EDWARDSVILLE – Jeff Cooper, who invested with Hunter Biden and currently employs Biden’s former partner Devon Archer, merged his law firm with Ethan Flint’s law firm in March.
NEW YORK CITY and EAST ST. LOUIS – Actions that Alton asbestos lawyer John Simmons took six and 12 years ago have stuck him in the spotlight of a criminal corruption trial in New York and an $8 billion corruption claim in Illinois. In New York, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has served a subpoena for documents about Simmons in preparation for his trial, set to start on Nov. 2. Physician Robert Taub, who received the subpoena, told the court that Silver could get the documents from fede
SimmonsCooper law firm settled benzene exposure claims of a New York state resident against about 70 companies in Madison County Circuit Court, a day before a scheduled hearing on a challenge to the court's jurisdiction.
One of the most active asbestos litigation firms in Illinois, Simmons Cooper of Madison County, apparently is shifting much of its asbestos practice -- and some of its political involvement -- to Delaware amid repeated indications that the judicial environment in Madison County is changing for the better.
Circuit Judge Daniel Stack will hear all pending motions in his weekly asbestos motion docket hearing Oct. 22 on Robert Cannon v. A.W. Chesterton et.al. . Cannon, who lives in Washington, suffers from mesothelioma.
In a hearing Oct. 18, plaintiffs will try to show Purdue Pharma misled federal regulators and urged physicians to prescribe the painkiller OxyContin, even though the pharmaceutical knew the drug was dangerously addictive.
Circuit Judge Phillip Kardis makes his debut as boss of the asbestos docket on Thursday. Longtime Granite City judge no stranger to controversy, spotlight.