Who Is Judging The Judges? Issues Of Qualification
From WGN-News Chicago For many of us, the only image we have of a judge comes from movies or TV shows. For the next four nights, we’re going to show you a lot of them by asking a simple question: Who...
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Historic Pension Overhaul Passes, Heads To Quinn's Desk From Crain's Chicago Business Major state pension reform now just needs a signature from Gov. Pat Quinn to become law. By narrow but decisive...
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Downstate Prosecutor Cited For 'Appeal To Racial Prejudice' From the Chicago Tribune The state agency that disciplines lawyers has accused a longtime state's attorney in a southern Illinois county of...
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How Could It Be? Even The ”Supremes” Don’t Follow The Law From WGN Chicago Who knew, of all people, the most powerful judges in the state are not following the law. All this week, we’ve exposed how...
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What's The Real Cost Of Health Insurance On The Illinois Exchange? From Crain's Chicago Business While Gov. Pat Quinn has touted the low premiums offered on the Illinois health insurance exchange,...
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The Specter Of The Supreme Court From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin What’s the Illinois General Assembly going to do now with all its free time? For what’s seemed like an eternity, there’s been one...
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Office Depot Departure Raises Fears In Illinois About ADM From the Bloomington Pantagraph Office Depot’s decision to move its headquarters out of Illinois is raising alarm bells about the possibility...
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Hinz: Pension Reform Up To Illinois Supreme Court From the Chicago Sun-Times It's no exaggeration to say that the fate of Illinois' budget and economy rests in the hands of the seven members of the...
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Garman Lays Out Priorities For Term As Chief Justice; Calls On Attorneys To Help Educate Public, Participate More From the Cook County Record She may not have a so-called agenda for her three-year...
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Health Care Costs A Mixed Bag From the Carbondale Southern Illinoisan Are requirements of the nation’s new health care law driving up out-of-pocket costs for people buying their own insurance? In some...
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Class Actions Merge In Madison County Tax Fraud Case From the Alton Telegraph Plaintiffs in three proposed class action lawsuits aimed at recovering money from fraudulent tax deed sales have agreed to...
View ArticleIllinois Once Again In National Lawsuit Abuse Spotlight
Illinois Tuesday is once again in the national spotlight as two of the nation’s leading legal reform and tort reform advocacy organizations turned the spotlight on the “Land of Lincoln.” The American...
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Illinois State Police Denies Cook Sheriff's Request On Concealed Carry From the Associated Press The director of the Illinois State Police has turned down a request from the Cook County Sheriff's...
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Thousands In Illinois Told To Start Over On Health Insurance From the Associated Press Illinois officials are emailing and calling thousands of people, advising them to start over on their health...
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Another Rule In Health Law Is Scaled Back From the New York Times Millions of people facing the cancellation of health insurance policies will be allowed to buy catastrophic coverage and will be exempt...
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Wexstten To Step Down From Appellate Court From the Madison County Record Fifth District Appellate Court Judge James Wexstten will step down from his position at the end of January after serving more...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Change Judicial Selection Process
From ICJL President Ed Murnane It is becoming a familiar story – even a boring, tiresome story. Every year in December, the American Tort Reform Association issues a report calling attention to the...
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State Supreme Court Justices Rake In Cash Tied To Pension-law Players From the Chicago Sun-Times If a lawsuit challenging Illinois’ new pension-reform law reaches the state Supreme Court, the...
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Illinois Pension Law Under Financial Scrutiny From the Chicago Tribune When Illinois lawmakers narrowly approved major changes to the public employee retirement system last month, supporters touted the...
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Lawmakers Eye Tightening Workers' Comp Rules From the Bloomington Pantagraph Illinois lawmakers could debate a proposal this spring designed to clarify what happens if you are injured on your way to...
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