EAST ST. LOUIS – Edwardsville lawyer Brian Wendler can't depose representatives of insurer AIG in his search for the source of an Internet message about him, U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifford Proud has decided.
Burke As Brad Lakin tries to stop a class action settlement that former employee Richard Burke reached in New Jersey, Burke tries to stop a Lakin settlement in Madison County.
With all of the stories and statistics being furiously emailed around recently about job loss, businesses leaving, crushing debt, and unfunded obligations, you might think, as has often been said, that Illinois state government is broken.
Mattson EAST ST. LOUIS – Insurer AIG, facing a motion for sanctions from lawyer Brian Wendler in a defamation suit, answers that Wendler should face sanctions.
Hartley LOS ANGELES – Emerging trends in asbestos litigation are producing new pools of plaintiffs from new waters sparsely fished by attorneys until recent years.
Blotevogel EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyer Brian Wendler of Edwardsville has lost patience with nearly bankrupt insurer AIG for refusing to find out who posted a message about him on the internet seven years ago.
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has denied a motion to disqualify Roy Dripps of LakinChapman law firm as counsel to former asbestos plaintiff Judy Buckles in a legal malpractice suit against Mark Goldenberg's firm.
Blotevogel EAST ST. LOUIS – As AIG hangs in suspense between nationalization and failure, lawyer Brian Wendler demands that the insurer continue trying to identify one worker among 20,000 who posted a comment about him on a website in 2002.
Resolving Family Law Issues, a continuing legal education program hosted by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, March 6, at Four Points by Sheraton, 319 Fountains Parkway, in Fairview Heights.
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS – Fairview Heights and online travel agent Priceline have resolved a dispute over hotel room taxes, leaving Orbitz as the last defendant in the case.
Illinois Bell bungled a $90 million refund to customers eight years ago and must pay to set it straight, Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack ruled on Feb. 2.
Workers' Compensation – Back to Basics, a continuing legal education program hosted by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), will be held from 8:55 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16, at Four Points by Sheraton, 319 Fountains Pkwy., in Fairview Heights.
Simmons Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has dismissed John Simmons and his firm from a legal malpractice suit against Mark Goldenberg and his firm.
Burke NEWARK, N.J. – Richard Burke and Paul Weiss settled a class action against Sprint in New Jersey for less than their former teammates at LakinChapman Law Firm would have obtained with the same case in Madison County, a New Jersey lawyer claims.
Burke EAST ST. LOUIS – Online travel companies dropped two bombs on Fairview Heights, weakening the last local remnant of a grandiose class action that would have held them responsible for municipal room taxes in 50 Illinois cities.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge William Stiehl has sharply limited attorney Brian Wendler's access to records of AIG, an insurer that mostly belongs to taxpayers.