Yesterday, we asked whether we can infer anything about Justice Kilbride's vote and whether he's writing an opinion, based on the pattern of his questions in oral argument.

U.S. Regulator Warns of "Evidence" of Global Cyber Assault Occurring Inside the U.S. and Steps Your Company Should Take Against a Ransomware Attack

In December 2016, it came to light that the Chicago-based law firm of Johnson & Bell had been sued in a purported class action lawsuit brought in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

On May 22, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that a domestic corporation "resides" only in its State of incorporation for purposes of the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b).

For the past several weeks, we've been comparing the Court's lag times – time to oral argument, and then oral argument to decision – for affirmances as opposed to reversals.

For the past few weeks, we've been studying appeals brought to the Illinois Supreme Court by governmental entities – specifically, which areas do governmental entities tend to most often appeal in civil cases?

Last week, we began reviewing the winning percentage in civil cases of governmental entity appellants, year by year and one area of law at a time.

At a closed session of the school board, six of the seven members sign a separation agreement with the outgoing school superintendent, but don't date it. Several weeks later, the Board holds a public meeting.

Yesterday, we reviewed the individual Justices' voting records in death penalty cases for the years 1990 through 1999.

Yesterday, we began analyzing Justice Freeman's question patterns in civil cases.

Last week, we completed our review of the government's winning percentage in civil cases between 1994 and the present. This week, we're beginning a new subject ...

Yesterday, we reviewed the year by year data on which trial courts produced the Court's civil docket for the years 1999 through 2003. Today, we're looking at the criminal docket.

Yesterday, we reviewed which trial courts produced the Court's civil docket, year by year for the period 1995 through 1999. Today, we'll review the criminal docket for the same years.

Yesterday, we reviewed which trial courts produced the Court's civil docket between 2000 and 2004. Today, we're looking at the data for the docket of criminal, quasi-criminal...

Last week, we concluded our analysis of the government's winning percentage, year by year and one area of law at a time, in civil cases at the Court.

Last week, we began analyzing how the Supreme Court's criminal docket since 1994 has been distributed among the Districts and Divisions of the Court of Appeal.

Today, we review the most recent data, from 2012 to year-to-date 2017.

Yesterday, we discussed which Districts and Divisions of the Court of Appeal produced the Supreme Court's criminal docket for the years 2006 through 2011.

Yesterday, we reviewed which counties produced the Supreme Court's civil docket, year by year, for the years 2004 through 2008.

Yesterday, we began reviewing the trial courts which have produced the Court's civil docket, beginning with the years 1990 through 1994.