Gene Davis

Citing jurors’ claims that they learned about a murder-for-hire plot outside of court, an appeals panel ordered a new trial for a man convicted of a gang-related killing.

The incoming chair of the Illinois Judicial Council, an association that represents Black judges, says the state of affairs in 2020 amplifies the importance of his organization’s core mission.

In a virtual hearing that spilled past midnight last month, the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals denied a cannabis dispensary permit for the first time since marijuana was legalized by the state in January.

The U.S. Senate this week cleared the way for four new judges to take the federal trial bench in Illinois.

A nonprofit board that offers a voluntary program recertifying psychiatrists and neurologists in their field of medicine every 10 years is not violating the Sherman Antitrust Act, a federal judge held.

All Law Division cases in Cook County that were once set for trial but stalled by the pandemic must now participate in mandatory pre-trial settlement conferences.

Two southern Illinois appellate justices this week made their case to become the 5th Judicial District’s next Supreme Court justice.

An appeals panel has found an insurer is not on the hook for an $18 million settlement related to water pollution in the Village of Crestwood.