Dish Network is urging Magistrate Judge Mark Beatty to reconsider his order granting the Village of Shiloh's motion to remand a fee dispute to the St. Clair County Circuit Court after concluding that state courts should preside over the suit under the doctrine of comity abstention.
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman, who is the longest-serving judge in Illinois, announced Monday that she will retire after nearly 50 years on the bench.
The Village of Pontoon Beach and two of its officers deny liability in a wrongful death suit involving a police pursuit, arguing that the decedent failed to wear a seatbelt as the driver fleeing police acted in a “careless and imprudent manner.”
Several tax buyer defendants accused of participating in a Madison County bid-rigging conspiracy from 2005 to 2008 are opposing a proposed $300,000 partial settlement agreement, arguing that the proposal asks the court to approve the notice rather than the substance of the settlement.
SPRINGFIELD – Legislators who abuse their power over courts lose elections, Governor JB Pritzker’s lawyer argued at a court hearing on division of Madison County into three judicial subcircuits.
Hiring monitors, including an Illinois state inspector general and a federal court appointed special master, say the state has refused to divulge more information concerning how a number of unqualified people, including relatives of state workers who held no college degrees and worked at places like ice cream shops and laser tag arenas, were hired as “lab techs” by the Illinois Department of Public Health in 2020
Attorney Tim Berkley of Wood River announced Wednesday that he will seek Republican nomination for the circuit court seat being vacated by Judge William Mudge.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Arch Insurance paid $1 million on a trucker’s fatal crash but doesn’t have to pay another million, U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ruled on Feb. 18.
Even as he talked with investigators in the federal prosecution that led to the indictment of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, Gov. JB Pritzker has been fighting to lift federal oversight of state hiring practices, a system exploited by Madigan to cement his grip on power statewide
Federal prosecutors allege Michael J. Madigan, who for 40 years led Illinois Democrats and ruled over much of Springfield and Chicago politics, was the leader of a criminal racketeering enterprise, beginning at least 10 years ago.
