U.S. Supreme Court
Recent News About U.S. Supreme Court
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Judicial reform proposal remains under lawmakers' radar
While sometimes it's good to be a record holder, some are questioning whether Illinois should continue to hold the national record for most expensive supreme court race. -
Supreme Court hearing sheds light on tenuous nature of asbestos trusts
Justice Stevens A relatively odd dust-up between two different insurance defense lawyers embroiled in mutli-million dollar asbestos lawsuits lay at the center of a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. -
Trial lawyers seek to recession-proof their practices
Frank WASHINGTON - Even trial attorneys are not immune from the historic economic crisis hammering the United States, legal observers said. -
U.S. law firms eye global expansion of asbestos litigation
Hartley The 900-lb. gorilla of American civil law is expanding globally to an even greater degree than it already has, according to a Chicago defense attorney who writes a blog on global asbestos issues. -
EHS students study Constitution in battle against ignorance
Dorothy Stamer In order to form a more perfect union, students at Edwardsville High School are seriously exercising their right to assemble with energy and determination. -
Scholar: Wyeth decision could have far-reaching side effects
Calfee WASHINGTON - A U.S. Supreme Court decision this month affirming the right to sue in state court over complications from federally-approved medications could have far-reaching effects on Americans, a scholar says. -
Lawyers in $11 billion Wal-Mart case counting on embezzler's testimony
Coughlin SAN FRANCISCO – Retailer Wal-Mart stands strong while other businesses fall, but class action lawyers aim to knock it down with an $11 billion lawsuit. -
Tillery again appeals $10 billion tobacco verdict
Tillery Stephen Tillery has appealed an order of Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth denying his bid to reinstate a $10 billion verdict against cigarette maker Philip Morris -
U.S. Supreme Court rules against Wyeth in federal preemption case
Copland WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in a closely watched federal preemption case, ruling that a woman may sue in state court over a federally-approved drug. -
Judge Ruth rejects attempt by Tillery to reopen $10 billion tobacco case
Lombardi Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth has rejected Stephen Tillery's bid to reclaim a $10 billion verdict that he obtained against cigarette maker Philip Morris in 2003. -
Tillery: 'Too diligent' in effort to reopen $10 billion tobacco case
Tillery Stephen Tillery of St. Louis insists he can't be too diligent in laboring to restore a $10 billion Madison County verdict against cigarette maker Philip Morris. -
Philip Morris counters Tillery's attempt to reopen Price
Tillery Philip Morris USA has countered Stephen Tillery's bid to resurrect a $10 billion class action verdict that Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron awarded in 2003. -
Trial lawyers ask Obama to expand product liability
President-elect Obama WASHINGTON - A leading national group of trial lawyers Monday called on President-elect Barack Obama to repeal a bevy of regulations that limit corporate liability. -
Court of the living dead
We don't keep a crystal ball here at The Record. But one mustn't be psychic to predict the next move of a jackpot-seeking trial lawyer like Steve Tillery. -
Wage legislation called a potential 'bonanza' for trial lawyers
Boehner WASHINGTON - Legislation called a potential "trial lawyer bonanza" by the Wall Street Journal is winding its way through Congress. -
Burris appointment and the Constitution
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High court's tobacco ruling might have saved $10.1 billion Price verdict, expert says
Samp Madison County's famous $10.1 billion tobacco verdict might have held up, had a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision been in place, a legal expert said. -
U.S. Supreme Court OKs lawsuits over light cigarettes
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Smokers can sue over deceptive marketing of so-called light cigarettes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. -
Spence: Trial lawyers more important than doctors
Spence SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)-Being a trial lawyer is the noblest profession in America, some 500 lawyers who gathered here for the annual Consumer Attorneys of California convention heard from one of the nation's most famed plaintiffs' attorneys. -
Soros, related groups really want judicial control
Adomite These groups would never admit the need for legal reform, nor would they acknowledge that some judges are better than others. They would never acknowledge an even more dramatic thought that some judges might not be living up the high standards they've been trusted to uphold and maintain.