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Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
Wed, 01/23/2008
The court's web site has been updated. Not just a facelift, but a completely new site from the ground up. Though the look and feel are not too dramatically different, our goal was to make it easier to find the items you are searching, keep the...
Tue, 01/22/2008
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 contains a provision that increased the quarterly fees on disbursements paid by chapter 11 debtors in U.S. trustee regions. The new fees went into effect on January 1, 2008, and are first due from chapter...
Sun, 01/20/2008
Due to unexpected equipment difficulties associated to the Sunday power outage full CM/ECF service will not be restored until Monday, January 21th, late morning or early afternoon.
Wed, 01/16/2008
On Sunday, January 20, 2008, electrical power to a significant portion of our building will be turned off. Unfortunately, the data processing center which hosts our primary CM/ECF equipment is in the part of the building that will be without power....
Fri, 12/28/2007
Beginning March 14, 2008, the location of the Lake County bankruptcy court call will change. Lake County chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy matters will be no longer be heard in the Lake County Courthouse at 18 North County Street, Waukegan. The...
Tue, 11/27/2007
In order to permit more time with family and friends, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois will be closed on Monday, December 24, 2007 and Tuesday, December 25, 2007 in observance of Christmas Day and Monday,...
Wed, 11/14/2007
In order to permit more time with family and friends, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois will be closed on Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23, 2007 in observance of Thanksgiving Day.
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Tue, 11/06/2007
Essential upgrades necessitate we remove CM/ECF from service Saturday November 10. This outage will commence at 7:00 AM CST on November 10th and last until approximately 4:00 PM, the same day.
A second piece of system maintenance will require that...
Mon, 10/29/2007
On October 30, 2007 approximately 7:00 am through 7:30am CMECF/PACER will experience a service outage. It is expected this outage should only last a few minutes.
Voice Case Information System (VCIS), and access to the court's public website will...