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Employee benefits attorneys continue to advise clients on Obamacare, say more guidance is needed
Wofford A lot of employers waited for the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a ruling over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) before they started making major decisions. -
Majority of local judicial candidates 'like' Facebook as additional campaign tool
Burkart Thanks to his 22-year-old son and his barber, Hamel attorney Thomas Burkart has embraced social media as an additional tool in his campaign for circuit judge. -
Obamacare Victory Could Boost Federal Medmal Limits Efforts
Cochran "If this law is upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court, then there's virtually nothing that's beyond Congress's reach, and I think that would be a horrible, horrible precedent for the country." -
Influential Catholic, Christian Groups Support Obamacare Lawsuits
Cochran The 43 Catholic dioceses, organizations and universities that sued the Obama administration on May 21 invoked their 7th Amendment rights and demanded that local juries hear the suits, not judges. It would be better if push doesn't come to shove, but if it does, the nation will see why the Founding Fathers were unanimous in including this "sacred" and "inviolable" right in the Bill of Rights. -
Obama should approve the Keystone pipeline deal
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What Reagan really said about tort reform
Cochran During the recent 100th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan, we read many tributes to him and re-read many of his greatest speeches. -
Give 'em Hell, George!
Hopkins ...sitting quietly in Crawford, Texas, out of the glare of the spotlight but basking in the peace of the righteous man confirmed by the march of History, is the true author of the new found spirit of freedom in the sands, the man whose belief held that when the citizens of once-enslaved nations received a taste of personal freedom, its message would have no borders. -
GJN expands bankruptcy practice with veteran attorneys
Lander ST. LOUIS - Attorneys David A. Lander and Eric C. Peterson have joined Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C. as partners. -
Emanuel can run for mayor
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 7-0 to allow Rahm Emanuel to run for mayor of Chicago. -
High court puts Emanuel back on ballot while deciding candidacy
Emanuel SPRINGFIELD – Supreme Court Justices put former White House staff chief Rahm Emanuel back on the ballot for Chicago mayor but haven't decided whether he can run. -
Rahm Emanuel can vote in Chicago, but can't run for mayor, court rules
Emanuel CHICAGO – Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel can vote in Chicago but that doesn't mean he can run for mayor, First District appellate judges ruled on Jan. 24. -
Illinois: Death by Taxes
During the Illinois General Assembly's lame duck session, Democrat leaders have moved to abolish the death penalty at the same time as signing the economic death warrant for state's economy. -
Emanuel residency supporters have connections to Madison County
Clifford Some of Chicago's top trial lawyers have joined ranks to keep mayoral hopeful and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on the ballot in the Feb. 22, 2011 election. -
Michael O'Malley and the Metro East merry-go-round
Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulous, who also is ABC News's chief political analyst, once was the White House communications director in the Clinton administration. -
Good Night, Mrs. Cleaver
America's Mom died last Saturday. Barbara Billingley, the actress whose career-defining role as June Cleaver made her the model matriarch for the nation, passed away at age 94. -
Obama failed the 'Education Nation' test
Proft NBC dedicated a week of programming at the end of September to spotlighting the good, the bad, and the ugly of K-12 education in America under the rubric "Education Nation." -
EPA, atrazine maker at odds over study
Jackson The federal Environmental Protection Agency says a new review of atrazine, a commonly used agricultural pesticide, is rooted in a statutory mandate and prompted by new evidence about the effects of the pesticide to humans and animals. -
Reagan considers certifying 13-year old H&R Block class action
Brown EAST ST. LOUIS – Mark Brown of LakinChapman claims H&R Block Tax Services tricked customers into paying extra for "peace of mind" guarantees they didn't need, but about 100,000 customers who bought it wound up needing it. -
Yearning for the Bush years
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It's curtains for Ali G
Proft Who would have thought that pawn broker Scott Lee Cohen, the deposed Democrat Lt. Governor candidate, would have turned out to be a more competent lender than former Democrat golden boy Ali G?