January 8, 2014
Union PACs Sending Jumbo Checks To Gov. Quinn: $4.75 Million Cash On Hand From the Chicago Sun-Times Gov. Pat Quinn is picking up jumbo checks from trade union political action committees based in the...
View ArticleJanuary 9, 2014
Appellate Judge Patrick Quinn Dies In His Chambers From Fox News The second most senior judge in the First District Illinois Appellate Court died Wednesday in his chambers. Justice Patrick J. Quinn,...
View ArticleJanuary 10, 2014
Judge Wants Report On Impact Of Ex-judge Cook’s Conduct; McDade Cites Loss Of Confidence In Judiciary From the Madison County Record U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade has indicated he could reject...
View ArticleJanuary 13, 2014
ATRA: Asbestos Litigation ‘More Incredible Every Year’ From Legal Newsline In light of the recent Judicial Hellhole Report released in December, it is clear that asbestos played a key role in the...
View ArticleJanuary 14, 2014
Litigation Investors Gain Ground In U.S. From the Wall Street Journal Investors who back high-stakes lawsuits haven't always found the warmest reception in the U.S., where historic bans on such...
View ArticleJanuary 15, 2014
Only 10 Percent Approve Of Class Action Coupon Settlements, DRI Poll Finds From Legal Newsline Americans disagree with current practices in class actions lawsuits, according to a poll commissioned by...
View ArticleJanuary 16, 2014
Sanctions Against Illinois Lawyers Jump 32 Percent Last Year From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The Illinois Supreme Court disciplined 151 lawyers last year, a 32 percent increase from the 102 lawyers...
View ArticleJanuary 17, 2014
Illinois Drops From 27th To 45th For Lack Of Support For Emergency Patients From the Arlington Heights Daily Herald Illinois ranked near the bottom of the nation at 45th place with a D in the 2014...
View ArticleJanuary 20, 2014
Downward Spiral: Illinois’ Job Forecast Worst In The Country From the Carbondale Southern Illinoisan Illinois ranks last in the nation among states for the rate jobs at which are projected to be...
View ArticleJanuary 21, 2014
Supreme Court To Hear 1st Amendment Challenge To Labor Unions From the Chicago Tribune The Supreme Court will hear a 1st Amendment case this week involving Chicago-area in-home care providers that...
View ArticleJanuary 22, 2014
Report: Illinois Budget Deficits Will Rise Despite Pension Reform From the Springfield State Journal-Register A new report shows that Illinois’ recently enacted pension reform law will not eliminate...
View ArticleJanuary 23, 2014
Legislative Remap Reform Group: On Target To Get On November Ballot From the Springfield State Journal-Register A group trying to put a remap reform amendment on the fall ballot said it is on target to...
View ArticleJanuary 24, 2014
Republican Governor Candidates Make Case Why They're Best To Beat Quinn From the Chicago Tribune The four candidates for the Illinois Republican governor nomination used a Downstate debate Thursday...
View ArticleJanuary 27, 2014
Illinois Pension Law Saves $15 Billion Less Than First Thought From the Chicago Tribune New calculations show the state will save about $15 billion less than initially projected from the controversial...
View ArticleJanuary 28, 2014
Sitting Out: Recusals Mount Among The U.S. Justices From the National Law Journal The growing pace of recusals by U.S. Supreme Court justices this term is fueling new concern about the court's ability...
View ArticleJanuary 29, 2014
Illinois Unemployment Remains Near National High From NBC Chicago New statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor show that at 8.6 percent, Illinois continues to have one of the highest unemployment...
View ArticleJanuary 30, 2014
Report: Illinois Poverty Remains Stubbornly High From the Bloomington Pantagraph Illinois' overall poverty rate is the same as it was a half-century ago despite scores of state and federal aid programs...
View ArticleJanuary 31, 2014
Madigan Proposes Slashing State's Corporate Tax Rate From the Associated Press House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday proposed cutting Illinois' corporate income tax in half in an effort to improve...
View ArticleFebruary 3, 2014
Illinois Supreme Court Accepts Whistle-blower Case From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Among the 11 cases taken up for review by the Illinois Supreme Court this week is a whistle-blower suit filed by a...
View ArticleFebruary 4, 2014
Misconduct Case In GOP Spotlight From the Chicago Tribune Republican governor rivals Dan Rutherford and Bruce Rauner directly confronted each other for the first time Monday amid controversy over...
View Article