A man who was convicted of murder based solely on eyewitness testimony should have his conviction reversed, a state appellate panel ruled.

Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him ...

A federal judge declined to toss a lawsuit accusing Target Corp. of using its customers’ facial geometry without their permission to catch shoplifters.

Google, already facing a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine, is fighting to beat back another attack by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging monopolistic conduct, ...

Following almost a year of legal battles and fierce public opposition from many customers, water utility Aqua Illinois is set to raise its rates in 2025.

The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.

Where a complaint has been dismissed twice for any reason, the plaintiff has no right to refile under section 13-217 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

On Aug. 2, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2979, amending certain provisions of the Biometric Information Privacy Act. It became effective immediately. Three months in, several aspects ...

It’s been a month since the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial last heard the ...

Cook County Circuit Judge Shannon P. O’Malley narrowly lost his bid for reelection to the bench, securing 57.9% of the vote, mere margins away from the 60% vote requirement to keep his seat.

Chicago businessman Juan Ochoa had heard little more than crickets in the six months since then-Illinois House Speaker ...

A health care provider did not violate the constitutional and statutory rights of a nurse when it fired her for refusing to either get a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing for the virus, a ...