President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying “hurried action” ...

Chicago Alderman James M. Gardiner has agreed to pay $157,500 to settle a lawsuit accusing him of violating the First Amendment by suppressing dissent on his official Facebook page.

A woman attempting to sue her doctors for medical negligence for failing to discontinue medication that was allegedly causing her severe muscle pain and weakness lost a bid to revive her suit.

Cook County Circuit Judge Robert F. Harris has four sons. They may not be his biological children, but he has raised them as his own.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hit his 50th home run of the season this fall in a game against the Miami Marlins. The home run made Ohtani the first player in history to hit 50 home runs and ...

Where petitioner seeks to challenge an administrative decision based on a federal guilty plea, the appellate court is not the appropriate forum to reevaluate the federal decision.

Where Surface Transportation Board had broad discretion to determine what qualified as “reasonable” facility for railroad switching, and considering costs of switching was not an abuse of discretion.

Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government ...

In the waning days of the Biden administration, judges continue to be front and center, with President Joe Biden likely to exceed then-President Donald Trump’s total Article III judge appointments of ...

A Cook County jury awarded $56 million Friday to the family of a Chicago woman who died following a plastic surgery procedure.

A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of ...

Before jurors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial departed the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for a two-week break on Thursday, they heard glowing testimony from the ex-speaker’s ...