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Chicago’s federal trial court celebrates bicentennial

Chicago’s federal trial court celebrates bicentennial

The justice system, Martin V. Sinclair Jr. said, “is the foundation of a civil society.” They “serve a fundamental and constitutional role in our society to ameliorate and resolve disputes.”
By Patricia Manson
A look at the state’s spending on legal services

A look at the state’s spending on legal services

Illinois paid out nearly $30 million in legal fees during the last fiscal year, according to state financial records, with employment law firm Laner Muchin LLP getting the largest haul of any single firm at about $1.7 million.
By Andrew Maloney
The First Amendment’s journey

The First Amendment’s journey

This year’s Law Day celebrates the First Amendment with its theme: “Free speech, Free press, Free society.” The Daily Law Bulletin took a closer look at landmark cases — several with Illinois roots — that have shaped our constitutional rights.
By Jordyn Reiland
Ten years after the state's FOIA overhaul

Ten years after the state's FOIA overhaul

Ten years ago this May, lawmakers overhauled the Illinois Freedom of Information Act to, as then-Attorney General Lisa M. Madigan put it, “drag Illinois out of the Stone Age” in terms of openness and transparency.
By David Thomas
In the decades since <em>Hazelwood</em>, a pushback for student press

In the decades since Hazelwood, a pushback for student press

Under the precedent from the 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, the case gave school officials the power to censor school-sponsored content if they had a “reasonable educational justification.”
By Adrianna Pitrelli

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Bar leaders speak out

The Chicago Bar Association

The Chicago Bar Association is pleased to recognize and celebrate Law Day, a time when we reflect on the importance of the role of law in the foundation of our country and the importance of the rule of law in the continued existence of our free society.
By Steven M. Elrod

Arab American Bar Association of Illinois

This year’s Law Day theme, “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society” is beautiful and so relevant. For our country and its rich diversity of people, culture and opinions, it is more important than ever that we understand and appreciate how important freedom is.
By Khaled J. Elkhatib

Women’s Bar Association of Illinois

The Women’s Bar Association of Illinois is one of the oldest and largest bar associations in the state of Illinois. It was first established in 1914 by nine women lawyers practicing in the Chicago metropolitan area.
By Karie J. Valentino
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Photo gallery with Top Stories

Food trucks line up to serve customers and gather petition signatures in this July 2012 photo, taken days before the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance restricting the trucks from parking within 200 feet of restaurants. That ordinance was upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court Thursday, after finding the food truck regulations were not unconstitutional. AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong
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Food truck rules survive high court challenge
Women dressed as Handmaids, characters from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” stand by as House Democrats meet on the other side of the door to discuss the future of the Reproductive Health Act on Wednesday in the Illinois statehouse.
May
23
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With week to go, abortion law rewrite gets second chance
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner R. Scott Falk takes part in a Chicago Humanities Festival reception in 2017. Falk died May 17. A memorial service will be conducted on Friday at Fourth Presbyterian Church.
May
22
Wed

Kirkland merger expert, Red Cross leader dies
Mayor Lori Lightfoot (right) takes her oath from U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox (left) as her spouse Amy Eshleman (second left) and her daughter Vivian look during her inauguration ceremony Monday. Cox and Lightfoot worked together as assistant U.S. attorneys earlier in their careers and remain close friends.
May
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The Lightfoot administration begins
Demonstrators hold images of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos near their faces during an October protest at Amazon headquarters over the company's facial recognition system, "Rekognition," in Seattle. San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies as the technology creeps increasingly into daily life. Studies have shown error rates in facial-analysis systems built by Amazon, IBM and Microsoft were far higher for darker-skinned women than lighter-skinned men.
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Public safety, civil rights groups battle over facial ID technology