A police officer for a western suburb of Chicago who claims he was terminated after complaining about his department’s traffic stop quota is allowed to proceed on his claims against his former employer’s potentially unlawful policy, a federal judge ruled last week. U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer for the Northern District of Illinois…

State legislators have agreed to raise annual licensing fees for active lawyers by $88, bringing the total bill to $553 in 2025. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday endorsed the latest draft of the annual state bar funding bill, which includes the fee hike. The $88 increase, the majority of…

Judge Delays Trump’s Manhattan Sentencing to September | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/07/02/manhattan-da-office-indicates-it-accepts-some-delay-in-trumps-sentencing/ Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. Courtesy photo Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan on Tuesday postponed the sentencing to Sept. 18. July 02, 2024 at 12:30 PM 3 minute read X…

In 2020, the Maryland Supreme Court concluded that Baltimore was on the hook to pay settlements arising from the city’s Gun Trace Task Force police corruption scandal in which officers were found to have planted evidence, conducted illegal searches, robbed people during street and traffic stops and filed false affidavits.…

It’s anything but the usual summer doldrums in Canada’s legal scene this year following the Canada Day July 1 holiday. A burst of lawyer moves announced Tuesday includes a new five-lawyer team joining Littler Mendelson and a new CEO and managing partner at McMillan. Five new lawyers are joining Littler’s fast-growing Toronto…

More litigation and likely losses for federal agencies will be the result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday that the clock for challenging regulations begins when their harm is felt by the challenger, not when the rules were implemented, regulatory attorneys said in noting a rough week for agencies.…