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Raoul announces how state will spend $40M opioid settlement
Illinois will receive a $40 million share of a $1.4 billion bipartisan national settlement with Kroger over the grocery chain ...
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Judge tosses suit over coroner’s retention of murder victim’s skull
Two brothers who allege a coroner kept their murdered sister’s skull rather than turning it over with the rest of her remains failed to adequately state a claim for a violation of their right to due ...
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Prosecutor not entitled to absolute immunity for role in conviction
A former Cook County assistant state’s attorney is not entitled to absolute immunity in a lawsuit alleging he played a role in wrongfully convicting a man for murder.Jose Cruz claims that he was ...
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Sentencing — evidence
Where district court did not err in relying on photos from pole camera in defendant’s sentencing hearing because defendant had access to photos for more than two years before hearing.
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EPA to charge companies new ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste
Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration.
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Martinez reflects on tenure as clerk of Cook County Circuit Court
Iris Y. Martinez said that one of the biggest challenges she faced during her term as clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook ...
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Widow can’t sue city over CPD officer’s COVID death, judge holds
The widow of a Chicago police officer cannot sue the city of Chicago over her husband’s death from allegedly contracting COVID-19 while on the job, a federal judge held.
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Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony
CHURCH CREEK, Md. — Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on ...
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Federal judge strikes down Illinois assault weapons ban
A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois’ assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the Second and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and issued an order ...
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Risky business: Facebook seeks relief over SEC threat disclosure
While an election took place last Tuesday, the Supreme Court began its November oral arguments with four cases, including two on Election Day. One of the cases involved Facebook and the Cambridge ...
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Appellate panel reinstates CPD officer’s disability benefits
A Chicago police officer is entitled to have her disability pension benefits for duty-related injuries reinstated, a state appellate panel held.
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Civil procedure — civil forfeiture
Where the state moves for civil forfeiture and establishes a prima facie case that the property is subject to forfeiture, the burden shifts to the claimant to establish that it is not.