Three recent decisions — two from the Illinois Appellate Court and one from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — reinforce principles important for the defense of medical malpractice, construction ...

Where relationship between freight broker and carrier did not step outside the normal bounds and carrier was therefore independent contractor and not agent of broker.

Where an appeal to a disposition of wardship is pending, the trial court retains jurisdiction and a duty to exercise it concerning ongoing issues relating to the case such as visitation.

A man cannot pursue claims that he faced allegedly negligent medical care while incarcerated, a state appellate panel ruled.

A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, dealing a political setback to Gov. J.B. Pritzker after he ...

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.

A man who claims an unidentified co-worker used the N-word in reference to him while he was in a bathroom stall cannot sue his employer for discrimination, harassment and retaliation related to the ...

Over the last 2½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime Democratic leader’s voice dozens of times on wiretapped phone calls and in ...

Where defendant is charged with aggravated assault for drawing his legally-possessed weapon during an altercation, it is reversible error to refuse a request to instruct the jury on self-defense.

A federal judge certified a class in a lawsuit accusing a logistics company of violating the Illinois Wage and Payment Collection Act by misclassifying its truck drivers as independent contractors.

After more than two weeks off from the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the jury returned to the courtroom Monday for what’s expected to be the final few days ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will take the witness stand in his corruption trial — an unexpected revelation that will likely stretch the already lengthy trial into late January.