March 23, 2015
Madison County Furloughs Court Reporters Over Budget Crunch From the Associated Press Court reporters in a southwestern Illinois county will stay home three days each week in response to a state budget...
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Three State Workers Seek To Join Rauner Lawsuit Over Union Dues From the Associated Press Three Illinois state employees on Monday sought to join Gov. Bruce Rauner's lawsuit against labor unions, a...
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Rauner Looks To Cities To Advance Union Agenda From the Carbondale Southern Illinoisan Gov. Bruce Rauner wants cities and villages to join his fight against organized labor. In an email to mayors...
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US Chamber Says Corporate Settlements Go To 'Slush Funds' From Law.com Law enforcement is increasingly becoming a for-profit phenomenon, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce isn’t happy about it. The...
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More People Moved Away From Illinois Last Year Than Any Other State From WBEZ Illinois had the biggest decrease in population according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Between July 1, 2013 to...
View ArticleMarch 30, 2015
Relief Arrives For Court Reporters From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Court reporters can breathe easy now. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a budget fix into law Thursday that fully funds the state’s...
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Cook County, Chicago Officials Oppose 'Right To Work' Zones From the Associated Press Chicago and Cook County officials are opposing Gov. Bruce Rauner's plan to let local governments and voters decide...
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State Court Budget Request Faces High Hurdles From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin In the opening round of the state budgeting process, Illinois’ top court has asked lawmakers for a roughly $30 million...
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Judge Hears Arguments On Attorney Fees In State Retiree Insurance Case From the Springfield State Journal-Register Lawyers involved in the lawsuits that overturned a state law charging state retirees...
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Panel Rules ComEd Liable In Civil Action From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin A state appeals panel ruled that a lawsuit against Commonwealth Edison for cutting down trees on private property belongs in...
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Feds' Spending On Lawsuits Up From the National Law Journal The federal government paid more than $3 billion last year to resolve lawsuits, almost twice as much as it did the year before, according to...
View ArticleSurvey To Gauge Service Quality Of Circuit Courts
From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Illinois judges want to know how people really feel about them. Chief judges in all 24 judicial circuits will issue surveys at most courthouses in the state to ask...
View ArticleHow The Tort Juggernaut Trolls For Clients
From Tiger Joyce, President of the American Tort Reform Association It has been more than 15 years since former Supreme Court Justice David Souter referred to asbestos litigation as an “elephantine...
View ArticleApril 7, 2015
Rauner Says He'll Use 'Leverage' Of Money Woes To Get Pro-business Changes From the Chicago Sun-Times Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner kicked off a campaign-style statewide tour Monday by indicating he'll...
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Rauner: Illinois Supreme Court Part Of A 'Corrupt System' From the Chicago Daily Herald Gov. Bruce Rauner Tuesday said the Illinois Supreme Court is part of a "corrupt system" because justices can get...
View ArticleApril 9, 2015
Judges Association, Bar Association Hit Back At Rauner From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin A day after Gov. Bruce Rauner said the Illinois Supreme Court is part of a “corrupt system,” a judges’...
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Legal Groups Pen Sharp Reaction To Rauner’s ‘Corruption’ Criticism From the Madison County Record Reaction to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s dings on the state’s judicial system earlier this week has been fast...
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Rauner Details Legislative Agenda From the Springfield State Journal-Register Gov. Bruce Rauner has begun putting a finer point on his legislative agenda, telling voters, elected officials and...
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Lawsuit Reform Group Compares Filings By Counties From the Associated Press A group that's criticized the volume of lawsuits in Illinois has a new report it says contains mixed news for reform...
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New Report Singles Out Most Litigious Illinois Counties From the Associated Press While lawsuit-filing rates in most of Illinois are at a 40-year low, they remain high in Cook and Madison counties due,...
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