Prosecutors want a judge to give Chicago’s longest-serving City Council member a 10-year prison sentence for corruption. But defense attorneys hope to sway the judge to spare him any prison time with stories of Ed Burke’s good deeds.

“Robot lawyer” DoNotPay has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that the website engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and provided substandard legal services.

Illinois will receive about $29 million as part of a $700 million nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson over allegations the company misled customers about the safety and purity of some of its products containing talc, including baby powder and body powder.

“Judge Harry D. Leinenweber was a friend, mentor, and model jurist,” Rebecca Pallmeyer, chief judge for the Northern District of Illinois, said in a statement. “My colleagues and I are deeply saddened by Judge Leinenweber’s passing.”

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans has referred misconduct accusations against Judge Kathy Flanagan to the Judicial Inquiry Board, which will decide whether to file charges. Flanagan is the acting presiding judge of the Law Division.

A plan to protect certified pathologists from legal action is heading to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk.

Another caregiver at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna is facing charges for abusing a patient.

The bill allows Illinois residents to get a judicial order to alter the name and sex on birth certificates and other documentation issued in another state. 

Edward M. Burke, 80, Chicago’s longest-serving City Council member, is two weeks away from his sentencing hearing on June 24. Burke’s lawyers have asked the judge to give their client no prison time.