THE SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS DECLARES UNCONSITUTIONAL STATE EAVEDROPPING LAW
Public recordings are no longer criminal and businesses such as telemarketers and insurance companies are no longer implicated by notifying callers that their call may be recorded.
On March 20, 2014, the Supreme Court of Illinois overturned one of the strictest eavesdropping laws in the country, specifically 720 ILCS 5/14-2 (West 2008) in State v. Clark, 2014-IL-115776 and State v. Melongo, 2014-IL-114852. The Eavesdropping Statute prohibited individuals from