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15 Jun 2012, 3:29 pm by Linda McClain
Yesterday, the public official to whom it would ordinarily fall to defend Illinois’s marriage law in the lawsuits – Cook County State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez – indicated in a court filing that the State’s Attorney supported plaintiffs’ suits. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 11:47 am by A
  This from today's Chicago Tribune:The fight for same-sex marriage rights in Illinois took an unprecedented turn Thursday as Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez conceded that the state's ban on gay marriage violates the Illinois Constitution, essentially agreeing with a pair of lawsuits her office was expected to oppose.Even the Lamba Legal attorney was surprised! [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 8:15 am by Linda McClain
” On the relationship between civil unions and marriage, Orr states: “In Cook County alone, we issued nearly 2,500 civil union licenses since June 1, 2011. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 2:25 pm
Injury Lawyer News shared information last week on a new Illinois birth injury lawsuit recently filed in Cook County. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 8:54 am by Jennie Ryan
[JURIST] Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan [official website] on Friday filed notice with the Cook County Circuit Court [official website] stating that her office will present arguments in support of two lawsuits filed in opposition of the state's same-sex marriage ban. [read post]
13 May 2012, 4:17 pm by zshapiro
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal held that Illinois Eavesdropping Act which makes it a felony to record a police officer in public unless all parties to the conversation consent to the audiotaping “likely violates” he First Amendment and granted a preliminary injunction against Cook County State’s Attorney preventing them from enforcing the act. [read post]
8 May 2012, 9:18 am by Karen K. Harris
  Although the Illinois law could have brought in millions of dollars in tax revenue for the state, dramatically decreasing the budget deficit, it was recently ruled unconstitutional by Cook County Circuit Judge Robert Lopez Cepero. [read post]
4 May 2012, 9:03 am
  As the former executive director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and the former supervisor of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office Seniors and Persons with Disabilities Division, I know the efforts that were made to have Cook County comply with the statute. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 9:44 pm by Edward X. Clinton, Jr.
Attorneys who practice in Cook County are well aware that the Clerk's office is chronically understaffed and under-funded. [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 11:30 am by Lewis Gainor
While there are some county jail facilities, such as the Cook County Department of Corrections, which release offenders even earlier, there is nothing mandated by state law to release a person before they have served at least half of the sentence. [read post]
26 Feb 2012, 10:14 pm by lawmrh
My favorite, though, was fake lawyer Tahir Malik who tried over 60 cases in Cook County, Illinois. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 8:26 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The local officials included Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, the state’s attorneys from Cook, DuPage and Will counties, representatives from the Illinois attorney general’s office, the Chicago Police Department and the Illinois State Police. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 8:23 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The local officials included Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, the state’s attorneys from Cook, DuPage and Will counties, representatives from the Illinois attorney general’s office, the Chicago Police Department and the Illinois State Police. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 8:19 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The local officials included Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, the state’s attorneys from Cook, DuPage and Will counties, representatives from the Illinois attorney general’s office, the Chicago Police Department and the Illinois State Police. [read post]
11 Dec 2011, 12:56 am
The penalty is enhanced to a Class 1, punishable up to a maximum of 15 years in the penitentiary for "The eavesdropping of an oral conversation or an electronic communication between any law enforcement officer, State's Attorney, Assistant State's Attorney, the Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, or a judge, while in the performance of his or her official duties, if not authorized by this Article or… [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 8:52 pm by Richard D. Friedman
Carroll pointed out, the judge certainly appeared to have relied on Cellmark as reporting the truth; the citation by Anita Alvarez, the Cook County Prosecuting Attorney, of a passage from the state supreme court decision declaring that the use was in support of the opinion did not help her in this respect. [read post]