with a long and successful history of civil rights enforcement and advocacy, seeks an attorney to join our legal team and work to address systemic racism and advance economic opportunity, applying creative legal strategies through a community-driven advocacy model. The attorney will serve in the position as a Program Counsel or Senior Counsel depending on years of legal experience.

Most officers accused of serious misconduct have already opted to take their disciplinary cases to arbitration as an appellate court panel considers whether such proceedings can be held behind closed doors.

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Chicago Sun-Times

A Southern Illinois federal judge won’t end a class action alleging Kroger violated a state consumer fraud law by allegedly misleading customers about how many cups of joe they can get from a package of coffee.

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Legal Newsline

Valentina Galvis’ detention at a hotel raises questions about the types of facilities being turned into de facto detention centers as the Trump administration ramps up immigration detention.

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Injustice Watch

A bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general is sending warning letters to 37 telecom companies and demanding "immediate action" to prevent robocalls from being routed through their networks.

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NBC 5 Chicago

A decades-old Illinois Supreme Court decision bars Cook County prosecutors from unionizing, an administrative law judge for the state’s labor board found Wednesday.

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Chicago Tribune

HUD will stop monitoring a civil rights agreement over the General Iron matter and dropped a case alleging City Council members blocked affordable housing using “aldermanic prerogative” veto power.

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Chicago Sun-Times