July 31, 2013
Woman To Plead Guilty In Courthouse Drug Scandal From the Belleville News-Democrat A defendant in the courthouse drug scandal is scheduled to plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession...
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Former Probation Officer, Accused Of Supplying Drugs To Judges, Asks To Continue Trial From the Madison County Record Former St. Clair County probation officer James Fogarty seeks two or three months...
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Man Pays Part Of Illinois Legal Settlement With $150,000 In Quarters From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch An Illinois businessman outraged by a court order that he return more than $500,000 in insurance...
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Scandal Puts Focus On 'Toothless' Ethics Law From the Associated Press An investigation into House Speaker Michael Madigan's role in a Chicago-area transit agency scandal has renewed scrutiny of an...
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Federal Defender's Office In Chicago Faces Deep Cuts From the Chicago Tribune When national budget cuts kicked in this year, the federal defender's office in Chicago reduced its staff, froze salaries...
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Recovery Is Picking Up The Pace In Chicago Legal Community From the National Law Journal With bright spots in real estate, health care and regulatory work, Chicago's legal community reported a fairly...
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Madigan Seemingly Contradicts His Daughter From the Chicago Tribune When Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan publicly pulled the plug on a run for governor, she announced that she "never planned to...
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Emanuel's Chicago Is On Path To Be The Next Detroit From the Investors Business Daily Chicago appears to be following Detroit's lead to financial disaster, perhaps the latest victim of decades of...
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ISBA Mutual Loses Bid To Deny Coverage From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin An insurance company has a duty to defend a lawyer who did not disclose a threatening letter he received from a client who...
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No Play, No Pay From The Economist August 1st was a typically sunny morning in Springfield, the capital of Illinois—but not for the 176 members of the General Assembly, who, for the first time ever,...
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St. Clair Chief Judge Baricevic To Deliver ‘State Of The Court’ Address Today From the Madison County Record St. Clair County Chief Judge John Baricevic will be guest speaker for the Greater Belleville...
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Figure In Courthouse Drug Scandal Scheduled To Plead Guilty From the Belleville News-Democrat One of the defendants connected to the courthouse drug scandal is scheduled to plead guilty to federal...
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US judge Refuses To Halt Chicago School Closings From the Bloomington Pantagraph In a 54-page ruling posted Thursday, US. District Judge John Lee says parents who requested an injunction stopping the...
View ArticleWhy ICJL Calls For Judicial Selection Reform
The column which accompanies this commentary, written by Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown, is one of many testimonials to the need in Illinois to change the way judges are selected. Cook County,...
View ArticleCST’s Mark Brown: Democratic Judicial Endorsements Need A Little Truth In...
Commentary By Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Mark Brown More than 40 men and women filed one at a time into an Allegro Hotel meeting room last week to make the case why they should be endorsed for...
View ArticleAugust 19, 2013
Semper Corruptus: The Real Illinois Motto From Crain's Chicago Business History records that Chicago's first significant episode of indictable political corruption occurred just after the Civil War, in...
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Workers’ Comp Insurance Rate Down 4.5 Percent In Illinois From the Associated Press The rate used to calculate workers' compensation insurance premiums has dropped again, a direct result of reforms...
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Lawmaker Introduces Doctor-credential Verification Legislation From the Chicago Tribune Illinois would require doctors to verify their academic, employment and disciplinary records through an...
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Benefits Appeal May Impact Illinois Pension Debate From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Among the 19 cases slated for Illinois Supreme Court oral arguments during its September term is a class-action...
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How Will Concealed Carry Affect 'Stand Your Ground'? From the Chicago Tribune In the aftermath of George Zimmerman's acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Gov. Pat Quinn appeared on...
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