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Madison County asbestos case settles three days into trial
After three days of trial testimony, a Madison County asbestos case settled shortly after 9 a.m. -
Judges: Nothing in Constitution suggests retention is exclusive path to stay on bench
St. Clair County judges believe that nothing in the Illinois Constitution, the constitutional convention record, the state Election Code or any legal precedent has ever suggested that retention is the exclusive path that a sitting judge must follow to seek a successive term. -
Fifth District: Illinois judges can approve national settlements of class actions
MOUNT VERNON – Illinois judges can approve national settlements of class actions without any connection between the state and plaintiffs in other states, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Feb. 9. -
Caterpillar CEO's warnings 4 years later: Illinois on downward slide as predicted
Illinois politicians ignored Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman’s 2012 plea for pro-growth reforms, and Illinois is the only state in the region to have lost manufacturing jobs on net over the last four years. -
Who will judge the judges?
This Friday, Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Esteban Sanchez will hold a hearing to consider the cynical arguments proffered by three colleagues from a neighboring county hoping to justify their attempt to circumvent state law and evade election standards established for retention. -
Cerro Flow wants to weed out claims in advance of St. Clair Co. bellwether trials
Copper recycler Cerro Flow Products, facing 12,000 pollution claims, proposes a random survey to find out how many lack substance. -
Judges seek to make things easy on themselves while undermining spirit of law, Dallas Cook argues; Hearing set Feb. 19
SPRINGFIELD - Arguments over whether St. Clair County judges John Baricevic, Robert LeChien and Robert Haida can remain as candidates in next month's primary election will be heard in Sangamon Circuit Court on Feb. 19. -
Meier sponsors legislation to ensure retention is only option for judges seeking to stay on bench
State Rep. Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) filed legislation today to establish that retention is the only option for sitting judges who want successive terms. The proposal comes in response to decisions made by Twentieth Judicial Circuit Judges John Baricevic, Robert LeChien and Robert Haida to run for election rather than retention. -
Mudge appointed to the Judicial Conference of Illinois
Madison County Circuit Judge William Mudge has been appointed to the Judicial Conference of Illinois for another term and has been assigned to serve on the Civil Justice Committee as well as its Technology Committee. -
Pensions vs. schools
THE PROBLEM: Education funding for downstate and suburban pre-K-12 schools – i.e., all Illinois school districts outside of Chicago – is one of the state’s highest priorities. -
Fifth District grants new trial to woman sentenced to 17 years in Cook's court
MOUNT VERNON – Jurors in the court of former St. Clair County judge Michael Cook watched video of an interrogation that he shouldn’t have let them watch, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Jan. 25. -
Yandle denies sanctions against citizens pursuing bid-rigging lawsuit against St. Clair County Treasurer
BENTON – Citizens who filed suit accusing St. Clair County treasurer Charles Suarez of rigging bids at auctions of delinquent taxes did not abuse the court for political purposes, U.S. -
Public deserves full hearing in neutral courts
Ah, the good old days! When a mediocre lawyer or some political hack could get elected judge and stay on the bench for the rest of his life. -
Bob Marcus selected as 2016 Illinois Super Lawyer ‘Rising Star’
Attorney Bob Marcus of Kujawski Marcus LLC in O’Fallon has been named on the 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. The list is included in the Super Lawyers magazine published by Minneapolis-based Law & Politics. -
Dems, GOP to talk school aid, pensions? Cullerton puts school reform out front, says pension deal near
SPRINGFIELD — State Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, dropped two big pieces of news Monday: -- Cullerton wants a rewrite of the state’s school funding formula, and he’s linking it directly with talks about the overall state budget. -
The $53 million boogeyman: Illinois' financial woes due to decades of mismanagement, not 7 months of gridlock
Illinois paid $53 million more to borrow money through its Jan. 14 bond sale than it would have paid had politicians not let the state’s debt and government-worker pension obligations spiral out of control, while driving out taxpaying residents and businesses through tax hikes and costly regulations. -
Carolina Casualty seeks rescission of lawyer's liability policy
BENTON—An Iowa insurance company is suing an Illinois attorney who allegedly violated rules of conduct. -
IL Supreme Court announces timeline for mandatory e-filing in civil cases; Hylla applauds paperless system
The Illinois Supreme Court and Chief Justice Rita B. Garman announced on Friday that filing documents electronically, or e-filing, will be mandatory in all civil cases in the near future. E-filing will be required in the Supreme Court and the five districts of the Appellate court on July 1, 2017, and will become mandatory in all circuit courts beginning Jan. 1, 2018. -
Democrats at Elections Board adopt position that every Illinois judge can choose between retention and election
CHICAGO – Democrats on the Illinois State Board of Elections preserved spots on the March 15 Democrat primary ballot for St. Clair County judges who plan to run for election rather than stand for retention. -
Elections board deadlocked in judicial ballot challenge; Judicial review may be sought in Cook or Sangamon County
CHICAGO - A tie vote following a hearing today at the Illinois State Board of Elections means no action will be taken by the board on a St. Clair County judicial ballot challenge.