February 28, 2013
E-Filing Arrives In Cook County - With A Gold Rush From Crain's Chicago Business There's finally some good news in the arcane but needlessly expensive world of the Cook County courts, in which almost...
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Pension Votes Die In House: GOP Says It’s ‘Another Day Of Games’ From the Southern Illinoisan Illinois lawmakers rejected a series of proposals Thursday that would have drastically reduced pension...
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Quinn Budget To Be Hobbled By Pensions, Overdue Bills From the Springfield State Journal-Register Gov. Pat Quinn is scheduled to outline his plan for next year’s budget Wednesday against a backdrop of...
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Quinn Vetoes Gaming Expansion Legislation From the Associated Press Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed a piece of old gambling legislation that would have added five new casinos and more slot machines. This was...
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Quinn’s $35.6 Billion Budget — 1 In Every 5 Dollars Goes To Pensions From the Chicago Sun-Times Gov. Pat Quinn will propose a “painful” $35.6 billion state spending plan for next year that boosts...
View ArticleMarch 7, 2013
Illinois Supreme Court Picks Justice's Law Clerk To Be Cook County Judge From the Chicago Tribune When the Illinois Supreme Court acted to fill a vacancy on the Cook County bench this year, it looked...
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Lisa Madigan Moves Toward Run In Illinois From Politico.com Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan spoke with several of the nation’s top progressive groups during a visit to Washington D.C. last week,...
View ArticleMarch 11, 2013
Another Bad Way To Pick Judges From the Chicago Tribune For the second time in two years, the Illinois Supreme Court has filled an opening on the Cook County circuit bench with one of Justice Charles...
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SEC Says Illinois Hid Pension Troubles From the Wall Street Journal For years, Illinois officials misled investors and shortchanged the state pension system, leaving future generations of taxpayers to...
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Judge Warns Federal Cuts Will 'Strike At The Heart' Of Judiciary From the Legal Times Speaking today at the Judicial Conference's biannual meeting in Washington, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Julia...
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Speaker Madigan On SEC Fraud Allegations vs. State: ‘There Are No Victims Here’ From the Chicago Sun-Times House Speaker Michael Madigan, a decades-long constant at the Statehouse as Illinois’ pensions...
View ArticleMarch 15, 2013
Kilbride Makes Court’s FY14 Budget Request; Urges Lawmakers To Make ’Rounding Error’ From the Madison County Record Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Kilbride has asked lawmakers to appropriate...
View ArticleMarch 18, 2013
Illinois Lawyers Go Out West To Address Trends In Asbestos Suits From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The rising number of lung cancer lawsuits is among the topics at an upcoming asbestos litigation...
View ArticleMarch 19, 2013
U.S. Attorney Candidate Zach Fardon: Good Looks, Killer Legal Chops, Humility Like ‘New Pope’ From the Chicago Sun-Times It was one of the last weeks in the trial of former Gov. George Ryan, and the...
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U.S. High Court Rules For Insurer In Class Action Suit; Keeps Case In Federal Court From Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday a homeowner seeking to sue his insurer could not file suit in a...
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Judge Halts Illinois Ratings Suit Against S&P From the Chicago Tribune A lawsuit brought by the state of Illinois against the McGraw-Hill Cos. and its Standard & Poor's unit over allegedly...
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Illinois Unemployment Spikes As More Join Job Search From the Associated Press Illinois’ unemployment rate increased for a second straight month in February, spiking to 9.5 percent, the state...
View ArticleMarch 25, 2013
Illinois Hits A Sorry Milestone From Crain's Chicago Business Sometime this month, Illinois probably exceeded $100 billion in pension debt, a sorry milestone in the state's long slog to fiscal hell....
View ArticleMarch 26, 2013
Madison County Jurors Again Rule For Doctor In Med Mal Case From the Madison County Record For a second time in four years, Madison County jurors have ruled for a Highland doctor accused of medical...
View ArticleMarch 27, 2013
Chicago Law School Ties Spark Call For Recusal From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin The lawyer appealing the dismissal of suits against three law schools asked Illinois Appellate Court justices who...
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