Only a few weeks after winning the April runoff election, attorney Lori E. Lightfoot was sworn in Monday morning as mayor of Chicago.

San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies, reflecting a growing backlash against a technology that’s creeping into airports, motor vehicle departments, stores, stadiums and home security cameras.

A man who tripped over a sign at a Menards store does not have a personal-injury claim against the home improvement chain, a federal appeals court ruled.

The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments in a case questioning whether a counterclaim challenging the constitutionality of a law can continue even if the plaintiff’s underlying lawsuit is dismissed for lack of a cause of action.

The American Bar Association’s national accreditation arm approved stricter standards for law schools, now requiring graduates achieve a 75% bar passage rate within two years instead of five.

A federal jury awarded $18.6 million to the wife of a Canadian truck driver who died after a collision with a tractor trailer on Interstate 80 in LaSalle County.

A federal judge cleared the way for a woman to pursue a lawsuit alleging she was not considered for a tenure-track position at Loyola University Chicago because of her age.