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July 21, 2014

Too Poor To Sue? Here's Help, But Maybe Not For Long From Crain's Chicago Business Oasis Legal Finance LLC makes money legally, though less than honorably, at least according to corporate insurers. The...

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July 22, 2014

Court OKs Expedited Appeal Of Term Limits Case From the Associated Press An Illinois appellate court has agreed to hear an expedited appeal of a ruling that banned a question on term limits from the...

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July 23, 2014

Durbin Warns Of Customer Boycott If Walgreen Moves HQ To Europe From Crain's Chicago Business The U.S. Senate's No. 2 Democrat Tuesday ramped up his opposition to tax-driven corporate headquarters...

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July 24, 2014

Chief Judge Came Close To Shutting Chicago's Federal Court During Government Shutdown Last Fall From the Chicago Tribune U.S. District Chief Judge Ruben Castillo was less than three months into his...

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July 25, 2014

FBI Agent Found Probable Cause That Ex-Judge Cook Possessed Drugs With Intent To Distribute From the Madison County Record Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Julie Neiger found probable cause to...

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July 28, 2014

Sen. Kirk's Office Challenges Illinois Migrant Figures From the Associated Press Recent data released by the federal government may reflect only a fraction of how many unaccompanied children...

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July 29, 2014

Durbin Bill Today Targets Corporate Inversions From the Chicago Sun-Times Sen. Dick Durbin said he and other Democrats today will unveil a bill to curb corporate tax dodging. No federal contracts would...

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July 30, 2014

Iowa Chief Justice Reflects On Politicization Of Judicial Elections From the Legal Times Judges must do a better job of educating the public about their roles in a democracy to counteract the...

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July 31, 2014

St. Clair County Brings Legal Settlements Into The Open From the Belleville News-Democrat The St. Clair County Board has taken a step toward more transparency in how it approves legal settlements. The...

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August 1, 2014

Litigating In Illinois Is Antithesis Of ‘Easy,’ Say Asbestos Defendants In Forum Appeal From the Madison County Record Defendants in three separate Madison County lung cancer asbestos cases have...

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August 4, 2014

What Did Prosecutors Know About Former Judge Michael Cook? From the Belleville News-Democrat St. Clair County prosecutors may have to answer when they found out that former judge Michael Cook was under...

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August 5, 2014

Dillard Steps Down From Illinois Senate To Chair RTA From the Associated Press Republican state Sen. Kirk Dillard, who made two attempts at Illinois governor, officially resigned from the Legislature...

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August 6, 2014

Average Illinois Public Pension Catching Up To Average Salary From the Chicago Daily Herald The average pension for a retired public employee in Illinois is quickly approaching the average salary of...

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August 7, 2014

Illinois Sends State Troopers To Help Chicago Reduce Criminal Violence From the Wall Street Journal Forty state troopers will join city efforts to reduce violence after several attention-grabbing...

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August 8, 2014

NRG To Close Romeoville, Illinois Coal Plant In Clean Air Move From the Associated Press An energy company has announced plans to close one Illinois coal-fired generating unit in Romeoville and convert...

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ICJL begins judicial evaluation process; Big races for area voters

From the Madison County Record The Illinois Civil Justice League (ICJL) has launched its 2014 judicial candidate evaluations process, seeking to keep voters informed about potential jurists who “can...

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August 11, 2014

90 Years On, Push For ERA Ratification Continues From the Associated Press Drafted by a suffragette in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment has been stirring up controversy ever since. Many opponents...

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August 12, 2014

U.S. Court Seats Filling Up From the National Law Journal The Senate confirmed federal judges at a faster rate in the past five months than at any time during President Barack Obama's administration —...

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August 13, 2014

State Agency Is Ignoring Salary Database Law From the Chicago Daily Herald An Illinois law requiring the state to keep a salary database of most local government employees is being disregarded because...

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August 14, 2014

Vikelis A Write-in Winner From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Judges regularly must read between the lines. In April, many of Cook County’s circuit judges wrote between them. The judges received...

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