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Panel revives legal malpractice claim over invalid will
The family of a man who died before his estate plan was finalized can pursue a legal malpractice claim against his attorneys, a state appellate panel held.
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Boeing may face its first civil trial over deadly Ethiopia crash
More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial related to the disaster that killed all 157 people on board appears poised to move forward.
By Rio Yamat and Sophia Tareen
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Judge hears testimony about conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility
A judge heard testimony Tuesday about overflowing toilets, crowded cells, no beds and water that “tasted like sewer” at a Chicago-area building that serves as a key detention spot for people rounded up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
By Christine Fernando
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Bill to regulate homeowners’ insurance rates fails
The Illinois House rejected a bill Thursday that would have given the state Department of Insurance authority to regulate homeowners’ insurance rates.
By Peter Hancock
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Judges, federal government grapple over immigrant bond hearings
Federal judges in the Northern District of Illinois are joining dozens of their counterparts across the country in ruling that foreign nationals arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entitled to bond hearings.
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Questions about consistency loom ahead of SCOTUS tariffs hearing
A major question hangs over the Supreme Court’s closely watched case on President Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariffs: Will the conservative majority hold the Republican president to the same exacting standards it used to limit his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden?
By Mark Sherman