CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CHARGES SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT OPERATION AT MONSTER PAWN LOCATIONS Raoul Charges Owners, Employees After Raids at Shops in Sangamon, McLean Counties Chicago - Attorney General Raoul charged several individuals, including a Bloomington, Illinois family, for allegedly running an organized retail crime enterprise through multip  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CONTINUES CRACKDOWN ON ILLICIT FLAVORED DISPOSABLE E-CIGARETTE PRODUCTS AS PART OF BIPARTISAN, NATIONAL COLLABORATION **Broadcast-quality video file of Attorney General Raoul's comments can be downloaded here ** Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, together with a bipartisan coalition of nine attorneys general, today announced coordinated actions to hold comp  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL JOINS COALITION URGING U.S. SENATE TO OPPOSE LAKEN RILEY ACT Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of attorneys general, faith leaders, union leaders, law enforcement, members of Congress and other elected officials in urging the United States Senate to reject S.5, known as the Laken Riley Act. In a letter to members of the Senate  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OBTAINS GUILTY PLEA, PRISON SENTENCE FOR KANKAKEE COUNTY MAN WHO POSSESSED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a Kankakee County man prosecuted by his office was sentenced to four years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material. Wayne R. Hipple, 38, of Bourbonnais, Illinois, was sentenced on Wednesday by   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 15 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL RECOVERS UNPAID OVERTIME WAGES FOR MISCLASSIFIED TEMPORARY WORKERS Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today reached a $320,000 settlement with Veryable Inc. (Veryable), resolving allegations the company misclassified workers who were placed in temporary labor positions via the company's online platform. "Day and temporary laborers are especially vulnerable t  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL SUES ALTERNATIVE RETAIL ELECTRIC SUPPLIER FOR DECEPTIVE AND UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today filed a lawsuit against Spark Energy LLC and Spark Energy Gas (Spark) for allegedly using fraudulent, unfair and deceptive business practices to mislead Illinois consumers into paying millions of dollars more for electricity an  more

PEORIA, Illinois, Jan. 17 -- Caterpillar, a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, issued the following news release: IRVING, Texas, Jan. 16, 2025 - Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) will release fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial results at 5:30 a.m. CST on Thursday, Jan. 30. The full text of the release will be available at investors.caterpillar.com/financials/quarterly-results and on PR Newswire. The release will be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SE  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * Chainmail-like material could be the future of armor * Link to: Northwestern Now Story Media Information * Embargo date: January 16, 2025 1:00 PM CT * Release Date: January 16, 2025 Media Contacts Amanda Morris * (847) 467-6790 * Email Amanda Journal: Science Published paper * Resembling the interlocking links in chainmail, novel nanoscale material is incredibly strong an  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 17 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2026: * * * Led by Josephine Tucker, Energy Advisory and Sustainability will help deliver energy-focused, end-to-end sustainability services to investors and occupiers * * * JLL announced today that it is boosting its existing Sustainability services by forming the Energy Advisory and Sustainability practice. Led by clean energy expert Josephine Tu  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 17 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets arranges loan for converted hotel property, Silver King * * * DENVER, Jan. 16, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has secured the $5 million financing for Silver King Leadville, a 56-unit workforce housing community in Leadville, Colorado. JLL represented the borrower, Cloudland Capital and Blue Hour Housing, in arran  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets facilitates the sale of Retreat at Mesa Hills in Texas * * * DALLAS, Jan. 15, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has arranged the sale of Retreat at Mesa Hills, a 752-unit multi-housing community in El Paso, Texas. JLL worked on behalf of the seller, JRK Property Holdings. Retreat at Mesa Hills, located at 945 South   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Ares Management Corporation ("Ares"), a leading global alternative investment manager, on its sixth commingled European direct lending fund, Ares Capital Europe VI ("ACE VI"). ACE VI recently held its final closing at a total fund size of Euros17.1 billion, surpassing its Euros15 billion target and reached its hard cap. Ares believes that ACE VI is the largest institutional  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Eli Lilly & Company (NYSE: LLY) in connection with a $500 million venture capital fund partnership with Andreessen Horowitz. The fund will invest in companies at all stages, from company creation to growth, to drive transformative progress in healthcare by investing in therapeutic platforms and cutting-edge technology companies. Beyond contributing all the capital, Lilly wi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 16 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Singapore - Mayer Brown Advises SK Gas International on LNG Supply Arrangements in Relation to South Korea's Ulsan Gas Power Solution. Ulsan GPS commenced commercial operations on 26 December 2024, having successfully expanded its business model from using only liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to also using LNG as fuel for power generation, thus making Ulsan GPS the world's first LNG-LPG dual-fuelled combined power   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 17 -- TransUnion, a risk information provider, issued the following news release: TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire majority ownership of Trans Union de Mexico, S.A., S.I.C., the consumer credit business of the largest credit bureau in Mexico, Buro de Credito. TransUnion currently owns approximately 26% of Trans Union de Mexico, has held seats on its board of directors for over two decades, and serves as one of its technology providers. T  more