JURIST

MARCH 5, 2023

Forbes Friday ruled that the Illinois statewide ban on the sale and manufacturing of assault rifles is unconstitutional under the Illinois Constitution. The case is in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Macon County. Pritzker has already appealed to the Supreme Court of Illinois.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2023

An Illinois federal district judge Friday issued a preliminary injunction to prevent the enforcement of Illinois’ Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) until there is a final determination as to the law’s constitutionality. The case is in the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a section of the newly enacted SAFE-T Act that eliminated cash bail in the state was legal under the state’s constitution. However, a lower court struck down the portion of the act ending cash bail as unconstitutional in 2022, mere hours before the law was set to come into effect.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Seven judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that claims against employers for statutory damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) were not barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA). The appellate court ruled similarly in 2020.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2025

The US Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, accusing Walgreens pharmacists of filling millions of prescriptions for controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose or valid authorization. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2022

The family of a former-Amazon worker Monday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Amazon in Illinois state court. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Austin McEwen, 26, who was one of the workers killed when an EF-3 tornado struck the Edwardsville, Illinois Amazon facility on December 10, 2021.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that individuals have a five-year period to launch a claim under the Biometric Information Privacy Act. This ruling reverses an appellate court decision that allowed for only a one-year period on claims relating to unlawful handling of people’s data under the act.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for his role in the 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese, should get a new trial. In 2023, Glossip returned to state court in another effort to set aside his conviction and sentence. Under the Supreme Courts 1959 ruling in Napue v.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Courts Tie for No. 1 Judicial Hellhole; Cook County, Illinois; California; New York City and South Carolina asbestos litigation ranked second through fifth”: Everett Catts of The Daily Report of Fulton County, Georgia has this article. Courts Tie for No. “‘Nuclear Verdicts’ Again Cited as Ga.,

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request to block state and local laws barring the sale of assault-style weapons in Illinois while a group of challenges to those laws continues in the lower courts. After the U.S. They described the case as an “exceedingly simple” one.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The charges brought against Hassan and Mahmoud in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois are grounded in 18 USC 2441(a) and (d)(1)(B) , which prohibit war crimes, including acts of torture and cruel treatment of detainees.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined to enjoin the Illinois assault rifle ban on Wednesday while the case is pending appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The court denied the plaintiffs’ application for a writ of injunction pending appeal. That case is pending in the Illinois Supreme Court.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The Illinois Supreme Court today released a policy on the use of generative AI in the courts that authorizes its use by attorneys, judges, court staff and others, provided the use complies with legal and ethical standards. The Illinois Supreme Court AI Policy, which will take effect Jan.

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EvidenceProf Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Illinois and a number of other states allow for a convicted defendant to bring a freestanding claim of actual innocence. The issue that has divided the states is whether such a claim can only be made by defendants convicted after.

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EvidenceProf Blog

AUGUST 14, 2021

Similar to its federal counterpart, Illinois Rule of Evidence 804(b)(3) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement which was at the time of its making so far contrary to the declarant's pecuniary or proprietary interest, or.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled against the Direct Auto Insurance Co. in a dispute over the reach of its uninsured motorist coverage. In a…

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HowAppealing

MAY 16, 2023

“Assault-style weapons oral arguments heard at Illinois Supreme Court”: Patrick Keck of The State Journal-Register of Springfield, Illinois has this report. ” The post “Assault-style weapons oral arguments heard at Illinois Supreme Court” appeared first on How Appealing.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 10, 2022

“Illinois Supreme Court makes history with female majority on bench”: Jerry Nowicki of Capitol News Illinois has this report. The post “Illinois Supreme Court makes history with female majority on bench” appeared first on How Appealing.

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Like a handful of other states, Illinois still has a Dead Man's Act. Illinois's act can be found in 735 ILCS 5/8-201, which states in pertinent part that In the trial of any action in which any party sues or.

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HowAppealing

MAY 9, 2022

“Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman to retire, leaving opening on the court”: Andrew Adams of The State Journal-Register of Springfield, Illinois has this report. You can access Justice Garman’s retirement announcement at this link.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 11, 2023

“Illinois Supreme Court upholds assault-style weapons ban, more challenges to follow”: Patrick Keck of The Springfield State Journal-Register has this report on a 4-to-3 ruling that the Supreme Court of Illinois issued today.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 4, 2021

Similarly, Illinois Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(B) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay. Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(C) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay for a statement that "identifies a person as someone the declarant perceived earlier."

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court has disciplined or accepted the resignation of several lawyers and two former judges in a series of orders Sept. Among…

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Above The Law

JANUARY 3, 2024

The post Illinois Court’s ‘Allowed But Not Intended’ Distinction Greenlights Hurting Cyclists With Potholes appeared first on Above the Law. No clue how, but I'm sure Chance The Rapper is responsible.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Wonderful Company LLC has removed to Illinois federal court a proposed false advertising class action accusing it of misleading consumers by labeling its Fiji Water as "natural artisan water" while knowing it contained microplastics.

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HowAppealing

MAY 17, 2023

“Supreme Court says Illinois may ban sale of rapid-fire assault weapons for now”: David G. Supreme Court issued today. The post “Supreme Court says Illinois may ban sale of rapid-fire assault weapons for now” appeared first on How Appealing.

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ABA Journal

JULY 19, 2023

The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state law eliminating cash bail. Illinois will now become the first state in the nation to eliminate…

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

“Jussie Smollett asks Illinois Supreme Court to overturn his conviction for lying about hate crime attack”: Matthew Hendrickson of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

“In highly political, richly funded contests for Illinois Supreme Court majority, pledges of impartiality stir skepticism”: John Keilman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Chicago Tribune.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

to take over from his long-time aid, Jeffrey Minear, as counselor to the chief justice, the court announced on Monday. Minear retired last month , after 16 years at the court. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Share Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Judge Robert Dow Jr.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2023

A majority for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Virginia Tech’s bias reporting policies do not violate free speech principles protected by the First Amendment, upholding a lower court’s decision to deny a preliminary injunction.

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HowAppealing

JULY 2, 2024

“Supreme Court Sidesteps New Gun Cases as It Closes Out Term; High court leaves Illinois ‘assault weapons’ bans in place; Court orders reconsideration of New York law, felon gun ban”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 19, 2024

Updated: Among the attorneys disciplined by the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday are a lawyer who led police on a 60-mile chase in an ambulance and a former Polsinelli shareholder who was temporarily barred from a courthouse.

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2025

The DAPL is a “1,1172-mile underground oil pipeline” that transports oil from the “Bakken region in North Dakota, across South Dakota and Iowa, to Patoka, Illinois.” We will see Energy Transfer in court this July in the Netherlands. We will not back down. We will not be silenced.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Monday denied a motion brought by turkey suppliers Butterball LLC, Cargill, Inc. The post US court denies motion to dismiss antitrust claims against turkey suppliers appeared first on JURIST - News. and Perdue Farms, Inc.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 9, 2022

A companion “report card” ranking all 50 states according to how well they measure up in nine different areas of reentry and reintegration gives Illinois the highest marks and places Alaska at the bottom. Pardon Attorney, in the introduction to the report.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon declined to temporarily block an Illinois law that bans the purchase, sale, possession, and manufacture of assault-style weapons. In a brief unsigned order , without any explanation, the justices denied a request to intervene after two lower courts rejected requests to put the law on hold.

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