A man who sustained back injuries when he fell from a construction site has settled his lawsuit for $12 million.

A judge polling a jury exerted “impermissible pressure” on a member who replied “forced into” when asked if he agreed with the guilty verdict announced by the foreperson, a federal appeals court held.

A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit filed by a police officer who alleges he was the target of discrimination and retaliation at a veteran’s hospital.

Congratulating them for “weathering the storm,” Supreme Court Justice Rita B. Garman swore 1,590 new attorneys to the Illinois bar in a virtual ceremony Thursday.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is accepting nominations for the position of Cook County public defender — though the incumbent is seeking a new term.

A veteran police officer was qualified to translate the coded text messages a suspect sent around the time of his arrest on drug and firearm charges, a federal appeals court ruled.

A man facing federal fraud charges will stay behind bars after he failed to present any new information easing concerns he would be a serious flight risk.

Flight attendants who maintain they lost income as a result of the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft do not have a case against the plane-manufacturing giant, a federal judge held.