The Illinois Appellate Court held that a corporation was not liable where it did not undertake a privacy standard to refrain from identifying hotel guests or their room numbers to others without the guest's consent.
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation amended the Collection Agency Act. The amendments add definitions for the terms "collection agency," "consumer credit," and "consumer debt."
Proposed marijuana decriminalization legislation would adopt the governor's amendatory veto from last year, lowering the allowable possession amount and the THC level for drivers.
In 2008, Ricardo Arze was indicted on two counts of criminal sexual assault and one count of unlawful restraint for sexually assaulting his former patient, M.S. Prior to trial, the State filed a motion to admit evidence of other crimes pursuant to section 115-7.3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
On February 26, 2016, the Second District Appellate Court affirmed the circuit court's allocation of property in its order of dissolution of marriage and denial of attorney's fees to the wife.
Illinois courts seem increasingly willing to look beyond the terms of the policy and allegations of the complaint when deciding whether a liability insurer has a duty to defend its insured.
It's no secret that criminal suspects in Illinois and elsewhere confess to crimes they didn't commit, often after aggressive police interrogation. But how widespread are false confessions in the post-Jon Burge era?
Ethics rules and opinions provide a (mostly) clear picture of file retention best practices if you read them carefully. But cheap electronic storage is making discarding files a thing of the past.
The Champaign County State's Attorney explains her decision not to charge an Urbana man arrested for violating Illinois' unconstitutional but still on the books flag-desecration law.
On May 27, 2016, the Appellate Court of Illinois held that the court may award attorney fees to a party in cases involving termination of parental rights and adoption proceedings under section 508 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (IMDMA).
On June 28, 2016, the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that borrowers could not receive a set-off against a deficiency judgment when the bank purchased their home at auction after a foreclosure and subsequently sold it for a higher amount.
Unpaid minimum wage claims can be rewarding - and confusing. Find out how to evaluate an unpaid minimum wage case and whether to bring it in federal or state court.
Non-resident business owners should be aware that amendments to section 3380 of 86 Ill. Adm. Code 100 (eff. Jan. 5, 2016) enacted new rules for the treatment of gains and losses from hedging transactions.
Medical cannabis users who are parents of minors may discover that the law exposes them to DCFS scrutiny, just one way cannabis users may be treated as "second-class patients."
It's hard for plaintiffs to plead and prove claims for negligent spoliation of evidence. Here's why it's important - and difficult - for plaintiffs to establish a duty to preserve evidence.
Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides the way to overturn a judgment later than 30 days after its entry. This article reviews the various 2-1401 challenges and their requirements.
The Office passed the new rulemaking in order to bring the Attorney General's rule in line with amendments made by Pub. Act 0098-1076 to 30 ILCS 500, Illinois Procurement Code. 44 Ill. Adm. Code 1300 (eff. Feb. 11, 2016).
The author explains how custodial parents are entitled to support payments for an emancipated child's expenses the summer before college and while on break.
