U.S. District Judge Elaine Bucklo of the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled that amendments to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act were intended to be applied retroactively.

A lawsuit accusing a Florida man of defrauding an Illinois woman he promised to marry does not belong in the courts in this state, a federal judge ruled.

The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected on Thursday an Illinois man’s bid to throw out his conviction. Francisco A. Perez, 35, of South Holland, Illinois, argued he had an ineffective lawyer, who never ...

Judges are spending more time on initial court hearings as they weigh whether to detain or release defendants. However, ...

DECATUR — The lapsed memory of an ex-girlfriend who told a jury she didn’t remember Christopher A. Russell smashing his way ...

Oliver’s sentence on Friday came at the end of a lengthy court hearing where the judge heard motions from Oliver’s lawyers to ...

Actor's case remanded to circuit court for dismissal, citing prosecutorial agreement and constitutional rights concerns.

Judge Thomas E. Nowinski rejected prosecutors’ petition to hold Constantin Beldie in jail after he was charged in October ...

J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Jared Polis of Colorado will ... institutions to protect executive agencies, elections, state courts and other core democratic bodies. It will establish playbooks ...

He’s been issued a notice to appear in court over an alleged incident Oct. 19 at the Illini-Michiagn game. The News-Gazette Illinois Hall of Famer Dana Howard was among the guests at last month ...

Attorneys for the state of Illinois filed a notice of appeal with the federal district court that found the state’s gun and magazine ban violates the U.S. Constitution. Illinois banned the sale and ...

(The Center Square) – A federal appeals court three-judge panel has taken a case challenging Cook County’s ban on semi-automatic firearms under advisement. Before Illinois passed a statewide ban on ...