A Chicago attorney accused of stealing more than $18,000 in client funds, charging excessive fees and engaging in conflict of interest should be suspended for three years and until further order of the court, a majority of an Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission Review Board found in its report issued Oct. 31.

A lawsuit accusing the National Football League of blocking insurance payments to a Chicago-area medical group treating retired players belongs in federal court, a judge held.

A man denied a job because his would-be employer feared he would develop a medical condition stemming from his obesity does not have a case under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal appeals court held.

A legalese riddle: What has a main body, a plurality of thrusting operators and rotation members each with at least one signal input element?

A 75-year-old woman, who sustained heel, wrist and femur injuries when a driver traveling in the opposite direction after skidding on icy pavement hit her car, settled her lawsuit for $1 million.

Chief Cook County Circuit Judge Timothy C. Evans stressed the need for more clerks in the court system during his budget presentation before the Cook County Board of Commissioners on Monday.

Fresh off his three-year stint as chief of the state’s top court, Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier announced he will leave the bench in December 2020.

The mother of a baby who suffered brain damage during birth at an Oak Park hospital will receive $51 million after a monthlong trial that shattered the existing state record for a birth-injury verdict.