Supreme Court takes case involving disability activist ‘tester’

Record $40M awarded for Coles County birth injury

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ARDC board advises suspending attorney who made false statements

Brian Cox, who stars as patriarch Logan Roy, opened the London Stock Exchange on Friday to celebrate “Succession” Season 4, which began Sunday. The drama raises legal issues about family businesses, estate planning and mergers and acquisitions.

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Band royalties dispute does not belong in federal court, judge holds

House narrowly passes bill allowing all-gender bathrooms

Salvation Army must face wage suit, judge holds

By Patricia Manson pmanson@lawbulletinmedia.com

Posted February 3, 2023 10:54 AM

Updated February 6, 2023 11:47 AM

Three men who took part in residential rehabilitation programs run by The Salvation Army got the go-ahead to pursue accusations that the ministry violated wage laws by paying them only $1 to $21 for each 40-hour week they worked.In a written opinion, U.S. District Judge Manish S. Shah of the Northern District of Illinois denied the Salvation Army’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit the men filed under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the Illinois Minimum Wage Law and the Michigan Workforce Opportunity Wage Act.Shah …

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ARDC hearing board advises suspending attorney who misused funds

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Supreme Court takes case involving disability activist ‘tester’

Record $40M awarded for Coles County birth injury

Tazewell County jury awards $3.6M in woman’s death after hernia injury

State bills cover indoor vaping ban, felons as estate executors

ARDC board advises suspending attorney who made false statements

DePaul Law professors dissect ‘Succession’ with legal scholars

Band royalties dispute does not belong in federal court, judge holds

House narrowly passes bill allowing all-gender bathrooms

Salvation Army must face wage suit, judge holds

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ARDC hearing board advises suspending attorney who misused funds

Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson move to runoff for mayor

College scam mastermind Rick Singer gets 3.5 years in prison

House panel debates ranked choice voting

Court revives claims by death row inmate

Accountant can’t sue former employer on city’s behalf over taxes

Illinois Supreme Court to go remote amid staff COVID cases

Pritzker, sheriffs spar over enforcing state’s new semiautomatic gun law

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