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Cates seeks retention to another 10 years at Fifth District; Last fiery campaign ended in 26-point defeat
MOUNT VERNON – Justice Judy Cates, whose noisy Supreme Court campaign ended in defeat by 26 points two years ago, quietly seeks retention as Fifth District Appellate Court judge. -
Stuart has raised $4.28 million in contributions since 2016; One-third from Madigan-controlled committees
SPRINGFIELD – Since Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) first ran for state representative in 2016, she has raised 94 percent of her itemized revenue - $4.28 million – from outside the Metro East counties. -
Bestwall bankruptcy judge holds asbestos plaintiffs in contempt for failing to submit questionnaires
CHARLOTTE – Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer held 2,140 asbestos plaintiffs in contempt on Feb. 10, and gave them a week to answer questions of Georgia Pacific entity Bestwall. -
Asbestos firms miss deadline to answer core questions in Bestwall bankruptcy
CHARLOTTE – Mesothelioma lawyers continue to disobey an order for disclosure about settlements, including the Gori Law Firm in Edwardsville. -
Maune Raichle leveled $402K sanction in Bestwall bankruptcy for pursuing 'egregious' Illinois lawsuit
CHARLOTTE - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer laid a $402,817.70 penalty on St. Louis asbestos firm Maune Raichle on Aug. 31, to reimburse a Georgia Pacific entity for defending an Illinois lawsuit the firm filed in violation of an order she entered. -
Doomsday for double-dippers?
Asbestos exposure shenanigans continue to this day, but U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle of the Southern District of Illinois wants no part of them. -
Bestwall challenge to asbestos exposure history holds up in Yandle’s court
BENTON – U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle dismissed a challenge to a North Carolina order requiring asbestos plaintiffs to answer questions about their exposure history. -
Bankruptcy judge orders asbestos firms to show why she shouldn’t hold them in contempt for violating questionnaire order
BENTON – Asbestos attorney John Simmons of Alton broke the ranks of Illinois asbestos lawyers by dropping out of a suit at U.S. district court and agreeing to file client questionnaires for a bankruptcy judge in North Carolina. -
Where Democrat Rep. Jay Hoffman’s comes from and goes to
SPRINGFIELD – Among 74 Democrats in the state House, 32 campaigned with Rep. Jay Hoffman’s money in their treasuries from January 2018 to last September. -
Illinois has the best courts money can buy
Appeals Court Judge Judy Cates has long benefitted from generous donations from lawyers and law firms far and wide. Now that she’s running for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court, the generosity is snowballing. -
Sponsors of Kilbride anti-retention spend against election of Cates
SPRINGFIELD – Business owners spending $5 million against retention of Tom Kilbride in the Supreme Court’s Third District started spending against election of Fifth District candidate Judy Cates on Oct. 15. -
Madigan boosts Kilbride campaign with $550K; Most contributions coming from outside district
SPRINGFIELD – Ninety percent of the $1.9 million in contributions and transfers received by Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride in the third quarter came from sources in or near Chicago and St. Louis. -
Campaign finance reports: Overstreet contributions from across district; Mostly trial lawyers funding Cates
SPRINGFIELD – Supreme Court candidate David Overstreet received 134 contributions from the rural side of his district in the third quarter, while opponent Judy Cates received none. -
Trial lawyer-funded committee for Cates raised $421K last week for Overstreet smear
MOUNT VERNON – Lawyers campaigning for Supreme Court candidate Judy Cates branded a suspect as a child rapist to damage her opponent David Overstreet. -
Trial lawyers prioritizing Kilbride retention race versus Overstreet-Cates contest; Big money pouring in to anti-retention effort
SPRINGFIELD – With two Supreme Court seats at stake, far more Democrat dollars flow to retention of Justice Thomas Kilbride than to election of Judy Cates. -
Elik says it's time for Madigan to testify or resign; Challenges Bristow to take a stand
ALTON - The House of Representatives’ Special Investigating Committee was abruptly paused Tuesday by Democratic Chairman Chris Welch (D-Hillside), halting the legislative investigation into Speaker Mike Madigan’s alleged pay-to-play bribery scheme with ComEd until after the Nov. 3 General Election, giving fodder to Republicans who say House Democrats aren’t serious about ending corruption. -
Structured settlement and lawsuit funding firms contribute to Cates; More trickling in for Kilbride
SPRINGFIELD – Chicago area lawyers contributed $69,800 to Democratic Supreme Court candidate Judy Cates on Sept. 29. -
Lawyers outside Kilbride district go big with $1 million in a week; Nearly all came from trial bar in Cook, Madison, St. Clair counties
ROCK ISLAND – Tom Keefe’s firm in Swansea and John Simmons’s firm in Alton each contributed $100,000 to retention of Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride after he removed the limit on his contributors. -
ICJL: Legislators should enact protections of health care providers to bolster Pritzker’s executive order
ELMHURST – Now that Gov. J. B. Pritzker has limited civil liability for health care providers fighting a global virus, the Illinois Civil Justice League is calling on legislators to give his executive order the force of law. -
Simmons and Motley Rice knocked off Certainteed's asbestos bankruptcy claims committee
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Bankruptcy court administrator Shelley Abel knocked asbestos giants Simmons Hanly Conroy and Motley Rice off a committee of firms with claims against CertainTeed Corporation.