In a significant decision, Starstone Ins. SE v. City of Chicago, No. 23-2712 (7th Cir. Apr. 02, 2025), the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that an insurer must cover $3.75 ...

Morton Salt Inc. agreed to pay $75,000 to settle accusations brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that said a former employee endured discrimination over his race and disability ...

Ald. Gilbert Villegas plans to invoke a rarely used rule at Wednesday’s Chicago City Council meeting to force representatives ...

While residents in neighborhoods like West Lawn waited years for the promised stores, the owners of Yellow Banana were ...

The Chicago City Council Finance Committee voted on two major settlements Friday, both involving police incidents.

While some felt settling the suit would have been cheaper than trial costs, others felt the city shouldn’t settle because Dexter Reed allegedly fired at police first.

The Chicago City Council's Finance Committee rejected a $1.25 million settlement Friday in the civil rights lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed during a traffic stop last year.

The City of Chicago will pay the owners of a vacant lot in Brighton Park more than $816,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged the city failed to make monthly lease payments for the use of the land – ...

A jury on Thursday found that rapper Soulja Boy was liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a ...

Concerns raised by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg over city lawyers' handling of two police torture lawsuits amount to ...

A lawsuit filed by Bryce and Amy Summary of St. Louis alleges a car pulled over by police hit them as it fled police in 2022 ...

Former Northwestern University football players are finalizing an agreement with the school to settle lawsuits ...