September 22, 2015
Lawsuits Pile Up Nationwide In Case Of Genetically Modified Corn From the Springfield State Journal-Register A legal fight over genetically modified corn that already has generated lawsuits in more...
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Plaintiff, Defense Attorneys And Judge Stobbs Discuss Navigating Madison County Asbestos Docket From the Madison County Record Madison County Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs was joined by attorneys from...
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Waiting In Wings For The Supreme Court: Cases To Watch From Law.com Significant challenges that involve abortion, solitary confinement, insider trading and other contentious questions await the...
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Tribune Sues Emanuel Over Use Of Private Email From the Chicago Tribune The Chicago Tribune filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that Mayor Rahm Emanuel violated state open records laws by refusing to...
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Lights Out At Capitol? Impasse Starts To Sting From the Bloomington Pantagraph With Illinois poised to enter its fourth month without a budget, the drum beat of a more pervasive government shutdown is...
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Lawyers For Dennis Hastert In Plea Negotiations With Prosecutors From the Chicago Tribune Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is negotiating a possible guilty plea to charges he agreed to make...
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No Divisions In Latest Illinois Supreme Court Rulings From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin From high school bleachers to the Brookfield Zoo, from driver’s licenses to juvenile court jurisdiction, the...
View ArticleEditorial: Legal Reform Requires Careful Negotiations
From the Bloomington Pantagraph and Decatur Herald & Review The state of Illinois either has one of the nation’s worst judicial climates, or is a state where the ordinary plaintiff has a fair...
View ArticleThe Trial Lawyer Underground: Covertly Lobbying the Executive Branch
From the US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform As opportunities for advancing their liability-expanding agenda in Congress have dimmed, plaintiffs’-lawyer lobbyists have focused their influence on the...
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Commentary: Why Illinois Should Be The First 2016 Primary State From the Washington Post On Monday, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus suggested that Iowa and New Hampshire's place...
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Illinois Businesses Get Lucrative EDGE Tax Breaks, Fall Short Of Job Goals From the Chicago Tribune Illinois' flagship job program has awarded millions of dollars to companies that never hired an...
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Supreme Court Plaintiffs Play From the Wall Street Journal Plaintiffs lawyers are always on the prowl for new ways to disrupt or ban arbitration agreements, which interfere with their class-action...
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Illinois Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Appeal Over Milk Marketing Dispute From the Chicago Sun-Times The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of Prairie Farms Dairy (PFD), locked in a...
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I-LAW Criticizes Judiciary During 'Lawsuit Abuse Awareness' Rallies From the Madison County Record Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch Executive Director Travis Akin leveled a stinging rebuke of the courts in...
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New Chicago FBI Chief: City 'Target Rich' For Corruption Probes From the Chicago Tribune Michael J. Anderson was staking out the front entrance of a Washington-area Ritz-Carlton in 2005 when he saw...
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Democrats Say Rauner 'Needs To Get Serious' On Budget From the Associated Press Illinois will run out of money to operate in a matter of months if lawmakers can't agree on a state budget, top Democrats...
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Public Health Bracing For More Cuts Without A State Budget From the Bloomington Pantagraph Public health administrators are worried that the ongoing absence of a state budget will diminish health...
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Union Talks Complicate Steelmaker Decisions From the Alton Telegraph The union representing 2,000 workers at the U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works is in contentious negotiations with Pittsburgh-based...
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Illinois Will Delay Pension Payment, Citing Cash Shortage From Crain's Chicago Business Illinois will delay payments to its pension fund as a prolonged budget impasse causes a cash shortage,...
View ArticleLatest ‘Judicial Hellholes’ Ranks Include Missouri & Madison County
From the American Tort Reform Association The American Tort Reform Foundation issued its 2015-2016 Judicial Hellholes® report today, naming courts in California, New York City, Florida, Missouri,...
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