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Dugan secures Madison County circuit judge seat for the Barberis vacancy
Republican David Dugan secured the Madison County circuit judge seat he was appointed to last year after John Barberis Jr. was elected to the Fifth District. -
Overstreet wins permanent seat at Fifth District, likely shifting balance 5-2 conservative
Justice David Overstreet has easily won a permanent seat to the Fifth District Appellate Court. -
New category in ICJL evaluation names sleeping judge and others to 'Behaving Badly' list
"Judges Behaving Badly" is a new category being used by the Illinois Civil Justice League (ICJL) to assess judges seeking retention in next week's general election. -
Circuit court candidates set out positions ahead of keenly watched poll; Evans upbeat on campaign
Three open circuit court seats in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit will be decided next week, in what are the most most competitive judicial contests seen for some years. -
Customers should read insurance policies, not wait to sue til denied coverage, high court rules
Saying customers have an obligation to read and understand the terms of their insurance policies, the Illinois state Supreme Court has rejected the try by a couple to make their American Family Insurance agent pay for providing them with a policy that didn’t protect them against a defamation lawsuit, even though they had specifically asked the agent to obtain that coverage for them. -
Class counsel in Hale v. State Farm seek $90 million in fees and costs from $250 million settlement
EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyers who settled a $10 billion racketeering claim against State Farm for $250 million seek about $90 million in fees and costs. -
Local circuit court judge attends swearing-in of St. Eve to federal appeals bench
Belleville native Amy St. Eve was officially sworn in last month as a new judge on the U.S Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. -
Gleeson delays indefinitely Monsanto, Cerro Copper trial involving thousands of pollution claims
BELLEVILLE – Chief Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson, who had set the first of many pollution trials involving Monsanto and Cerro Copper to be taking place while voters decided whether to retain him, postponed it in August and delayed it indefinitely on Oct. 3. -
Holbrook says only one complaint over machines during early voting - from Belleville lawyer wanting to cast 'no' on retention
Only one complaint over a possible glitch in voting machines has been fielded during early voting, according to St. Clair County Clerk Tom Holbrook. -
Overstreet win at Fifth District could grow conservative hold on bench
Republican candidate for a permanent seat on the Fifth District Appellate Court, Justice David Overstreet, steers clear of addressing "trigger" issues for the trial bar - "frivolous" litigation and "caps" on damages - in questions posed by the Illinois Civil Justice League. -
Six former library employees have taken home more than $1 million in pension benefits
Large pension payouts in the face of flat incomes for taxpayers raise questions of fairness. -
Smearing Republicans, a St. Clair County Democrat tradition
Newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh isn’t the only candidate for a judgeship to have his reputation smeared by his political opponents. -
Remember: 'When passions most inflamed, fairness is most in jeopardy'
The recent conduct of the Democrats in the assessment of Brett Kavanaugh for a seat on the Supreme Court has been so outrageous that it cannot go un-noted. After seven investigations by the FBI not a single instance of a sexual impropriety has been noted against Justice Kavanaugh. -
Lawyers representing plaintiffs in Sauget pollution suit reduce fee from 40 to 26.5 percent
BELLEVILLE – Lawyers who lowered the expectations of 11,256 clients in a pollution suit against Monsanto and Cerro Copper lowered their fee as a result. -
Cruse describes new bail reform law aimed at helping poor people, amidst criticism from Justice for Kane and radio host's racial slurs
The leader of a grassroots group seeking to oust St. Clair County Circuit Judge Zina Cruse from office in next month's election refutes claims that there's a racial component to the anti-retention effort. -
Anti-retention efforts aimed at St. Clair County judges; Gleeson pushes back
BELLEVILLE – Movements are underway in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit to oust two judges from office, alleging unfair and unethical conduct. -
Supreme Court denies leave to appeal decision raising doubts on $10 million Monsanto settlement
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court has denied leave to appeal an order questioning a $10 million settlement of 11,256 pollution claims against Monsanto in St. Clair County Circuit Court. -
Choosing a hat: Proposal seeks to ease home closing costs by rewriting rules for IL lawyers who sell title insurance
A new legislative proposal would force real estate lawyers in Illinois who also serve as title insurance agents to 'choose which hat they will wear' in a home sale transaction, in a bid to reduce the typical closing costs paid by Illinois homeowners, and bring those costs more in line with the national average. But the proposal has drawn fire from lawyers and their associations, accusing supporters of the bill of unfairly 'scapegoating' lawyers for Illinois' relatively more expensive title insurance costs. -
Illinois residents will pay additional online sales tax starting Oct. 1
As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc., most online purchases in Illinois will now be subject to automatic collection of the state’s 6.25 percent use tax. -
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