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Illinois
Illinois Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal and regulatory issues in Illinois. Coverage includes high-stakes litigation, policy developments, and corporate deals affecting the state.
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Latest News in Illinois
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January 17, 2026
Real Estate Recap: Cannabis Landlords, Global Deals, ACREL
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including how potential changes to federal marijuana regulation could affect landlords, the largest global real estate deals of 2025, and a chat with the new president of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.
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January 16, 2026
'Egregious' Judge Shopping Sanctioned In Ill. TM Case
An Illinois federal judge has permanently thrown out a "Schedule A" trademark case, chastising the plaintiff for once again trying to lump together defendants that multiple judges have already held cannot be lumped together in one suit, calling it "an egregious form of forum shopping."
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January 16, 2026
7th Circ. Scraps 'Pizza Puff' TM Block Against Little Caesars
The Seventh Circuit reversed a ruling Friday that blocked Little Caesars from using the term "pizza puff" to describe its "Crazy Puffs" muffin-pizza products, finding that a Chicago food-maker failed to show "Pizza Puff" is not generic term, or that it could beat Little Caesars fair use defense.
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January 16, 2026
White House Backs State Govs In Push For PJM Changes
The Trump administration on Friday joined an effort by 13 state governors to force the nation's largest regional grid operator, PJM Interconnection, to fix the issue of escalating power prices amid data center-fueled increases in electricity demand.
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January 16, 2026
Flight Attendant Fights Southwest's Bid To Toss OT Suit
An Illinois federal judge should preserve a proposed class action accusing Southwest Airlines of systematically depriving flight attendants at Chicago Midway International Airport of overtime pay, a former flight attendant said, fighting Southwest's argument that the Railway Labor Act preempts the claims because the flight attendants are unionized.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Illinois Attorney General’s Office
- Illinois Comptroller’s Office
- Illinois Department of Insurance
- Illinois Department of Transportation
- Illinois Gaming Board
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
- Illinois Commerce Commission
- Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Investigations and enforcement actions by state and federal prosecutors
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust litigation
- Class actions
- Environmental suits
- Labor and employment issues
- Intellectual property cases
- Product liability and consumer protection disputes
- Securities disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures involving Illinois companies
- Real estate deals
- PROFILES
- Nominations, appointments, and elections of judges and agency officials in Illinois
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of Illinois judges, litigators, and firms