Cueto The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld U.S. District Judge David Herndon's dismissal of a suit Amiel Cueto brought against the Illinois Supreme Court and an officer of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission (ARDC).
Young A status conference is set next week in a wrongful death suit involving notorious racketeer Thomas Venezia who police say died of a self-inflicted gun wound in 2005.
Carroll Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has taken under advisement both motions to amend and to dismiss two long-running mutual fund class actions that plaintiffs' counsel calls "fixable" and defense counsel calls "lawyer-driven."
O'Malley If a judge who has presided over class action lawsuits announces he will transition into private practice as a class action lawyer, does that pose a conflict of interest while he is still a sitting judge?
Flowers In his most recent editorial, Travis Akin claims to have found the real cause of Illinois' economic woes – and it may surprise you to learn our problems are not caused by the state's budget crisis, by the rocky national economy, or by the global recession. Nope.
Karmeier Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier will administer the attorney's oath to 135 new lawyers who will be admitted to practice in Illinois on May 6.
Young Belleville attorney Timothy Wiltsie asked St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young to dismiss a wrongful death suit against the estate of Thomas Venezia and Robert Staack on Monday, for lack of prosecution.
O'Malley St. Clair County Circuit Court Judge Michael O'Malley will retire July 31 to enter private practice, four years before his current term expires.
A status conference is set in a wrongful death suit brought against the estate of racketeer Thomas Venezia by Michael and Cynthia Anderson of Belleville, on behalf of their daughter Jennifer Anderson.
Kilbride New law from the Illinois Supreme Court stirred Sinclair Oil and Apex Oil to claim setoffs against settlements of refinery pollution suits in the village of Hartford.
Crowder Seven named plaintiffs in a series of proposed class actions aimed at the makers of a common weed killer will remain in Madison County, a judge has ruled.
Kilbride The demise of medical malpractice reform and the upcoming battle over legislative redistricting could factor into a key Illinois Supreme Court retention race in November.
Akin Harris Interactive, Inc. recently released its annual rankings of each state based on legal fairness and once again Illinois is home to some of the worst local court jurisdictions in the country.
Stack Attorneys in a seven year-old class action case that stemmed from previous litigation over telephone overcharges will walk away from the case with $7 million in fees.
Young St. Louis attorney James Schottel Jr. will have to pay his former clients in a wrongful death suit $1,600 as ordered by St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young.