Cook County Record

The state Treasurer wants the court to order City Hall to turn over millions of dollars worth of unclaimed property

The trial was the first for any of the approximately 275 lawsuits pending against Steris Isomedix in Cook County court over EtO emissions in Lake County

A female Cook County Sheriff's Office investigator says she uncovered evidence of misconduct in the office, potentially including ghost payrolling and Covid relief fund fraud, as part of a federal task force operation. She claims she was then wrongly demoted in retaliation and replaced by a male

Hundreds of class action lawsuits continued to pour in to Illinois courts in 2024 under the Illinois biometrics privacy law, despite reforms. A new report says those Illinois lawsuits helped to fuel more than $40B worth of class action settlements in courts nationwide

An Illinois appeals court says a jury wasn't wrong to order ConAgra to pay $7M to a woman who claims she was injured by an exploding can of cooking spray oil

U.S. Supreme Court has directed the state of Illinois to respond to an appeal petition filed by attorneys for U.S. Rep. Michael Bost, as he seeks to reverse lower courts who said he can't challenge Illinois' vote by mail law that requires votes to be counted up to 2 weeks after Election Day

A Cook County judge said two of her IL state court judicial colleagues aren't owed higher pension benefits, just because they worked for state or local government agencies before becoming judges under so-called 'Tier 2' pension reforms

Former IL State Rep. and trial lawyer Scott Drury sued commentator Dan Proft for allegedly defaming him in campaign ads in 2014. Proft called the settlement a "victory" and said the 10-year-long lawsuit illustrates much of what's wrong with IL courts and state speech protections

The state high court said Smollett's special prosecution violated his right to due process, because he should have been able to rely on the shocking charge-dropping deal from State's Attorney Kim Foxx

Judge Shannon O'Malley had received just 57.9% of the vote. He needed 60% to win.

O'Malley was known for changing his name from Phillip Spiwak to capitalize on Cook County voters' preference for judges with Irish surnames. He also was accused of living outside Cook County while serving as judge

Changes to court rules governing appeals have slashed the number of SAFE-T Act pre-trial detention appeals vs earlier this year. But appeals are still up significantly compared to pre-SAFE-T Act period

Glock says Illinois' consumer fraud law would lead to backdoor gun bans via lawsuits vs gunmakers, violates 2A