Madigan SPRINGFIELD - A recent poll indicating that Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is the Democratic frontrunner for governor has some leading tort reform advocates saying they are a bit nervous.
Dorothy Stamer In order to form a more perfect union, students at Edwardsville High School are seriously exercising their right to assemble with energy and determination.
Akin Four years ago, Illinois was on the brink of a healthcare disaster. Medical malpractice insurance rates were skyrocketing and doctors were leaving Illinois in droves to practice medicine in states with a more balanced legal system.
Lively During a recent gathering of asbestos legal professionals, a Beverly Hills conference focused on one central theme in emerging litigation trends: a new generation of problems -- connected to the last -- will mean a new wave of cases against a new slate of defendants.
Bozarth SPRINGFIELD – Once again the Illinois Supreme Court must define the limits of class action litigation, and this time the Justices invite the Fifth District appeals court in Mount Vernon to share the work.
Calfee WASHINGTON - A U.S. Supreme Court decision this month affirming the right to sue in state court over complications from federally-approved medications could have far-reaching effects on Americans, a scholar says.
Coughlin SAN FRANCISCO – Retailer Wal-Mart stands strong while other businesses fall, but class action lawyers aim to knock it down with an $11 billion lawsuit.
Tillery Stephen Tillery has appealed an order of Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth denying his bid to reinstate a $10 billion verdict against cigarette maker Philip Morris
Copland WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in a closely watched federal preemption case, ruling that a woman may sue in state court over a federally-approved drug.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Now that Georgia trailer maker Cottrell Inc. has removed one of Thomas Maag's personal injury suits from Madison County to federal court, Maag insists Cottrell acted prematurely because he didn't serve a summons on the company.
Russell Scott Russell K. Scott of Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale of Belleville and St. Louis has been elected to the 2009 Class of Laureates of The Academy of Illinois Lawyers of the Illinois State Bar Association.
Lakin NEWARK, New Jersey - Like Mel Brooks cowboys crashing into someone else's movie, Illinois lawyers tumble into a New Jersey courthouse kicking and screaming.
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.
Amiel Cueto Illinois Supreme Court justices have asked federal Judge David Herndon in East St. Louis to stay discovery in a suit brought against them by disbarred attorney Amiel Cueto.
Kilbride SPRINGFIELD-The Illinois Supreme Court has sided with the Cook County Republican Party, ruling that tie votes by the Illinois State Board of Elections are subject to judicial review.
Lombardi Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth has rejected Stephen Tillery's bid to reclaim a $10 billion verdict that he obtained against cigarette maker Philip Morris in 2003.
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.