ARDC board advises disbarring attorney who took aunt’s $291K trust

PGA Tour to merge with Saudis, end LIV Golf feud

Bills emerging from the Illinois State Capitol, shown Monday, now enter a three-month period to potentially be signed by the governor.

Pritzker set to consider signing more than 500 bills

Blunt special concurrence punctuates nursing home arbitration denial

Patient’s apparent agency theory against hospital blocked

Suboxone maker reaches $102.5M settlement over antitrust claims

Commission says judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland trial

SEC targets Coinbase in latest shot at crypto firms over laws

Women’s empowerment event returns

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ABOTA Illinois welcomes speaker

American Board of Trial Advocates Illinois President Jill M. Webb of the Law Offices of Jill M. Webb, left, and Suzanne Spaulding, senior adviser for homeland security and director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, gather before ABOTA …
Romanucci & Blandin marks 25 years

Stephan Blandin, left, and Antonio M. Romanucci hosted a 25th anniversary celebration for Romanucci & Blandin LLC Thursday at Porter Kitchen & Deck, including remarks by Mayor Brandon Johnson. The firm founded at the lunch counter at the Palace Grill now employs 50 people and has handled cases in all 50 …
Socrates not guilty in mock trial

Socrates was a free man after a mock trial Monday at the Harris Theater in a defense win for Robert A. Clifford and Sarah F. King of Clifford Law Offices, far left and right, and Dan Webb of Winston & Strawn. The team defended the bearded philosopher, played by actor John Kapelos, before judges (whose …
CBA hosts its Vanguard Awards

The Chicago Bar Association hosted its Vanguard Awards Luncheon Tuesday at the Union League Club. Awardees included Rachel Huan Kao, back row from left; Teresa Fiedotjew-Blyth, sister of Alexander Z. Fiedotjew (posthumously); Hon. Nichole C. Patton; and Hon. Jasmine V. Hernandez. Other winners present …
Panel delves into civility issues

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Sox host swearing-in ceremony

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Honoring the past

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ARDC board advises disbarring attorney who took aunt’s $291K trust

PGA Tour to merge with Saudis, end LIV Golf feud

Pritzker set to consider signing more than 500 bills

Blunt special concurrence punctuates nursing home arbitration denial

Patient’s apparent agency theory against hospital blocked

Suboxone maker reaches $102.5M settlement over antitrust claims

Commission says judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland trial

SEC targets Coinbase in latest shot at crypto firms over laws

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Pritzker set to consider signing more than 500 bills

Law and the Loop: Attorneys reckon with past, future of community’s longtime nexus

Pain, terror can be considered in Boeing Max crash, judge rules

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