A Cook County jury awarded a record $5.5 million to the family of an 80-year-old woman who died from a lack of supplemental oxygen after allegedly failing to receive timely help when the power went out in her room at a nursing home in Palos Heights.

The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Lea S. Gutierrez as the new administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, making her the first person of color to lead the agency.

An attorney who made false representations in a foreclosure should be required to complete the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Professionalism Seminar in addition to the previously advised two-year suspension, according to the ARDC review board.

A federal appeals court revived two lawsuits accusing McDonald’s USA LLC of violating antitrust law by enforcing a “no-poaching” rule that prevented employees from moving from a job at one franchise to a higher-paying position at another.

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation failed to convince a state appellate panel that it is protected by sovereign immunity from a fee award against it for alleged violations of a confidentiality law.

A federal judge declined to conditionally certify class in a lawsuit alleging correctional officers at Cook County Jail are entitled to overtime pay for spending time off the clock during the COVID-19 pandemic decontaminating their equipment and sanitizing themselves and their surroundings.

A circuit judge incorrectly denied more than $110,000 in prejudgment interest to a plaintiff who sued his former employer, a state appellate panel held.

A losing candidate for Nigeria’s presidency is entitled to obtain discovery from Chicago State University to use in his ongoing challenge in that country to the winner’s eligibility to run for the office, a federal judge ruled.