A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children.

The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to consider eight civil Petition for Leave to Appeal dispositions, including a challenge to a teenager’s conviction for driving under the influence of cannabis.

A trial judge correctly adopted jury instructions in a medical malpractice suit over an allegedly botched hernia surgery, a state appellate panel ruled.

Where defendant pleadad guilty as an armed habitual criminal with a predicate offense later found void ab initio, he may be charged with lesser-included offenses with no predicate offense.

While Illinois’ cannabis market is booming and the state has made progress in diversifying new licensees, significant hurdles remain for businesses hoping to enter the expanding market, according to ...

The city of Chicago did not violate a condominium owner’s rights by allowing his condo association to prohibit him from listing his unit on Airbnb or other home-sharing platforms for short-term ...

The Illinois Supreme Court disbarred seven attorneys and suspended 10 in its latest disciplinary orders.That included a three-year suspension for former 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, who was ...

The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, ...

A wrongful death suit filed by a prominent medical malpractice attorney has been remanded for a new trial as a state appellate panel found the Cook County Circuit Court abused its discretion by ...

Where plaintiff failed to include details of which credit reporting agencies she notified about disputed debt, district court correctly dismissed her Fair Credit Reporting Act claim.

The signing of SB2979 into law in August officially revised the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. The amendments respond to last year’s Illinois Supreme Court decision ...

Former 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, who was convicted of filing false tax returns, has been suspended from practicing law for three years by order of the Illinois Supreme Court.