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Awarding law degrees to sociopaths may not be such a good idea
“Look, when we get out of law school we’ll be up to our ears in debt and it’ll take years to pay that off, even if we get on with good firms – which doesn’t seem likely. So, what we need is a game plan to hit the ground running when we graduate, a business model we can put into play right away and start making some big bucks. Any suggestions?” -
Drug dealer announces cooperation with St. Clair County authorities; Families of victims express frustration with sentences
Chris KeelEAST ST. LOUIS – As Doug Oliver accepted a 30-year sentence for selling heroin, he dropped the first solid clue in months that an investigation of St. Clair County corruption continues.At his sentencing hearing on Dec. 5, he told Chief District Judge David Herndon that he is cooperating with St. Clair County authorities.Prosecutor Robert Garrison apparently hadn’t expected him to reveal his -
Wells makes presentations at ISBA event
Robert E. Wells, Jr., a mediator from Belleville, recently made two presentations in Chicago for the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). He presented “Demystifying Executive Compensation” and “The Essentials Involved in Negotiating and Mediating Business Valuations/Business Dissolutions.” -
Judge grants Duffy's request for extension to respond to amended counterclaim in Prenda Law's defamation suit
DuffyA federal judge today granted Paul Duffy’s request for an extension of time to respond to an amended counterclaim filed last month by the defendants in a pair of defamation suits brought earlier this year by Duffy and Prenda Law.Duffy --who represents himself and the now-dissolved firm in the suits that were consolidated this summer in Chicago’s federal court -- wrote in his Sept. 30 motion that -
Alleged heroin dealer pleads guilty
EAST ST. LOUIS – Douglas Oliver of Fairview Heights confessed what his mother would not, that deaths resulted from their criminal heroin enterprise. -
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Charter seeks $5K in costs over invalid subpoena; Hearing set Sept. 3
SpragueSt. Clair County Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson will hear Charter Communication’s motion for costs and protective order on Sept. 3 involving the issuance of an invalid subpoena in LW Systems v. Hubbard.As third party to a case that alleges hackers accessed the plaintiff’s supply of adult Web content, Charter says it has incurred more than $5,000 in response to a subpoena that was improperly issued -
In spite of 66 calls to home of alleged Fairview Heights heroin dealers, no drug arrests until this year
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Chicago Title Insurance sues to recover costs in St. Clair County hotel work
In recently filed court documents, an insurance company insists a general contractor should repay it the more than $150,000 in costs it was forced to pay subcontractors who were not paid for their work on a hotel. -
Cook waives right to speedy trial; Attorney seeks to continue July 15 trial
Former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook has waived his right to a speedy trial on drug and firearm offenses in federal court in East St. Louis. -
Drugs are just the tip of the iceberg in St. Clair and Madison Counties
One day we’re going to have to address the underlying problem. The sooner, the better.