Judge has questions for Cook County state’s attorney’s office as she puts off ruling on special prosecutor for Operation Midway Blitz agents. From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

I think these videos speak for themselves, really.

Congratulations to our clients at @usatoday.com for winning a FOI Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc. (IRE). Our FOIA team was proud to help secure the information that contributed to this important reporting (by Austin Fast, Doug Caruso, and Steve Suo) on preventable prison deaths.

Congratulations to this team, on a much-deserved prize for their coverage of Operation Midway Blitz. So many great local journalists put it all on the line during that months-long federal travesty.

Jeffrey Clark, framed for a 1992 murder by the Meade County (KY) Sheriff's Dept. and Coroner's Office, spent 22.5 years in prison before being exonerated in 2018. Yesterday, a jury awarded him $24.35 million in damages. "I finally feel like I am able to wake up from a 34-year nightmare," he says.

BREAKING NEWS: A Louisville, KY jury has awarded $24.35 million to Jeffrey Clark, who alleged in his lawsuit that he was framed for a 1992 murder by the Meade County Sheriff, one of his deputies, and the coroner. Mr. Clark spent 22.5 years in prison before being exonerated.

Boston has settled a lawsuit brought by four people who were subjected to police brutality while protesting police brutality in 2020. Read the press release below:

Today, Loevy attorneys Meg Gould and Locke Bowman did a brilliant job of presenting our case to Judge Reddick about why she should appoint a special prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes committed by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz. You can read about the hearing here:

Attorneys representing Chicago residents frustrated by the local top cop’s response to immigration officers’ violence went to state court Friday demanding a special prosecutor be appointed to prosecute federal law enforcement personnel.

Cook County Chief Judge Erica Reddick on Friday heard arguments from petitioners who claim a special prosecutor must be appointed to investigate crimes committed during “Operation Midway Blitz” after O’Neill Burke’s office has failed to act. https://to.wttw.com/4e80yki

Today, we filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family and loved ones of Roberto Calvario, Jr., who was shot and killed by Chicago P.D. in December. Today would have been Roberto's 21st birthday. Read the press release about the case here: www.loevy.com/family-of-ro...

ICYMI: The family of an 8-year-old girl who died in CBP custody has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The suit cites our whistleblower disclosures that warned about shortcomings that preceded this preventable death but were silenced. Read more now ⬇️ whistleblower.org/press-releas...

FULL STORY: The significant increase in the number of times Chicago police officers have used force against members of the public since 2022 merits a “full-scale review,” Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office told a federal judge. @wttw.bsky.social

Denver can't avoid accountability for police misconduct during George Floyd protests, appellate court rules. “Our clients bravely stood up in the streets against police brutality in 2020, and they’ve been doing it ever since in the courts," says Loevy attorney Elizabeth Wang.

We have a hearing on Friday on our petition for a special prosecutor to go after DHS crimes during "Operation Midway Blitz." This article does a great job of explaining why one is needed if Chicagoans want the federal government held to any kind of accountability.

This video is horrific, and these officers' actions would not be acceptable even IF they'd had the right man.

Excellent story in the @chicagotribune.com about our clients' lawsuit against McDonald's for racial discrimination. (Gift link.) www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/13/m...

NEW: Mayor Brandon Johnson nominated Anjanette Young, a social worker who was handcuffed while naked during a botched 2019 Chicago Police Department raid, on Thursday to serve on the city’s police oversight board. @wttw.bsky.social

In a rare reversal, the Appellate Court has ordered a new trial in the civil lawsuit over CPD's killing of Harith "Snoop" Augustus in 2018. The family of the beloved South Shore barber will get another chance at justice. Read the release here. 1/5

Georgia Dept. of Corrections has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of David Henegar, who was beaten to death over five hours while guards did nothing to help. “If any one of a number of prison officials had simply done their jobs [...] he would still be alive today,” says attorney Megan Pierce.

Reporters @joemahr.bsky.social and @jmetr22b.bsky.social, of the @chicagotribune.com, profile Loevy client Thomas Sierra, in an in-depth piece examining the high cost of Chicago's refusal to settle wrongful conviction cases.

Body cam videos of a Border Patrol chase in Chicago last fall appear to contradict the initial DHS narrative of agents executing a PIT maneuver—a nudging at high speed to disable a fleeing driver. Instead, feds blew a tire and crashed after a supervisor told them to stop the pursuit:

“This name derives from our city’s legacy of standing up for justice, dignity, and the rights of all people, no matter where they come from. I want to take this moment to reiterate that Chicago does not want ICE on our streets, in our airports, nor in our city.” @wttw.bsky.social

Jessica has been a tireless and invaluable resource in keeping abreast of America's Post-Dodd Dysfunction, and this is an excellent primer on how to read these stories, how to talk about them, and how to take "official" reports with a boulder-sized grain of salt.

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

Verdict in for the bellwether case in the thousands of claims against social media companies for making harmful products. Jury ruled in favor of the now 20-year-old plaintiff, who claimed anxiety and depression caused by addictive design, and awarded her $3 million. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...

When our clients Vicki Guster-Hines and Domenica Neal were executives at McDonald's, their concerns about racial discrimination were dismissed as coming from "angry Black women." But this September, they'll get to tell their stories to a federal jury.

Loevy is proud to represent @cato.org in this effort to uncover the Trump administration's use (and abuse?) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Read more here: www.cato.org/blog/boasber...

We are proud to have partnered with our colleagues at @newenglandinnocence.org to bring about a day Mr. Rosa has literally been waiting decades to see. "This exoneration doesn’t erase the past, but it restores truth, dignity, and hope for the future,” Mr. Rosa and his wife, Virginia, stated.

This is the sort of case the False Claims Act exists to facilitate, & it’s really cool to see a distinguished civil rights firm take an “out of area” case to remedy massive military-industrial corruption.

In a victory more than 13 years in the making, four brave whistleblowers exposed a military contractor's fraud against the US Army during the War in Afghanistan. Jury awarded $15 million in damages, which the False Claims Act triples to $45 million.

A group of community members are petitioning a court to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and potentially prosecute wrongdoing by immigration agents during the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz,” accusing Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke of failing to act.

Today a broad coalition submitted a petition, calling for a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute alleged crimes committed by DHS agents during Operation Midway Blitz. You can watch the full press conference here: youtu.be/hAuyNGJzXIc

Press conference today at noon in Federal Plaza, on petition signed by nearly 250 Chicago officials, organizations, clergy, attorneys, media outlets, and others—calling for a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute DHS agents for crimes committed during "Operation Midway Blitz."

Crain's Chicago Business on our lawsuit against Google over their AI Music operation. Independent musicians and songwriters should not be forced to compete with AI-generated, Google-distributed "music" based on illegal copies of their own creative work.

MEDIA ADVISORY: At a press conference Thursday, a coalition of organizations, elected officials, religious leaders, journalists, attorneys, academics, and individuals will call for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate crimes committed by federal agents under Operation Midway Blitz.

"[G]uessing games." "One nurse told Cunningham he had heartburn. Another said he had a stomach virus." "He had appendicitis." "[Y]ou incarcerate us, and then you just say, 'Okay, he's a criminal, he doesn't matter, he can die.'" #Pennsylvania #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration

We're putting a band together...to sue Google for ripping off independent musicians.

In honor of her being booted, here is Kristi Noem is telling feds to "hammer" protesters for "the way that they're talking, who they're affiliated with, who they're funded with, and what they're talking about." It's not that easy to get so much contempt for the First Amendment into a single speech.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "She will not be missed in Chicago." Full statement:

Secretary Noem's legacy is one of racial profiling, abuse by ICE and CBP, free speech violations, and more. While she is leaving DHS, the anti-immigrant policies devised by White House aide Stephen Miller aren't. Congress must remain firm and deny funding to DHS until they truly rein in ICE.

Because PROTESTING IS NOT A CRIME—in fact, it is protected activity under the very First Amendment of our constitution. This is a fundamental, bedrock truth, whether the Trump Administration likes it or not.

Keep in mind that Texas has one of the biggest carceral systems in the world – and it still cannot supply clean drinking water, a basic human right, for folks behind bars. Read the full story here 👇

The use of a chemical irritant by Greg Bovino is among 17 instances of “potential unlawful behavior” by federal agents in Minnesota currently being investigated for criminal charges, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said.

Remember the firms that caved. The North remembers.

Hey, cool. @lastweektonight.com just did a segment using reporting I did w/ @farooqumar.bsky.social Oliver was talking about body cams--and how law enforcement agencies have often undermined their potential The same body-cams Dems are centering that ICE reforms on www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP4_...

It takes less than 2 minutes to tell Congress: No more $$ for ICE & CBP.   Call (202) 224-3121 & tag 3 friends in the comments to call too ⤵️   #DHS #Congress #immigration

Congratulations to our colleagues at the Law Offices of Al Hofeld, Jr., who just won a $5 million jury verdict for their clients, the Tate Family, after CPD SWAT stormed their apartment in 2018. There's a press conference today at 4:00, at 53 West Jackson Boulevard, 8th Floor, Room 826.

Good afternoon from Chicago's federal courthouse. A hearing before Judge Robert Gettleman is set to start in 15 minutes in the case Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership v. Noem, et al. This is the case that enabled Catholic clergy to access the Broadview, IL ICE facility on Ash Wednesday.