Monday, May 6, 2024
Sarah E. Toney has been elected Third Vice-President of the Illinois State Bar Association. Mark J. Lopez won the Cook County race and Ted M. Niemann won the Area VI race for the Board of Governors.
A 79-year-old Missouri man is accused of killing a woman in her suburban Chicago home — a crime that happened nearly six decades ago.
Gov J.B. Pritzker quickly signed into law a measure that changes election practices. The law partially limits ballot access, and it went into effect today. Senate Bill 2412 eliminates the ability for political parties to add additional candidates to an election if no one has won the party’s primary.
The Illinois legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit Biometric Information Privacy Act per-scan damages and provide a potential lifeline to employers that face potentially catastrophic damages awards for technical violations.
Seven candidates for a judge vacancy in the Eighth Judicial Circuit recently were rated in an advisory poll of lawyers conducted by the Illinois State Bar Association.