CHICAGO (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered another blow to a 50-year-old anti-eavesdropping law in Illinois, choosing to let stand a lower court finding that key parts of the hotly ...

Legislation to prohibit eavesdropping on conversations might seem like a proactive way to protect Illinoisans against the ubiquity of technology. Clearly, there are times when someone has an ...

ALBANY - A deeply divided Court of Appeals recognized a new exception to the state's illegal eavesdropping statute Tuesday, ruling that parents can surreptitiously record conversations involving their ...

What many users do not fully appreciate is that these tools introduce a third party into conversations historically governed by strict privacy and confidentiality rules, a shift that carries profound ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Last fall, the Perteet brothers and their roommate decided to take a break from studying and headed to a McDonald's in DeKalb for a late-night food run. Their trip was interupted when a ...

When someone like Fitzpatrick decides to record law enforcement performing their job, the charge gets ratchet up to a Class 1 felony and carries with it a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. A ...

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. intelligence official is telling Congress it shouldn’t succumb to pressure to roll back a new law that enhances the government’s eavesdropping capability on terrorists as ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- In a blow to Illinois' sweeping eavesdropping law, a federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked its enforcement in cases where someone is recording a police officer at work. It was a ...

ROCK ISLAND — A Moline man who used a cell phone to record a police officer during a Rock Island traffic stop is caught up in Illinois’ arcane eavesdropping laws. Jerry Johnson is charged with ...

CHICAGO • Chicago police "do not intend to enforce" the Illinois eavesdropping law during next month's NATO summit meeting, Chicago's corporation counsel said in the city's first public acknowledgment ...