April 29, 2014
Do Or Die Time For Illinois Term Limits From the Peoria Journal-Star It’s crunch time for differing term-limit proposals to get approval to appear on the November ballot as constitutional amendments....
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Toyota's Jilting Of California A Jolt To Illinois From the Chicago Tribune Sometimes they just leave. Without warning, they announce it's over before you can beg and plead and promise. They tell you...
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Illinois Court Reinstates $10B Judgment Against Philip Morris Over ‘Light’ Cigarettes From the Legal Newsline An Illinois appellate court has reinstated a $10.1 billion verdict in a class action...
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Number Of Illinois Lawyers Up 2 Percent In 2013 From the Springfield State Journal-Register Information released by an Illinois regulatory agency indicates lawyers aren't in short supply in the state....
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How Bruce Rauner Is Changing The Illinois Democratic Party From Crain's Chicago Business The Democratic Party in Illinois is dominated by powerful, entrenched politicians with huge egos who don't...
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Karmeier Files Retention Papers For November Election From the Madison County Record Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier has filed candidacy papers with the Illinois Secretary of State’s...
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What's Missing In The Illinois Health Insurance Exchange From Crain's Chicago Business Blue Cross & Blue Shield's near-monopoly over the Illinois health insurance exchange is an unhealthy...
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U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Takes Aim At GOP Lawyers From the National Journal Americans don't think lawyers are particularly trustworthy, and just about everyone knows a good lawyer joke. But the U.S....
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From the Illinois Civil Justice League A major question was answered Monday when the Illinois judicial retention list for 2014 was finalized with Justice Lloyd Karmeier’s name on top. Justice Karmeier,...
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Coalition Urges Easier Access To Justices' Financial Forms From the Legal Times A coalition of organizations seeking greater transparency from the U.S. Supreme Court today called on the justices to...
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Why Is Illinois Unemployment So High? From Crain's Chicago Business Illinois always has been one of the last states to suffer from a recession and one of the last states to recover, but this is getting...
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Taxes, Job Market Causing People To Leave Illinois From the Chicago Tribune Megan Ciaburri grew up in the northern suburbs. When she married someone from the area, she expected they would get an...
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Illinois Lawmakers Set To Advance Budget With Tax Hike From the Associated Press Democratic lawmakers are moving forward with a 2015 budget that is based upon an extension of Illinois' temporary income...
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Springfield Judge Puts Stay On Pension Law From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin A judge has ruled the state’s controversial pension reform law should be delayed, citing uncertainty over how it would...
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Chicago Could Be Freed From Federal Hiring Oversight: Attorneys From Reuters A Chicago attorney who has fought patronage hiring in the city for 45 years said on Thursday the city has fixed its hiring...
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Tax-break Expansion Plan Raises Concerns, Shrugs From the Associated Press Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies equal access to tax breaks that big corporations...
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Could IL High Court Get Everything On Its List? From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The Illinois Supreme Court could potentially get everything it asked for from legislators this year. House lawmakers...
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State Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In Ottawa Courthouse From the Associated Press The Illinois Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in two cases at a historic courthouse in Ottawa. Today's...
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Chief Judge Orders Outside Investigation Into Cook County Probation Department From the Chicago Tribune Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans on Wednesday hired a well-known law firm to investigate...
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Kirk Wants Probe Of Hines VA Hospital From the Associated Press U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said Thursday that there is new evidence of a "culture of corruption" at a veterans hospital in the Western suburbs...
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