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Madison County named 5th worst 'Judicial Hellhole' for '14
Recent developments in New York City’s asbestos docket have caused it to be declared the No. 1 Judicial Hellhole by a national legal reform group. -
Lawyers behind Price v. Philip Morris ordered to produce '04 campaign documents; Judge calls them 'essential' to State Farm's defense
TilleryFive top tort lawyers must deliver 34 documents to State Farm about their role in the Illinois Supreme Court election of 2004, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Williams ruled on Dec. 5. He declared the documents essential to State Farm’s defense in a class action alleging that it corrupted the Supreme Court through secret support of candidate Lloyd Karmeier. Williams overruled assertions of privilege -
Supreme Court sets briefing schedule in pension case; slates oral argument for March
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear arguments in March over the closely-watched challenge to the state’s pension reform law. -
Fees to file in Supreme, appellate courts will double Jan. 1
Parties filing cases in Illinois’ reviewing courts will see their fees double next month. -
Judge: Hale plaintiffs not able to connect dots on money trail from State Farm to Karmeier campaign
Plaintiffs claiming State Farm fraudulently secured the election of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier haven’t produced enough evidence to justify invasion of State Farm’s privacy, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Williams ruled on Nov. 25. -
Karmeier sworn-in to second term; Retained with 60.77 percent
Rarick (left) and KarmeierIllinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier was sworn in to a second 10-year term on Dec. 1 by former Justice Philip Rarick during a ceremony at the Washington County Judicial Center in Nashville.In spite of a last minute, $2 million negative attack, Karmeier prevailed in the Nov. 4 general election.He was retained with 60.77 percent of the vote total, according to final -
Fifth District reinstates $10B verdict in Price verdict; Philip Morris vows to appeal to Supreme Court
The Fifth District Appellate Court on Tuesday reinstated a $10.1 billion verdict in a decade-old class action lawsuit that accused Philip Morris USA of misleading consumers by deceptively marketing “light” and “low tar” cigarettes.