Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office to Take Lead to Prosecutorial Task Force Earlier last week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago will serve as a lead prosecutorial partner on the...
Accusations of Widespread Racial Profiling and Mounting Civil Rights Lawsuits Following a year-long investigation, four members of an eight-person team working in the Chicago Police Department’s (“CPD”) Near North Side's 18th District, which covers parts of Lincoln...
Illinois Considers Proposal for Strictest Blood Alcohol Concentration Limits in the Nation Recently it was announced that Illinois lawmakers are currently considering a bill that would amend the Illinois Vehicle Code to lower the presumptive Blood Alcohol...
New Enforcement Team Starting to Pay Dividends for Department of Justice in Chicago As we previously covered, last year the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced the formation of a new “Healthcare Fraud Section” in the...
Smart Doorbells and Secret Surveillance Capabilities Revealed The ongoing saga surrounding the sudden disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie, has grabbed headlines across the nation as people are concerned for the well-being of the...
Appeal Court Rules “Just Talking” Can Become a Seizure Under the Fourth Amendment In a recent ruling, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals found that a seemingly consensual and cordial encounter with law enforcement violated an individual's rights to be free from...
Double Jeopardy Bars Second Conviction for Similar Conduct In a recent Untied States Supreme Court case, Barrett v. United States, the Court ruled in a unanimous decision that a defendant cannot be convicted and sentenced twice for a single act under the specific gun...
Investigations Continue in Pandemic Relief Program Abuses by Public Employees As we have previously covered, there have been numerous instances of highly publicized cases around the state of Illinois and city of Chicago detailing alleged fraud perpetrated by public ...
Chicago Police Department Accused of Targeting African Americans Over Guns As we have previously covered, watchdog organizations and community activists have expressed dissatisfaction with policing practices of the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Now, the department...
CPD Officers Allowed to File Gun Charges Directly with Courts Under New Policy Recently, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced an expansion of a pilot program that allows Chicago Police Officers to file felony gun charges without getting approval...
