October 26, 2012
Kilbride Issues Call For Action From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Illinois lacks enough legal aid lawyers to represent indigent clients, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride said...
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Electing A U.S. Supreme Court From the National Law Journal At the end of the second year of President Obama's second term, will Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg decide to retire? Or, at the end of the...
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Lawyers, Courts Grapple With Work During Storm From the New York Law Journal Law firms and the courts scrambled this morning to keep employees safe and to maintain some semblance of normal operations...
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Unions Raising Money In Opposition Of Illinois Constitutional Amendment From the Bloomington Pantagraph State and national labor unions are cranking up the fundraising in an attempt to kill a proposed...
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Unions Spend Big To Fight Amendment From the Southern Illinoisan State and national labor unions are cranking up the fundraising in an attempt to kill a proposed change to the Illinois Constitution....
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Elections Board Dismisses Cates' Complaint From the Alton Telegraph The Illinois State Board of Elections has dismissed a complaint filed by Judy Cates, the Democratic nominee for the 5th District...
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Illinois Not All Obama Territory From the Springfield State Journal-Register Illinois remains Obama territory, though that doesn’t mean every area of the state is a Democratic stronghold. A statewide...
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McGlynn Files Two More Complaints Against Cates From the Madison County Record Republican Stephen McGlynn on Monday filed two more ethics complaints against his opponent in the race for the Fifth...
View ArticleJudicial Election Results At IllinoisJudges.net Tonight
The Illinois Civil Justice League will be tracking results of judicial elections in Illinois tonight, as they are available. Results will be available at IllinoisJudges.net, the ICJL’s judicial...
View ArticleNovember 7, 2012
Voters Retain Four Madison County Judges From the Madison County Record Despite a grassroots initiative aimed at booting four Madison County judges from the bench, voters on Tuesday voted to retain all...
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Illinois High Court Finds Some Stability From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Two Illinois Supreme Court justices won big electoral victories Tuesday, potentially paving the way for an era of stability...
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Madison County Retention Race Follows National Trend; All Retained Despite Opposition From the Madison County Record It wasn’t until just a few years ago that judicial retention races started to make...
View ArticleJanuary 2, 2013
The Illinois Supreme Patrons From the Chicago Tribune As public officials who serve at the mercy of voters, the seven justices of the Illinois Supreme Court are creatures of a political system: They...
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Observers See Changes With Next U.S. Attorney From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The lanky, soft-spoken lawman from New York arrived in Chicago with a mandate to clean up corruption-plagued Illinois....
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Med-mal Fees Could See Big Change From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin An Illinois Senate panel advanced legislation Wednesday that seeks to cap attorney fees in medical-malpractice cases at one-third...
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ITLA Pushes Bill To Increase, Cap Attorneys’ Fees In Med Mal Cases From the Madison County Record A bill that would cap attorneys’ fees in medical malpractice cases is advancing the Illinois General...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules For Illinois Central In Asbestos Forum Case
From the Madison County Record A Mississippi man’s asbestos lawsuit should not be heard in St. Clair County, the Illinois Supreme Court held Friday. Saying that “factors strongly favor dismissal in...
View ArticleSelecting Judges
By ICJL President Ed Murnane Thanks to the Chicago Tribune for shining a much needed light on judicial selection in Illinois (”The Illinois Supreme Patrons,” Editorial, Dec. 30). The fact that judges...
View ArticleJanuary 8, 2013
High Court Hears Dispute Over Class Actions From the Associated Press The Supreme Court on Monday questioned efforts by consumers' lawyers to limit the amount of money sought in class-action lawsuits...
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Groups Ask Judge Evans To Change Cell Phone Ban At Courthouses From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Less than one week before a cellphone ban in Cook County criminal courthouses takes effect, several...
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