September 12, 2014
Judge Reversed Three Times In Four Months After Sentencing On Heroin Charges From the Madison County Record Fifth District appellate judges reversed former St. Clair County judge Michael Cook three...
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Questions Emerge About Ann Callis' Illinois Residency From the Associated Press Illinois congressional candidate Ann Callis’ previous out-of-state residence has come under scrutiny, with a published...
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Peoria Labor Boss' Wife Among IDOT Employees Hired In Controversial Process From the Peoria Journal-Star One of the 103 people still on the job after being hired in a patronage scandal that has...
View ArticleDenial Can’t Mask Illinois’ Poor Lawsuit Climate
By Lisa Rickard, President, US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Denial is one of the oldest tricks around. When confronted with an uncomfortable situation, one common human instinct is to deny...
View ArticleSeptember 17, 2014
Federal Judiciary Approves Civil Discovery Rules Changes From the Legal Times Federal judiciary officials on Tuesday approved proposed changes to court rules that could reshape how discovery is handled...
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Chicago Among Cities Taking Aim At Drugmakers From the Associated Press Some of the nation’s largest cities are ratcheting up their criticism of prescription painkillers, blaming the industry for a...
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State's Job Climate Gets 2 Forecasts From the Chicago Tribune The two major governor candidates sparred over jobs numbers Thursday, as Gov. Pat Quinn touted Illinois' lowest unemployment rate since he...
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Cook County Judicial System Set To Explore Data-sharing From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin With so many moving parts and elected offices involved, it’s not always easy to get every key player in the...
View ArticleGroup Pushes For Better-Informed Votes On Judges
From the Associated Press One Illinois group wants voters to be better informed about judges, who will be among the lesser known candidates on the November ballot. The Illinois Civil Justice League on...
View ArticleSeptember 23, 2014
Hospitals Cut Costs By Getting Doctors To Stick To Guidelines From the Wall Street Journal A hospital group in Delaware was concerned it was spending too much on cardiac monitoring for patients outside...
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Huge Backlog Of Madison Asbestos Cases Need To Be Addressed, Attorneys Say From the Madison County Asbestos plaintiffs attorneys working in Southern Illinois recently said Madison County Circuit Judge...
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Illinois Among Top States For Candidate TV Ad Spending From the Associated Press If it seems as though the number of political ads on television has ramped up markedly this election, now there’s...
View ArticleSeptember 26, 2014
Does Fitzgerald’s Record Make Him AG Front-runner Or Long Shot? From the Chicago Sun-Times He upset Republicans and Democrats alike, brought Chicago’s most notorious dirty cop to justice and sent the...
View ArticleSeptember 29, 2014
Flight Disruptions Ease After Outage In Chicago From the Wall Street Journal With federal air-traffic controllers from adjacent Midwest facilities taking over management of flights after a key Chicago...
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Karmeier Pens Order Explaining Why He Won’t Recuse In Price v. Philip Morris From the Madison County Record Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier took a rare step last week when he rejected a...
View ArticleOctober 1, 2014
Appellate Court Agrees State Owes Workers From the Associated Press An Illinois appellate court has ruled that back wages owed thousands of state government workers from 2011 to 2013 must be paid. A...
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Airports Like O'Hare A Focus Point In Ebola Battle From the Arlington Heights Daily Herald In the wake of news that a man infected with the Ebola virus traveled from West Africa to Dallas late last...
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Illinois Hospitals Face Fines Over Readmissions From the Chicago Sun-Times Some of the Chicago area's most prominent research hospitals — and others that serve its poorest residents — face significant...
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Illinois Prepares For 2nd Round Of Obamacare From the Chicago Tribune Another chance to get insurance under the federal health law is coming, but Illinois officials aren't expecting people who didn't...
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Illinois Health Care Professionals Preparing For Ebola From the Bloomington Pantagraph While the risk of contracting Ebola in Central Illinois remains low, hospitals and county health departments are...
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