A panel of judges with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Illinois’ controversial assault weapon ban Thursday, challenging the state’s justification for the ban and the plaintiffs’ reliance on “in common use.”
EAST ST. LOUIS – After discovering dead plaintiffs on the docket of national litigation over claims that weed killer paraquat causes Parkinson’s disease, defendants Syngenta and Chevron claim they’ve discovered 611 empty claims.
Retired Chief Deputy Coroner Roger Smith announced that he will run on the Republican ticket for Madison County Coroner in 2024, with Former Congressman John Shimkus chairing the campaign.
CHICAGO – Citizens Insurance Company of America must defend a privacy invasion suit against a business that sold a facial recognition database to Chicago for police purposes, U. S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on June 15.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn cleared obstetrician Kallie Harrison of negligence in a delivery on June 9, finding she didn’t deviate from the standard of care.
Have mercy if this list is woefully incomplete. The recently concluded session of the Illinois General Assembly sent a blizzard of some 560 bills to Gov. JB Pritzker for signature, so we certainly don’t know what all is in them (and most lawmakers don’t, either.)
BENTON – Energy companies that own Prairie State power plant near Marissa have operated in accordance with Illinois law since they started burning coal, according to a motion they filed to dismiss a suit seeking to shut it down.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Assistant Illinois attorney general Martin Plute took over a case after his colleague Thomas Ewick was sanctioned for discovery violations, and Plute managed to make matters worse.
EDWARDSVILLE - A class action lawsuit alleges a facial recognition search engine that searches the internet for peoples' photos invades their privacy in violation of Illinois law.
An awful, unconstitutional piece of legislation that should have been opposed by Democrats and Republicans alike passed unanimously in the Illinois House and Senate. It now goes to Gov. JB Pritzker for signature. The only significant opposition came from the ACLU of Illinois. They are right to oppose it.
An Effingham family is suing a genetic testing facility for allegedly providing false paternity test results, breaking up the family and leading to years of assault for the child who learned the truth through Ancestry.com 30 years later.
Educational freedom. That’s what the Iowa legislature is set to give families in the Hawkeye State later this year with the passage of the Students First Act signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds in January.
BELLEVILLE – St. Clair County Circuit Judge Kevin Hoerner denied a motion by American Broadcasting Company (ABC) for access to records he sealed in a suit over exposure to weed killer paraquat.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois reported the following activities in the suit brought by Dunkley against Afscme on April 26.
SPRINGFIELD - Suits connecting Zantac indigestion medicine to cancer failed in nationwide litigation at federal court in Florida, so 583 refugee plaintiffs started over by filing suits in three Illinois counties.
Madison County Circuit Judge Kyle Napp appointed special defender Calvin B. Fuller of Granite City to represent Timothy Banowetz in his bid to withdraw his guilty plea to the murder of Edwardsville asbestos attorney Randy Gori in 2020.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul , as part of a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general, asked the Supreme Court of the United States to hear an important case in order to protect veterans’ rights to their hard-earned benefits.
Former Madison County Board member Gussie Glasper pleaded guilty on Monday to a criminal misdemeanor charge for disregarding the election code during the June 22, 2022, Primary Election.