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Judge evicts Cook County suit alleging racism by Wells Fargo caused '08 mortgage crisis
A judge has canned a lawsuit by Cook County that alleged Wells Fargo helped bring about the post-2008 mortgage crisis through discriminatory lending, saying there was no evidence minority foreclosures were the result of racist loan practices instead of other factors, such as the mortgage holder's income. -
IL High Court says misconduct suits against Chicago cops not grounds to overturn murder conviction
The Illinois Supreme Court has refused to undo the murder conviction of a man who claims he was framed by Chicago police, saying the fact detectives have been sued for alleged misconduct in other cases, doesn't constitute 'new evidence' to exonerate. -
Welch 'steps back' from partner role at Ancel Glink, becomes 'Of Counsel;' What does change mean?
New Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch has taken on the role of 'Of Counsel' at the Ancel Glink law firm, but the continuing relationship with the firm that represents local governments across Illinois could raise questions. -
Cook County says ex-county officials can't be 'consultants' for Wells Fargo in reverse redlining suit
Cook County wants to know the arrangements between Wells Fargo and former county officials, whom the bank hired as consultants to help fight the county's suit, which alleges Wells Fargo contributed to the post-2008 mortgage crisis by its discriminatory lending practices. -
Lawsuit: City Colleges fired three women deans, protected male dean accused of inventing suicide of fake male fiance
Three women, who formerly worked as deans at Daley College in Chicago, sued the Chicago City Colleges for discrimination and retaliation for allegedly protecting a male dean found to have allegedly faked the suicide of his fake male fiance, among other alleged infractions -
Judge says men suing Chicago cops over sham arrests, may be grilled about any potential real crimes after bad busts
A federal magistrate judge has decided lawyers representing the city of Chicago and former Chicago cops can question the people suing them over false arrests, about uncharged criminal behavior that occurred in the years after their alleged sham convictions. -
Class action: SEIU, U of I wrongly forcing workers to pay union dues after they leave union
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to declare unconstitutional a provision of the Illinois labor law for educational institutions which unions and schools rely on to deduct union dues from workers' paychecks. -
'Out in the cold, without legal redress:' Geneva restaurant asks IL high court to limit Pritzker's COVID shutdown powers
Owners of FoxFire restaurant in Geneva have asked the Illinois Supreme Court for permission to appeal a state appellate court's ruling that has been used to shoot down challenges to Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-19 shutdown orders. -
New SCOTUS rulings layout new 'roadmap', 'new legal regime' for churches challenging governors' COVID orders
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent actions could enhance churches' chances in court when challenging COVID- and other pandemic-related worship restrictions imposed by governors. -
IL Inspector General's effort to block access to state hiring reports show IL not ready to lift feds oversight: Court filing
While Gov. JB Pritzker says the state is ready to emerge from federal court oversight of its hiring practices, a new court filing asserts efforts by the Office of the Executive Inspector General to impede court-appointed monitors from seeing certain state hiring reports says otherwise. -
Judge: 'Conspiracy theory' not enough to give accused cops' lawyers access to inmate's recorded phone calls
Lawyers for a group of Chicago Police officers being sued for allegedly coercing confessions in a brutal 1998 double murder and kidnapping said they should get access to recorded phone calls to determine if a woman at the center of the murder case was offered anything to change her testimony before a key deposition. A judge called it a "confusing conspiracy theory." -
Judge gives green light to class action vs City Hall over Chicago's abandoned car impoundment policies
The lawsuit had asserted the city's execution of its towing program meant the cars were "effectively stolen." -
Judge says paroled IL sex offenders can press class action vs state over restricted access to their own kids
A federal judge has said three sex offenders can press a class action against the Illinois Department of Corrections, which claims the Department wrongly makes offenders get state permission before having contact with their own minor children. -
IL Supreme Court orders restaurant lawsuits vs Pritzker over COVID closures to Springfield judge
Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow has sided with Gov. JB Pritzker on similar questions over Pritzker's COVID shutdown powers. -
With appellate hearing looming, Pritzker tweaks evictions ban to prevent non-paying tenants from 'taking advantage'
New evictions moratorium would not apply to people earning more than $99K, or $198K for households, Pritzker says. Landlords group says Pritzker's changes address their "most significant concern." -
Illinois Supreme Court appoints Carter to replace Kilbride, after voters did not retain him
Justice Robert Carter, 74, a LaSalle County Democrat, will serve on the state high court until December 2022, when he will retire and not seek election to a full 10-year term, according to a statement released by the Illinois Supreme Court. -
Kilbride concedes defeat in IL Supreme Court race; Removal throws open balance on state high court
Kilbride appeared to have failed to secure the 60% needed to retain his seat on the Illinois state high court. -
Eliminate prosecutorial immunity in criminal misconduct cases, says author of book recounting government overreach in Chicago insurance broker’s conviction
The scariest thing about the book, Conviction at Any Cost, which reads like a top crime novel, is that it’s not a work of fiction. -
UPDATE: McHenry County judges: Pritzker can shutdown restaurants, even if restaurants go out of business
A McHenry County judge said surging COVID-19 infection claims are enough to justify Gov. JB Pritzker's orders shutting down restaurants and bars. -
Orland Park mayor: Enforcing Pritzker restaurant orders would leave village open to federal civil rights lawsuits
In a video statement, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau said state law delegates enforcement of Pritzker's COVID orders to state agencies and officials, not local police agencies, cities and villages.