Cook County Circuit Judge Daniel B. Malone has been named acting presiding judge of the court’s Probate Division, Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced Wednesday.

A strip search of female inmates that forced the women to spread their genitals before male prison guards did not violate the prisoners’ Fourth Amendment rights, a divided federal appeals panel ruled.

A statute barring the impersonation of a U.S. government employee does not violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court held.

Gatorade did not violate trademark law by using the phrase “the sports fuel company” in marketing food and beverages designed to improve athletic performance, a federal appeals court held.

A subset of the Cook County Democratic Party on Thursday recommended slating P. Scott Neville Jr. for the Illinois Supreme Court seat he currently holds on an interim basis.

A robber must do more than point a gun at someone and order that person not to move before facing an enhanced sentence for physically restraining the victim, a divided federal appeals court held.

A Cook County jury awarded more than $5 million to a man who lost of the use and feeling in his left leg below the knee following a 2013 hip replacement surgery.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure Friday that creates better protections for private sector workers who experience sexual harassment and discrimination.