Singer R. Kelly will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a civil lawsuit filed against him in Illinois, while also facing criminal sexual-abuse charges in three different states.
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There is a difference between knowing you had sexual contact and knowing that you were injured by that contact, a Cook County judge told R. Kelly’s attorneys Tuesday before denying the R&B singer’s motion to dismiss a pending civil sexual abuse case against him.
Read moreA Cook County judge declined Friday to transfer to another Illinois county a petition seeking a special prosecutor to investigate a state attorney’s handling of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s hate-crime case, inching the decision forward after several setbacks.
Read moreA federal judge declined Wednesday to certify a class of pretrial detainees challenging the Cook County sheriff’s policy delaying the release of jail detainees, pending his personal review, even though they have already posted bail.
Read moreA class action filed in Chicago federal court claims the clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court did not redact personal information from motor vehicle records that can be accessed by anyone at courthouse computer terminals.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss lawsuits from female public defenders and correctional officers who claim Cook County, Illinois, inmates have been exposing themselves and masturbating in front of them, a problem they say was exacerbated by a program rewarding detainees with pizza for not engaging in such behavior.
Read moreA coalition of Illinois contractors and construction groups claims Cook County is illegally diverting money earmarked to fix its roads, bridges and public transit systems to other priorities like law enforcement, courts and jails.
Read moreA class claims Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart’s new policy unconstitutionally delays the release of jail detainees, pending his personal review, even though they have already posted bail.
Read moreA Cook County, Illinois, judge sued county leaders Thursday in an effort to prevent a recently passed budget from being enforced.
Read moreAn Illinois woman claims in court that the Cook County Department of Corrections never should have hired her ex-girlfriend, who tried to murder the woman and her father before turning her work-issued handgun on herself.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Monday that Fox must face claims it was unjustly enriched by striking a deal with county officials to use a Chicago juvenile detention center as a set for the hit show “Empire,” forcing kids to sit in chairs for days at a time.
Read moreIllinois consumers took their outrage over Cook County’s new sweetened-beverage tax to court just a week after it took effect, accusing McDonald’s, 7-Eleven and Walgreens of applying the tax to unsweetened drinks and overtaxing sodas.
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Cook County gun owners refiled their decade-old Second Amendment challenge to the county’s assault-weapon ban in a case that went all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court and back.
Read moreCook County’s new tax on sugary beverages will soon take effect after a state judge on Friday ended a month-long court battle to block it.
Read moreCook County defended its new sweetened-beverage tax in court Friday after it was put on hold three weeks ago, arguing against claims that it is unclear and does not apply uniformly to different types of drinks.
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A Cook County judge put a temporary stop Friday to the county’s sweetened-beverage tax, which was set to take effect Saturday and would have hiked the price of sugary drinks by 50 percent.
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