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Pritzker breaks promise to end Illinois gerrymandering
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker promised on the campaign trail and repeatedly after that, including earlier this year, to end partisan gerrymandering of political maps. Now he says, ‘Nevermind.’ He trusts lawmakers. -
Tillery: Lawyer with record high $10B trial judgment takes on Syngenta, Chevron in St. Clair
BELLEVILLE – Stephen Tillery, ready for trial on a claim that weed killer paraquat caused four plaintiffs to suffer Parkinson’s disease, won the biggest judgment ever in an American trial and lost it at the Illinois Supreme Court. -
Fifth District: Punitive damages are recoverable in legal malpractice suit involving $785K jury verdict
The Fifth District Appellate Court held that punitive damages are recoverable in legal malpractice cases, concluding that in such circumstances the punitive damages are “compensatory in nature.” -
Judge Threlkeld to run in '22 for Madison County circuit court vacancy
Madison County Circuit Judge Christopher Threlkeld of Edwardsville will run next year as a Republican candidate for the resident judgeship he currently holds by appointment. -
Rosenstengel dismisses 102 piggybacked pelvic mesh suits attached to Illinois claims
EAST ST. LOUIS – One hundred and two residents of other states who piggybacked on a suit against Johnson & Johnson in the Southern District of Illinois fell off on April 14, when Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel dismissed their claims. -
BIPA reform would allow businesses to comply before ‘gotcha’ lawsuits filed, witness says
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois businesses pay employees $1,000 or more to settle claims that they violated data privacy law, according to statements at an April 12 hearing on a bill to change the law. -
Two Illinois border states revoke governors’ mask mandates
High courts in Wisconsin and Michigan have both ruled governors cannot repeatedly issue disaster declarations as a basis for mask mandates and other orders without legislative approval. A year into the pandemic, Illinois’ governor is still doing it. -
Jurors award $1.9 million to Thiems Construction in dispute arising from Fox Creek subdivision
BENTON – Jurors in U.S. district court awarded Thiems Construction of Roxana $1 million in punitive damages on April 8, finding its former insurer United Fire put its own interest ahead of the company’s interest. -
ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Raoul Defends States’ Rights to Regulate Health Insurance and Protect Consumers
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to protect states’ historic power to regulate insurance and protect their residents from fraud, abuse or substandard health coverage. -
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP: Flack, Quinn Named Among Illinois’ Leading Lawyers℠
Armstrong Teasdale is proud to announce that Partners Donald Flack and Untress Quinn have been named 2021 Top Metro East Area Lawyers by Leading Lawyers℠. -
Amy Sholar appointed Madison County circuit judge
Supreme Court Justice David Overstreet announced Thursday that Amy E. Sholar will fill retired Circuit Judge Richard Tognarelli’s vacancy in the Third Judicial Circuit. -
Chapman denies reconsidering consolidation in suits accusing Glen Carbon, officials of harassment, unlawful arrest
Madison County Associate Judge Tom Chapman denied a pro se plaintiff's request to reconsider consolidating his lawsuits against Glen Carbon and several Madison County officials after he argued he should be granted three separate judges to hear the cases individually. -
Amending Illinois' Constitution: 50 words that can save the state
Fifty words, added to the Illinois Constitution as an amendment, could be what helps save the state from an inevitable financial collapse in years to come. -
Supreme Court decides review in two St. Clair County disputes
SPRINGFIELD – Supreme Court Justices on March 24 decided to review Circuit Judge Heinz Rudolf’s order immunizing St. Clair County and its 911 board against a wrongful death suit. -
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear church's challenge vs Pritzker's power to impose religious gathering restrictions
A Chicago church had sought an order preventing Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker from reimposing restrictions on religious gatherings over COVID-19. Pritzker has pledged not to do so, but won't disavow the powers he asserted last spring. -
Courts faced with deciding ‘absurd’ damages under BIPA, while lawmakers ponder the cure
CHICAGO – The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals must decide whether years of failure to protect privacy of biometric data should count as a violation of Illinois law worth $1,000 or many violations that could add up to $1 million. -
Shut up and pay your taxes, Illinoisans
“The state must pare back its portfolio so that it can better fulfill its basic obligations to its citizens,” opined Nicole Kurokawa in the 2010 Illinois Piglet Book, a joint project of the Illinois Policy Institute and Citizens Against Government Waste that identified more than $350 million in wasteful spending. -
Did IL state lawmakers unconstitutionally borrow billions of dollars? IL Supreme Court to decide
Lawyers for the state and for one of Illinois' more prominent conservative taxpayers argued before the Illinois Supreme Court over whether taxpayers have the right at all to challenge state lawmakers' borrowing practices in court. -
Rekowski takes seat at state Appellate Defender office as Maag files class action over backlog
SPRINGFIELD – John Rekowski, who retired as Madison County public defender, takes a seat as commissioner in the Office of the State Appellate Defender. -
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Cantlin-vanwiggeren As at-large Judge in Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Justice Robert L. Carter and the Supreme Court of Illinois have announced the appointment of Christina M. Cantlin-VanWiggeren as an At-Large Circuit Court Judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit.