Where a defendant fails to appear in court or press his postconviction petition once it reaches second-stage proceedings, the circuit court may sua sponte dismiss for want of prosecution.

A jury in Nevada has delivered a $5.2 billion award in the latest large-sum lawsuit against a former Las Vegas-based bottled water company that was found responsible for causing liver damage in ...

Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California officials that alleged the retail giant illegally dumped batteries, aerosol cans of insect killer, toxic cleaning ...

In 2006, electric utility Commonwealth Edison was riding out the last year of a decadelong state-mandated rate freeze, which had put the company in “dire” financial straits.

Judge Kenton J. Skarin said his extensive appellate experience and efficiency on the bench make him well suited to join the 3rd District Appellate Court.

The Illinois Supreme Court will hear three civil cases in its November term, including certified questions related to the Illinois Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act in a work exposure-related death.

Where victim made 911 call reporting defendant’s threats to kill her mother and that defendant possessed assault rifle, and responding officer quickly corroborated facts of call, probable cause ...

Where defendant’s trial has begun and he has been properly admonished, the trial court may proceed in absentia if defendant willfully fails to appear.

The U.S. government fined American Airlines $50 million for failing to provide wheelchair assistance to passengers with disabilities and damaging thousands of wheelchairs over a five-year period, ...

On a hot Tuesday in July 2017, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan met with then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis at the ...

A packaging company is not entitled to additional insurance coverage for cleanup fees it owed to the Environmental Protection Agency related to pollution cleanup on one of its properties, a state ...

Richard N. Winfield, a leading U.S. First Amendment lawyer who represented The Associated Press for three decades and championed freedom of expression for journalists around the world, died on Tuesday ...