October 2, 2012
U.S. High Court Won't Hear Illinois Redistricting Complaint From the Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal from Illinois Republicans on newly drawn legislative...
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Illinois' Debt Equals $55K For Every Private-sector Worker, Report Says From Illinois Watchdog Every private-sector employee in Illinois would have to pony up more than $55,000 each to pay for all of...
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Bill Targets Bias In Jury Selection From the Chicago Sun-Times Attorney Jill M. Metz counts herself among the supporters of legislation that would bar discrimination against potential jurors based on...
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Survey Questions Juries And Civil Justice System From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin While the majority of respondents in a recently released poll expressed confidence in the civil justice system, 41...
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Critics Say Judicial Vacancies Hurt System From the Chicago Sun-Times Things became so bad recently that Connecticut's top federal trial judge felt compelled to send an SOS. Chief U.S. District Judge...
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Illinois Law Gets OK By U.S. Judge From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin A federal judge cleared the way for Illinois officials to enforce a statute that allows political parties to donate unlimited...
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Supreme Laundry List From the Wall Street Journal Trial lawyers have their eye on the Supreme Court this week as the Justices will decide whether to hear a case that could expand product liability and...
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Judge Extends Order Barring Gov. Quinn From Closing Prisons From the Associated Press An Illinois judge is barring Gov. Pat Quinn from going forward with his plan to close two prisons, at least for...
View ArticleMore Money Flows Into Fifth District Race As Election Approaches
From the Madison County Record Candidates in the race for the Fifth District Appellate Court have received more money in the past month than during the most recent three-month reporting period. Records...
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Quinn's Job Approval Rating Just 26 Percent From the Chicago Tribune Shortly after winning his first election as governor almost two years ago, Gov. Pat Quinn declared his razor-thin victory a...
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Most Or All Illinois Judges To Retain Seats In November From the Associated Press Among the public officials on the November ballot in Illinois, judges seem to have little reason to fear that voters...
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Lawyers To Replace Fitzgerald All Were Federal Prosecutors From the Chicago Sun-Times All eight candidates who have been interviewed for the daunting job of replacing former U.S. Attorney Patrick...
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Illinois Super PACs Raise $1M, Could Affect Election From the Associated Press Illinois super PACs are bringing more than $1 million to this fall's legislative campaign, but the meaning and influence...
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Group Bands Together To Stop Madison County Judge Retention From the Madison County Journals A grassroots group is hoping its anti-retention campaign for four Madison County judges will resonate with...
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Despite Financial Woes, Illinois Still Hiring From the Southern Illinoisan Illinois may have massive financial problems, but that doesn’t mean the state isn’t hiring. The state has hired 1,203...
View ArticleRace For Illinois Supreme Court Stays Quiet
From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin What a difference an election cycle makes in a contest to fill an Illinois Supreme Court seat in Cook County. The heated four-way March Democratic primary involved...
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Chief Cook County Judge Timothy Evans Has His Two Daughters On Payroll From the Chicago Sun-Times As Cook County’s chief circuit judge, Timothy C. Evans has been his twin daughters’ boss since 2001,...
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Not Enough Money In Illinois Budget To Fully Pay For Election From the Southern Illinoisan Here’s a new twist to Illinois’ ongoing budget woes: The same politicians who are running around looking for...
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Cook County Judge Can Sue Over TV Report From the Chicago Daily Law Bullein A Cook County judge may pursue a defamation suit about a television news report that accused him of working short days, the...
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All Illinois Courts Will Get To Use E-Filing From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The Illinois Supreme Court today paved the way for the electronic filing of documents in civil cases throughout the...
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