The top federal trial judge in the Northern District of Illinois will be easing restrictions on activities at the courthouses in Chicago and Rockford.In her Fourth Amended General Order 20-0012 on Tuesday, Chief U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer set out the dates for resuming operations that were halted or scaled back in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.Under the order, the district clerk’s offices in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago and the Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse in Rockford will remain …