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Abortion providers and officials in Illinois are preparing for potential interstate conflict and litigation as they expect a flood of patients to cross the state's borders following Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade that could clear the way for every surrounding state to outlaw the procedure.

A Seventh Circuit panel on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of an antitrust suit against the American Board of Radiology, saying the lead plaintiff "has fallen short" in showing the group illegally tied its initial board certification for radiologists to a continuous certification program some physicians would rather buy elsewhere.

An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton to a year in prison for embezzlement, after the ex-lawmaker admitted earlier this year that he received a salary, a car and benefits from a Teamsters division while performing little to no work.

An Illinois appellate panel held Tuesday that a lower court had the authority to order individual members of a company formed to develop Chicago property to pony up roughly $1.2 million in attorney fees, after the court ruled in favor of shareholders accusing the developers of mismanaging the company. 

A Seventh Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit over an Illinois nursing home resident's COVID-19 death was properly remanded to state court, saying that while the long-term care facility may have been subject to extensive federal regulation, that doesn't "turn a private entity into a public actor."

A real estate developer pled guilty Tuesday to charges that he conspired in an elaborate scheme to embezzle $31 million from the now-shuttered Washington Federal Bank for Savings and failed to claim the money he received on his tax return.

Kidney dialysis company DaVita Inc. and its former chief executive have asked an Illinois federal judge for a protective order requiring the government to preserve information from its criminal antitrust case now being sought in civil no-poach litigation, citing obligations they have to destroy their copies of the documents.

The wife of convicted fraudster Joseph Furando urged the Seventh Circuit Friday to bar the government from inspecting their assets and selling a home the couple owned, arguing a lower court made a serious error by denying her third-party forfeiture interest petition without an evidentiary hearing or any dispositive motion filed.

A proposed class of workers wants to hold Microsoft liable for violations of Illinois' biometric privacy law, arguing in a state court complaint that because the tech giant stores biometric information on behalf of a payroll service used by their employers, it's also subject to regulation under the statute. 

U.S. Magistrate Judge Doris L. Pryor is part of a wave of groundbreaking judicial nominations that could result in the most diverse roster in the Seventh Circuit's history and a fairer court more reflective of the people it serves, experts say.