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Aoic Hosts Illinois #youth Are Worth It Learning Event
The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) is proud to announce it was awarded $5,000 from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to support activities related to Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM), raising awareness of the 50th Anniversary of the federal Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act (JJDPA), and Juvenile Detention in Illinois.
Attorney General Raoul Files Brief Opposing Needless Restrictions on Access to Mifepristone in North Carolina
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, today filed a brief opposing efforts in North Carolina to restrict access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone.
Pritzker answer in weapon ban case: 'Lack knowledge on impact of citizens' arms against British empire'
EAST ST. LOUIS - Governor Pritzker doesn’t believe the American experiment might not have begun if not for citizens taking up arms against the British empire's overreach, according to one of his answers to a plaintiff challenging his weapon ban.
Barnes & Thornburg Recognized as a 2024 Top Performer By Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
Barnes & Thornburg has received the 2024 Top Performer designation from the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD).
Toney Tomaso Appointed as DRI's Vice Chair of the Workers' Compensation Substantive Law Committee
Exciting news from the DRI Annual Meeting 2024 in Seattle!
Syngenta, Chevron say plaintiffs feign disbelief over implausible Paraquat claims
EAST ST. LOUIS - Syngenta and Chevron claim Paraquat lawyers who oppose dismissal of 586 suits pretend that they haven’t repeatedly revealed implausible cases on their docket.
Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Filing Brief to Protect Homeowners From Discriminatory Insurance Industry Practices
Attorney General Kwame Raoul and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb led a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging a federal court to reject a challenge to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Discriminatory Effects Rule.
IL counties can't end lawsuit accusing them of unconstitutionally taking homes over unpaid taxes
A Chicago federal judge said the counties can't beat the lawsuit by claiming they aren't violating the Constitution because state law allows private investors to keep the homes and the profits from the forced sales, not the governments themselves
Caseyville misses deadline to respond to flood lawsuit; Judge mulls dismissal
EAST ST. LOUIS - Caseyville sued CSX railroad for causing a flood but missed a deadline for responding to a motion to dismiss the suit.
Judge approves $94.5 million global settlement for Chemtool industrial fire mass tort in Rockton, Illinois
Romanucci & Blandin Partner David A. Neiman, who represented property owners in the lawsuit against Chemtool for the 2021 industrial fire, issued the following statement regarding the judge's approval of the $94.5 million settlement:
Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Tenth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Tenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Vincent E. Cail as associate judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit.
Nursing homes can use Pritzker Covid orders to block suits over Covid deaths
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled trial lawyers can't entirely sidestep emergency orders issued by Gov. JB Pritzker at the onset of the Covid pandemic to hit nursing homes with lawsuits over Covid deaths, even though the governor's orders appeared to protect them from such lawsuits
'A downward spiral': Biz groups, legal reformers urge IL high court to nix bid to kill anti-forum shopping rule
The filings come in response to an attempt by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association to seize on a dispute over the constitutionality of a controversial state law to win a long sought policy goal, which would funnel lawsuits into Cook, Madison and St. Clair counties, in pursuit of bigger, easier verdicts
ESL housing authority board member and police officer sue over alleged corruption
EAST ST. LOUIS - City leaders fired housing authority board member Shonte Mueller and assistant police chief Nicholas Mueller because she tried to clean up the housing authority and he protected her, according to a suit they filed at U.S. district court on Oct. 15.
Notice of Vacancy for at-large Circuit Judge In the Eighth Judicial Circuit
Justice Lisa Holder White of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for an At-Large Circuit Judge vacancy in the Eighth Judicial Circuit.
Disbarred lawyer seeks to change plea in federal fraud case
EAST ST. LOUIS - Jason Caraway of Belleville, who the Supreme Court suspended for spending money that belonged to clients, seeks to change his plea on wire fraud charges.
Attorney General Raoul Charges Adams County Woman With Sexual Assault, Manufacturing and Disseminating Child Sexual Abuse Material
Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Quincy, Illinois woman with sexual assault and manufacturing and disseminating child pornography.
IL Supreme Court: Lawsuit damages over spouse's wrongful death must still be paid if surviving spouse remarries
The unanimous opinion said a judgment compensating one spouse for the loss of another through medical malpractice or other harm must still be paid by defendants, even if the judgment includes money for "material services" the other spouse would have provided to the household in the form of completed chores like cooking meals and washing clothes
St. Clair County first responders settle pay dispute lawsuit
BENTON - St. Clair County emergency management employees Ann Ellis, Candis Cross and Tina Joaquin agreed to settle claims that the county shorted their pay.
Attorney General Raoul Announces $52 Million Settlement Agreement With Marriott for Data Breach of Starwood Reservation Database
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general, has reached an agreement in principle with Marriott International Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multiyear data breach of one of its guest reservation databases.