The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and lawyers for victims announced today they have agreed to a $12 million settlement for victims who claim they were sexually abused by priests.
Illinois’ Bradley University announced this week that it is opening a pre-law center to improve law school prospects for undergrads who aspire to join the legal profession.
A new bill signed into law today by the governor of Illinois sets the stage for the state’s judges to use GPS satellite tracking to enforce protective orders.
A billy goat curse may be extending beyond the Chicago Cubs. It’s also apparently afflicting the owner of a California tavern who says he’ll change his establishment’s name to avoid…
When Fredrick Griffin allegedly rear-ended a motorcyclist in suburban Chicago last week, he initially tried to get away without filing an accident report, police say.
Seeking to save pedestrians from themselves, Illinois lawmakers have been considering a new law that would ban them from walking and text-messaging or, apparently, otherwise using a cell phone while…
Conditions at a Chicago jail run by Cook County are so substandard that prisoners are at risk of physical abuse and even death, a federal prosecutor and the Department of…
A veteran prosecutor in suburban Chicago has been suspended without pay for a month, starting yesterday, after her boss learned of her alleged undisclosed relationship with a police officer who…
Some borrowers who say their lenders hid the true terms of their onerous loans are suing for fraud. One law firm that is eager to help is the Affirmative Defense…
Although FBI agents interviewed a suburban Chicago man in 2006 for allegedly seeking a hit man to murder his wife, they reportedly never told her about their suspicions.
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