April 16, 2015
College Of DuPage Under Federal Investigation From the Chicago Tribune In a sign of intensifying scrutiny of the College of DuPage, federal prosecutors have opened a wide-ranging criminal investigation...
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Judge Kolker To Preside Over Employee Unions’ Lawsuit Against Gov. Rauner From the Madison County Record St. Clair County Associate Judge Christopher Kolker will preside over a suit that state employee...
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BND Editorial: Workers’ Comp Isn’t Finished From the Belleville News-Democrat In 2011, Illinois lawmakers took a bunch of victory laps for their workers’ comp “reforms.” But four years later, those...
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Law Schools Try To Adapt As Job Market Sours From the Washington Post Law schools across the country are facing their lowest enrollment numbers in years, causing some to slash their budgets and revamp...
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Chicago Sued Over Police Department's Alleged Stop-And-Frisk Practices From the Chicago Tribune The Chicago Police Department's controversial stop-and-frisk policy has routinely violated the...
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Lynn Sweet: Springfield Bill Would Make It Harder To Sue To Block Obama Library, Lucas Museum From the Chicago Sun-Times Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants lawmakers in Springfield to approve legislation to make...
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I-LAW ‘Reform Rally’ Will Push Legislators To Take Up Civil Justice From the Madison County Record Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch will host its second “Rally for Lawsuit Reform” in an effort to create...
View ArticleGroup Says Lawsuits Continue To Bring Down Illinois’ Economy
From the Belleville News-Democrat A business-backed group that keeps tabs on Illinois courts says it has conducted a new study showing litigation hurts the state’s economic growth. The Illinois Civil...
View ArticleApril 27, 2015
Madison County Jury Rules For Doctors In Med Mal Case; Plaintiff Had Sought $2 Million From the Madison County Record A Madison County jury returned a defense verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit...
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Rauner: 'Moral' Duty To Take Illinois Back From Unions, 'Corrupt' Insiders From Crain's Chicago Business With a series of titanic budget votes coming up fast, Gov. Bruce Rauner went into full campaign...
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St. Clair County Steps In As Lead Plaintiff In Class Action Against Guardrail Maker Trinity Industries From the Madison County Record When Hamilton County dropped out as a class action client for...
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Illinois County Does Booming Business In Asbestos Lawsuits From the Associated Press Few of the tourists who drive old Route 66 through this rural Illinois town are aware of its true economic engine: a...
View ArticleMay 1, 2015
Liberals Form Kennedy-chaired Think Tank In Chicago From Crain's Chicago Business Leading Illinois liberals are forming a well-endowed think tank here, hoping to offset the influence of Gov. Bruce...
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Rauner, Business Groups Push For Illinois Workers' Compensation Changes From the Chicago Tribune When state lawmakers approved broad changes to Illinois' workers' compensation insurance system in 2011,...
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Illinois Among Five 'Sinkhole States' In Post Great Recession America From Reboot Illinois When cruising around downtown Chicago, nothing is worse for your tire than driving over a pothole. The streets...
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Illinois Workers' Compensation Gets Rare Full House Hearing From the Chicago Tribune What is the value of a finger? An arm? The Illinois House spent more than five hours Tuesday discussing such...
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Illinois Employers Plan To Lay Off 1,100 Workers From the Chicago Tribune Illinois employers warned in April that they would lay off more than 1,100 people starting at the end of May, according to the...
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New Effort For Redistricting Reform Picking Up Steam From the Peoria Journal-Star Leaders of a revived effort to amend the state constitution’s requirements for drawing the state Legislature districts...
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Illinois Supreme Court Sends A Simple Pension Message: Pay Up From Crain's Chicago Business Pay up—no matter how long it takes and how much it costs. That is the overwhelming, utterly clear message...
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Madigan Slates Hearing On Rauner Plan To Limit Medical Malpractice Awards From the Illinois Observer News last Friday of the collapse of the state’s pension reform law overshadowed a new step by...
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