Simmons SPRINGFIELD – Businesses that expose families of employees to asbestos deserve equal justice with drivers who run over pedestrians and researchers who release anthrax, John Simmons of East Alton argues at the Illinois Supreme Court.
Tillery CHICAGO – Stephen Tillery can't compel the Heartland Institute to reveal the sources of its support, U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan decided on May 13.
Martin CHICAGO – Heartland Institute, seeking to protect the privacy of its contributors in federal court, asks District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan to strike Stephen Tillery's allegations that it created false reports on weed killer atrazine for Syngenta Crop Production.
Pranaitis Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian has dismissed a legal malpractice claim brought by bar owner Gary Lutman against his former attorney, John Leskera.
The parties gearing up for a damages-only trial of an Arkansas man's suit against Union Pacific Railroad Company have filed briefs and motions in limine.
Broom Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier will administer the attorney's oath to 105 new lawyers who will be admitted to practice in Illinois on May 5.
Zigler SPRINGFIELD – Stephen Tillery of St. Louis argues at the Illinois Supreme Court that Heartland Institute of Chicago surrendered its right of free association by publishing research for the benefit of Syngenta Crop Protection.
Scalia WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, in a 5-4 vote, that companies can enforce contracts that bar class action lawsuits.
Garman SPRINGFIELD – Automobile insurers can enforce agreements that allow either side to reject an arbitration award, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on April 21.
Shultz A legal malpractice suit against Pratt & Tobin P.C. has been semi-halted until the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC) resolves its own investigation into the plaintiff's complaint against members of the firm.
Schottel Jr. There has been no action since December 2010 in a suit filed by St. Louis attorney James Schottel Jr. against former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young and Belleville attorney William Berry.
Bast CHICAGO – Attorney Stephen Tillery of St. Louis, seeking to ban weed killer atrazine and force its producers to build water treatment plants throughout the Midwest, could also end up destroying a research institute that favors free enterprise.
Beasley Two Madison County circuit judges have bowed out of a legal malpractice case filed by Sara Buske against her divorce attorney and accountants within a week of each other.
Tillery The lead plaintiff in one of a series of class actions filed over the alleged contamination of water by the herbicide atrazine is asking Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge to order the defendant in one of those suits to answer its discovery questions.