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ARDC recommends no further suspension for attorney convicted of asylum fraud
No further suspension is necessary for an attorney who was convicted in 2016 for asylum fraud and has been unable to practice law over the last eight years, the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board said.

By Grace Barbic
Jones says FBI asked him to wear a wire on hospital CEO, other lawmakers
Federal agents asked state Sen. Emil Jones III to wear a wire against a politically connected hospital CEO and his fellow lawmakers in Springfield, the senator testified Thursday in his own defense at his federal corruption trial.

By Hannah Meisel
Suit over bicyclist’s traffic death settles for $6M
Relatives of a man who was killed after his bicycle was rear-ended by a pickup truck have settled their wrongful death claims against the driver for $6 million.

By Patricia Manson
Cook County jury awards $3.4M to man shot during bar fight
A Cook County jury awarded $3.4 million to a man who was in a coma for more than two weeks after being shot during a bar fight.

By Emma Oxnevad

Employee who lost job after Facebook post OK to pursue free speech claim
A public school district employee who alleges she lost her job for posting an advertisement for a gun raffle on her Facebook page may pursue a claim for a violation of her First Amendment rights, a federal judge ruled.

By Patricia Manson
Lawmakers move ahead on public defender reform
When Elisabeth Pollock took over as the Champaign County public defender in 2022, one of her team’s attorneys was handling 500 cases by herself in a courtroom that should have been staffed by at least three public defenders.

By Ben Szalinski
Cook jury awards $43M in medical negligence suit over brain injury
A Cook County jury awarded $43 million to the family of a woman who sustained severe brain damage and became disabled after a botched intubation procedure.

By Grace Barbic

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