A civil justice gap is widening in Illinois. Funding for programs that provide legal assistance is never enough, leaving access to the civil court system increasingly limited, especially for lower-income and traditionally marginalized Illinoisans. As the Illinois Judges Association marks its 50th anniversary this year, we have made it a priority to work to close this gap.

A man injured by a foul ball at a Chicago White Sox game got the go-ahead to pursue a lawsuit against the team.

Drew Peterson, the former Bolingbrook police sergeant found guilty of murdering his third wife in a slaying initially ruled to be an accident, lost a challenge to his conviction.

A federal judge certified a class of about 28,000 prisoners in a lawsuit accusing the Illinois Department of Corrections of violating the U.S. Constitution by overusing “extreme isolation.”

The third time was not the charm for Design Basics LLC.

The “apex doctrine” shields a former official with Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability from having to give a deposition in a civil rights lawsuit, a federal judge held.

A Chicago man must comply with a subpoena directing him to give a virtual deposition in a civil forfeiture action pending in Nebraska, a federal judge held.