Daily Legal News Archive

An Illinois man is suing Hartgrove Hospital in Chicago and its parent company, alleging that staff members sexually abused him as a child, while he was a patient at the behavioral health facility. The man, who filed the lawsuit anonymously as John Doe 1, alleges he was abused around 2001 and 2002 when he was about 11 to 13 years old.

Under retiring Archbishop Jerome Listecki, a South Side native who previously ministered in the Chicago area, the Milwaukee archdiocese’s list of “restricted” priests is among the least comprehensive of the 31 archdioceses in the United States that maintain a public accounting of an abuse crisis that has spanned decades. 

A businessman from suburban Chicago has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly conspiring with a man from California to fraudulently secure over $6.3 million in loans and grants intended for small businesses under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).

Justice P. Scott Neville and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Linda Sackey as an At-Large Circuit Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Ms. Sackey is being appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge William H. Hooks on July 5, 2024. Ms. Sackey’s appointment is effective January 24, 2025, and will conclude on December 7, 2026. 

A man who was going to be jailed for allegedly failing a drug test ran out of the Will County Courthouse in Joliet but was caught at a parking garage, police said. Patrick Conroyd, 42, allegedly admitted to probation staff on Tuesday that he was using cocaine. 

James McIntyre, a 33-year-old Illinois resident, has been released from jail after being charged with assaulting U.S. Representative Nancy Mace at the Capitol. McIntyre, who pleaded not guilty to the charge Wednesday, is accused of attacking the South Carolina congresswoman inside the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday evening.

Artists will finally be seeing protections against AI recreations of their work codified into law. A new law protects individuals from having their voice, image, or likeness duplicated by AI for commercial purposes without consent. 

If you’re looking for a new job next year, a new Illinois law may add a new wrinkle to that employment search. Under the provisions of HB 3129, which amended the state’s Equal Pay Act, most Illinois-based businesses will be required to include information on pay scale and benefits on job listings beginning on Jan. 1.