Speculation over the past few years that an academic power couple at the University of Chicago Law School might be headed to Harvard apparently is half-right.
A student who wanted to wear a T-shirt to her high school that read “Be Happy, Not Gay” is getting some support from the American Civil Liberties Union.
A well-known Chicago-based firm is establishing a West Coast presence, raiding two San Diego law offices to open a six-attorney outpost there. (It will also be staffed from the outset…
The chief judge of the Will County Circuit Court erred by not accepting petitions by a transgender person seeking a name change and a filing-fees waiver, according to an Illinois…
Still reeling from last week’s murder of five citizens at a Kirkwood, Mo., municipal council meeting by a disgruntled litigant, officials in other St. Louis area municipalities are now discussing…
Two peace activists have been questioned in connection with an investigation into the shooting death of a lawyer gunned down last week as he shoveled snow outside his home in…
A lawyer from Rockford, Ill., was shot and killed while shoveling snow from his driveway Wednesday. Witnesses said the gunman jumped from a blue minivan and fired several shots.
An Illinois appeals court has ruled that a limerick penned by a union official did not constitute defamation in an opinion that opens with its own poetic turn.
A $5,000 award has been established in memory of a Chicago intellectual property lawyer who was murdered in a shooting rampage at his law firm in late 2006.
Milwaukee-based Quarles & Brady has signed a lease to occupy three stories of soon-to-be built Chicago skyscraper, indicating the firm will substantially increase the size of its presence in the…
Drew Peterson and his lawyer called in to a Chicago radio show yesterday and agreed to a “Win a Date With Drew” contest, but the station has called it off.…
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