Gene Davis

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is allowing some prisoners allowing some prisoners to be moved from Illinois facilities under expanded furlough rules.

State appellate courts are attempting to keep cases moving forward in the wake of the coronavirus, though with a few delays and restrictions.

With most court help desks and legal aid clinics shutdown during the novel coronavirus outbreak, some legal aid groups are asking Illinois lawyers to lend their time to virtually answer questions from low-income pro se litigants throughout the state.

In an amicus brief filed this week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and five other nonprofit groups lent support to the case of four debtors who sued the city of Chicago for keeping their cars impounded even after they filed for bankruptcy.

An insurer has a duty to defend a business that violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law, an appeals court ruled last week.

With public health officials urging everyone to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, offices around the state are adapting to working remotely.

A federal judge certified a subclass of plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging some inmates in the Cook County Jail are being denied prompt care for severe toothaches and other dental problems.

An employee at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse has tested positive for COVID-19, the U.S. District Court’s chief judge announced Tuesday afternoon in a letter to employees.