May 13, 2015
Madigan Stacks Committee Hearing To Favor Tort Victims From Illinois Review House Speaker Mike Madigan called for a Committee of the Whole hearing in the House Chambers Wednesday afternoon to hear from...
View ArticleCivil Case Plaintiffs Weigh In On Caps In Tort Reform
From the Associated Press Plaintiffs in medical-malpractice and wrongful-death lawsuits weighed in Tuesday about the impact of jury award limits as Illinois lawmakers began debating whether to make...
View ArticleMay 14, 2015
Why Chicago’s Bonds Are Junk From the Wall Street Journal Illinois’s domination by public unions has the state dancing on the edge of fiscal freefall. The state Supreme Court ruled last week that...
View ArticleMay 15, 2015
Database Provides Insight Into How Much Asbestos Claims Are Worth From the Madison County Record A recently unsealed database showing the awards of hundreds of claimants from bankruptcy trusts and...
View ArticleMay 18, 2015
Should Illinois Follow South Dakota? How Other States Tax Lawyers, Other Professional Services From Crain's Chicago Business To lawmakers looking for revenue, lawyers and other highly paid...
View ArticleMay 19, 2015
Illinois Supreme Court To Hear $10B Phillip Morris Appeal From the Associated Press The Illinois Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on a $10.1 billion class action verdict against cigarette...
View ArticleMay 20, 2015
Tobacco Case Gets Second Go-Around From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin To one side, it was “the most massive fraud in American history.” To the other, the Illinois Supreme Court should not become the...
View ArticleMay 21, 2015
It Isn't Just Illinois: Other States Are Struggling To Balance Budgets, Too From Bloomberg News Illinois isn't alone. Six years after the recession ended, many U.S. states are hard pressed to balance...
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Rauner: Expect A Very Long Extra Session From the Chicago Daily Herald Gov. Bruce Rauner and lawmakers were doing battle in April 2015 over a state budget created in May 2014. That's something to keep...
View ArticleMay 25, 2015
Gov. Rauner Softens Some 'Turnaround Agenda' Demands From the Associated Press Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to introduce legislation Friday to advance a scaled-back version of the pro-business agenda he's...
View ArticleMay 26, 2015
Madigan: Democrats Will Pass Their Own Budget; Need $3 Billion In More Revenue From the Springfield State Journal-Register Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Monday said Democrats are prepared to...
View ArticleMay 27, 2015
Judicial Inquiry Board Caseload Could Get ‘Unmanageable’ From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The panel that investigates alleged judicial misconduct in the state court system is long on complaints and...
View ArticleMay 28, 2015
Work Comp Reform Rejected In Senate Judiciary From the Madison County Record The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday afternoon voted down Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to reform the state’s workers’...
View ArticleMay 29, 2015
Report Names Chicago "Corruption Capital Of America"-- Again From NBC Chicago Chicago has maintained its first-place status, but not for something for which the city should be proud. The city was once...
View ArticleNo Deal: Springfield Session Ends Without Budget
From the Associated Press The increasingly nasty feud between Gov. Bruce Rauner and majority Democrats is about to spill from the Illinois statehouse to voters’ mailboxes and televisions, as the rookie...
View ArticleJune 1, 2015
Rauner: ‘Rough’ Weeks Ahead For Illinois Lawmakers From WGN News There’s a standoff in Springfield and what was supposed to be the conclusion of the legislative session Sunday wasn’t so at all....
View ArticleLitigation Tourism Is Bad For Illinois
By Mark Behrens Illinois has a nationwide reputation as a prime destination for “litigation tourists.” Each year, people without a meaningful connection to Illinois flock to the state to file lawsuits...
View ArticleJune 2, 2015
Hinz: Business-Backed Group To Sit Out Springfield Budget War — For Now From Crain's Chicago Business A well-financed centrist group that some expected would be allied with Gov. Bruce Rauner in this...
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Perry Browder Of Simmons Firm Appointed President Of ITLA From the Madison County Record Madison County asbestos attorney Perry J. Browder, shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy in Alton, will take over...
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AFSCME Launches Its Own Campaign For Contract From the Bloomington Pantagraph With negotiations on a new labor contract heading into their final month, the state's largest employee union is poised to...
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