Under a standard of recency that allowed me to review a 40-year-old book in 2023, I want to celebrate the very recent publication, over a year ago, of two articles on the law of eavesdropping.

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 ...

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 ...

The Justice Department's independent watchdog says it does not have jurisdiction to open an investigation into the legality of the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program. The president's ...

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 ...

State Sen. Michael J. Noland has some explaining to do. In the aftermath of a session dominated by Medicaid, pensions and gambling, it's important to note that, thanks to him, a bill to repeal the ...

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 ...