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Richard Phelan, right, and Rep. Julian C. Dixon, D-Calif., then head of the U.S. House ethics committee, on July 20, 1989. – Photo by Laura Patterson/CQ Roll Call via AP Images

Richard Phelan recalled as tenacious lawyer, mentor

Richard J. Phelan, who died last week at 86, left a mark on both the local legal community and the national political stage during a career as a litigator, elected official and bar leader.
By Emma Oxnevad
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Pritzker names new head of state insurance oversight agency

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a change in leadership at the agency in charge of regulating the state’s insurance industry.
By Peter Hancock
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High court upholds law limiting where child sex offenders can live

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a state law restricting where previously convicted child sex offenders can live is constitutional, although it left open the possibility that it was improperly applied to one individual.
By Peter Hancock

Trial Notebook

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High court says judge erred in trying to ‘rehabilitate’ juror

Guided by the principle that the purpose of voir dire is “investigation, not persuasion” — and bolstered by scholarly commentary that included a 2023 Chicago-Kent Law Review article — the Oregon Supreme Court critiqued a judge’s efforts to “rehabilitate” a prospective juror.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour, from left, Ed Pierson, executive director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and a former Boeing engineer; Joe Jacobsen, aerospace engineer and technical adviser to the Foundation for Aviation Safety; and Shawn Pruchnicki, professor of integrated systems engineering at The Ohio State University, are sworn in before a Senate committee Wednesday. AP Photo/Kevin Wolf
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Boeing put under Senate scrutiny over safety culture
The Supreme Court unanimously revived a sex discrimination lawsuit Wednesday filed by a St. Louis police sergeant after she was forcibly transferred, making it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims.
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Ruling eases way to sue for job bias in forced transfers
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas was back on the bench Tuesday after an unexplained one-day absence. He joined the other justices in questioning whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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SCOTUS questions obstruction charges against Jan. 6 rioters, Trump
Lisa Blatt of Williams & Connolly LLP poses in front of the Supreme Court last week in Washington. Known for her humor, bluntness and informality, Blatt will argue her 50th case before the Supreme Court later this month, more than any other woman.AP Photo/Alex Brandon
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‘Inimitable’ Lisa Blatt nears 50th high court argument
State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters after passing an amendment to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act through the Senate on Thursday. It now heads to the House for consideration.
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Illinois Senate advances changes to state’s BIPA law