Testifying for the government yesterday in a federal corruption trial against his former partner, an ex-Chicago police officer said cops routinely participated in a number of illegal acts.
Ed Vrdolyak, an attorney and former longtime Chicago alderman, thought he was talking to a friend when he discussed a dubious 2004 real estate deal with fellow attorney Stuart Levine…
A controversial federal trademark infringement suit by the Jones Day law firm against an Internet news site that publicizes home purchases by individual attorneys has survived a motion to dismiss.
A white supremacist who is accused of posting information on the Internet soliciting harm to a federal jury foreman pleaded not guilty today in federal court in Chicago.
Overruling a federal trial judge, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the state of Illinois is not required to issue “Choose Life” license plates sought…
A well-known Chicago attorney who is a former longtime city alderman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud. The case, which involves a claimed kickback paid to put…
Updated: A lawyer’s remark during oral arguments that appeared to suggest only women wash and dry clothes apparently didn’t go over too well with Judge Richard Posner of the Chicago-based…
A federal judge in Chicago has ordered Ungaretti & Harris to disgorge more than $376,000 in bankruptcy fees because it failed to get periodic approval for the interim payments.
A federal judge in Chicago has issued a temporary injunction barring operations of a huge spam network that is accused of selling the active ingredient in Viagra in a pill…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Citizen have filed an opposing amicus brief in federal trademark litigation brought by Jones Day over a website’s postings about home purchases by two…
Smith, Gambrell & Russell has answered an $80 million bankruptcy trustee’s malpractice complaint by quoting an opinion by Judge Frank Easterbrook questioning the litigation judgment of some bankruptcy trustees.
Jones Day has sued a website that highlights lawyers—even posting their photos and linking to firm biographies—and other professionals who buy and sell their homes in Chicago, Las Vegas, St.…
Employers are increasingly hiring private investigators to spy on employees believed to be abusing the Family Medical Leave Act, and courts are upholding their right to do so.
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