2024 ISBA Election Underway: Last Day to Request Paper Ballot is April 15

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

Voting is now underway in the 2024 ISBA Election. The last day to request a paper ballot is April 15, 2024.

ISBA's election provider Election-America emailed e-ballots to members with valid email addresses on March 27. All members of the Association (except non-lawyer members) with dues paid by March 1, 2024 are eligible to vote. The deadline for voting is Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. CT

It’s been more than a year since the Illinois Supreme Court “respectfully suggest(ed)” state lawmakers clarify a law that’s led to several multi-million-dollar settlements with tech companies over the collection of Illinoisans’ biometric data.

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Capitol News Illinois

An 18-year-old from Mount Olive has been charged with attempted murder and more after a stabbing in Granite City which left the victim with multiple stab wounds and a collapsed lung.

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EdGlen Today

After 63 years, Chester Weger still remains convicted of murdering one of three women in Starved Rock State Park. 

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WSPY News

A cash-strapped mayor in northwest Indiana goes to a trucking company after engineering city contracts in its favor, and he tells its owners he needs money.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Illinois Supreme Court announced today the appointment of 12 judges in the Circuit Court of Cook County. These appointments were made out of public necessity in order to ensure an adequate level of judicial staffing.

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The Bar News

Volunteers Needed for the American Mock Trial Association’s National Championship Tournament - April 19-21

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

The University of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago is hosting the American Mock Trial Association National Championship on April 19-21, 2024, at The Daley Center, 50 W Washington Street. The tournament still needs Chicago area legal professionals willing to volunteer to serve as judges.

Kove, a West Loop technology company, alleged in a 2018 lawsuit that Amazon Web Services used its patented technology as a building block for its hugely profitable cloud services.

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Chicago Sun-Times

A group of dentists is asking a judge to certify their case against Delta Dental as a class action lawsuit, alleging the company suppressed reimbursement rates.

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ADA News