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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."