Jussie Smollett must serve 30 months’ probation and pay more than $120,100 to the city of Chicago for staging and falsely reporting a homophobic and racist hate crime, a state appellate panel held.

An attorney who took more than $8,800 in settlement funds without authorization and continued to practice after being removed from the master roll for missing MCLE requirements should be suspended, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.

With campaigns in full swing for 2024 elections, the Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee is calling attention to changes to its guidelines for judicial candidates, particularly new limits on endorsements.

A website where consumers can buy salon and health care products constitutes a place of public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal judge held.

A state appellate panel returned a lawsuit over Cook County’s use of transportation tax revenue to the Cook County Circuit Court, writing that it was unable to determine whether or not the county’s expenditures complied with a constitutional amendment limiting government spending.

A federal judge declined to throw out a lawsuit filed by a man who alleges his age and race prompted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to block him from working for a private firm that provides security services at federal facilities.

A Rock Island County jury awarded a record $2.8 million verdict to a motorcyclist who sustained several fractures when he slid under a pickup truck.

A Kane County judge incorrectly excluded relevant evidence and witnesses in tossing a suit alleging a law firm owes $777,000 from a personal injury recovery to the estate of its longtime of counsel, a state appellate panel ruled.