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Even personal injury lawyers are looking for a bailout
Economic news, good or bad, comes down to numbers, and in Illinois lately, the numbers have not been good. -
Madigan presses for FOIA overhaul
Madigan SPRINGFIELD - Illinois government agencies should be fined up to $1,000 each time they refuse to allow citizens to view basic public records, the state attorney general says. -
Experts: Madison County asbestos not directly affected by alleged fraud, but system adversely affected
Stack Legal professionals in Madison County said on Wednesday a Mississippi lawsuit that sheds light on potentially fraudulent mass screenings in asbestos litigation does not have direct ties to their asbestos docket. -
State's plaintiffs' lawyers must have better job forecast for Illinois
The Illinois State Bar Association and its close ally, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, must have secret job forecasts for Illinois that are much rosier than the gloomy predictions almost universally accepted by economists and state and local governments. -
Pre-judgment interest legislation would be 'devastating,' say opponents
Ed Murnane A bill introduced in the state Senate last week has a legal reform group gearing up for battle. -
OK, Illinoisans: We've had our moments/hours in the spotlight
I was born in Chicago and I have been a legal resident of Illinois for 94% of my life -- only a stint in Washington interrupted. I love the city and the state. -
Restored faith in the Chicago Democrats
I will admit; over the last several weeks my faith in the ability of Chicago Democrats to run Illinois state government had been shaken. -
Illinois: Hellhole, cesspool, laughing stock
We all live here so we've become somewhat immune to our circumstances. The fact that practically every evening's network newscast begins with an Illinois story is routine. Our local newscasts -- from WSIL in Southern Illinois to WLS in Chicago -- can get five or six minutes into the news before something other than political scandal becomes a topic. -
Wage legislation called a potential 'bonanza' for trial lawyers
Boehner WASHINGTON - Legislation called a potential "trial lawyer bonanza" by the Wall Street Journal is winding its way through Congress. -
To do justice under the law
The 1978 comedy "Animal House" is an all time classic, a personal favorite and a fitting movie metaphor for 2009's first column. -
Stop violating Constitution
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Justices: Burris appointment valid even without White's signature
Karmeier Roland Burris's appointment to the U.S. Senate by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich is valid, the state Supreme Court has ruled. -
Illinois governor impeached; AG calls on Blagojevich to leave office
Blagojevich SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Friday reiterated her calls for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to resign office, following a House vote to impeach the embattled governor. -
Madigan: Secretary of state not required to sign off on Senate appointment
Madigan SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-The Illinois secretary of state has done everything he is legally required to do regarding Roland Burris's controversial appointment to the U.S. Senate by the state's embattled governor, court papers say. -
Plaintiffs' attorneys weathered the asbestos political storm
Behrens The window of opportunity for sweeping federal tort reform that started to close in 2006, has effectively been shut. -
Reid: Senate can reject Blagojevich's Senate pick
Reid WASHINGTON - Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat won't likely be accepted, officials said. -
Reid pushed for Madigan to succeed Obama
Reid WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reportedly urged Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to consider appointing Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. -
Impeach Jesse White?
As a follow up to previous statements this writer has made regarding events in Illinois, it appears very clear there have been three official government actions so far, two of which are in accordance with the law and one of which is not. -
Burris appointment and the Constitution
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Big stories in 2008
Lakin arrives at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis prior to a hearing in which U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert accepted a plea deal. Attorney Tom Lakin was taken into custody at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis on Sept. 10, after U.S. District Court Judge J. Phil Gilbert accepted a plea agreement on various drug charges.