Gene Davis

A former Democratic leader in the Illinois House was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for his role in a bribery scheme.

An attorney convicted of murdering the ex-girlfriend and infant daughter of former Chicago Bulls player Eddy Curry should be disbarred, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.

Several parents who refused certain medical treatments to their children at birth do not have a case against a Chicago hospital for reporting them to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for medical neglect, a federal judge held.

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed the first Black woman to serve on the court, Justice Lisa Holder White, to the vacancy created Monday when Justice Rita B. Garman announced she will retire from “the role of a lifetime” on July 7.

An attorney who was found to have engaged in dishonest conduct, among other charges, should be suspended for one year and until further order of the court, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission review board.

The Union League Club of Chicago never agreed to sell a Claude Monet painting to a fine art company, an Illinois appeals court held Thursday.

A circuit court judge correctly approved a proposed $45 million settlement between members of a class and DeVry University over allegedly misleading earning and employment statistics, a state appellate panel ruled.

A lawsuit by a former employee against Union Pacific Railroad Co. alleging physical battery and negligence by a supervisor must be retried, a state appellate panel ruled.