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Some of the year's most significant rulings handed down by Illinois' appellate courts and the Seventh Circuit could add even more cases to the state's already steady flood of biometric privacy cases and prevent businesses from litigating in federal court. Here, Law360 looks at some of 2021's biggest decisions in Illinois courts.
A group of Chicago-area restaurants suing for coverage of pandemic-related losses urged an Illinois state court not to grant their insurers' request to sever their claims into separate suits, arguing that another Cook County court refused to split up similar claims and that it's more efficient to keep them together.
Two rail unions and Amtrak asked an Illinois federal judge Thursday to hold off on considering the unions' bids for an injunction blocking the rail service's companywide vaccination policy, in the wake of a Georgia federal court ruling blocking a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
Former Illinois Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo pled guilty Tuesday to a tax evasion charge after admitting in a plea agreement that he underreported and concealed the true source of his income and failed to file tax returns for several years.
Seventh Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood has garnered a reputation for being a persuasive writer, a pioneer for women in law and a jurist worthy of consideration for the nation's highest court. Here are five things to know about Judge Wood, whose recent decision to take senior status opens up a third vacancy for President Joe Biden to fill on the Chicago-based appeals court.