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• Luechtefeld testifies that he recruited Karmeier in '04; State Farm did not participate, he says

  By The Madison County Record | Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014 @ 7:16pm

  Luechtefeld

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• Stobbs to speak about Madison County's asbestos docket at conference next month

  By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo | Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014 @ 4:24pm

  StobbsThe HarrisMartin Publishing company is hosting an asbestos conference in St. Louis next month with Madison County Associate Judge Stephen Stobbs scheduled to speak about the county’s growing asbestos docket.The conference will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis on Sept. 18. It begins with welcoming remarks from co-chairs Amy E. Garrett of the plaintiffs firm Simmons, Hanly, Conroy

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• Plaintiffs in $10 billion and $1 billion judgments relied on faulty research, defense says

  By The Madison County Record | Wednesday, Aug 13, 2014 @ 7:02am

  Cancila

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• ICJL begins judicial evaluation process; Big races for area voters

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Aug 6, 2014 @ 9:43am

  Murnane

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• Seventh Circuit rejects Prenda trio's Lightspeed appeal, upholds sanctions award and contempt finding

  By Bethany Krajelis | Monday, Aug 4, 2014 @ 2:31pm

  Wood

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• Litigating in Illinois is antithesis of ‘easy,' say asbestos defendants in forum appeal

  By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo | Thursday, Jul 31, 2014 @ 2:35pm

  Bash

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• Ruth and Tognarelli form campaign committees in retention bids

  By Ann Maher | Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014 @ 8:25am

  Tognarelli

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• ARDC can't confirm feds are in disclosure process of St. Clair County lawyers

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, Jul 10, 2014 @ 2:13pm

  Wigginton

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• Real, reasonable pension reform: 401(k)-style plans for new state workers

  By John Klingner | Thursday, Jul 10, 2014 @ 9:41am

  Klingner

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• Tillery says lack of contribution evidence is good reason to believe PM probably gave to Karmeier

  By The Madison County Record | Tuesday, Jul 8, 2014 @ 7:41am

  Tillery

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• Illinois Supreme Court says state can't cut retiree health benefits

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, Jul 3, 2014 @ 12:09pm

  Freeman

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• Supreme Court set to rule on constitutional challenge over state retiree health insurance law

  By Bethany Krajelis | Wednesday, Jul 2, 2014 @ 8:59am

  The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday is expected to decide whether a law requiring state retirees to start paying premiums for their health insurance is constitutional.

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• Thanks to heroes you don’t know Illinois became a bit more civilized

  By Dan Proft | Tuesday, Jul 1, 2014 @ 6:54am

  Proft

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• Seventh Circuit OKs stay of federal suits in ongoing Freed & Weiss dispute pending outcome of state court proceeding

  By Bethany Krajelis | Wednesday, Jun 25, 2014 @ 4:05pm

  Bauer

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• Supreme Court increases Illinois attorney registration fee; $16, $40 hike takes effect next year

  By Bethany Krajelis | Monday, Jun 23, 2014 @ 3:20pm

  Starting next year, it will cost attorneys more money to practice law in Illinois.

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• Tom Lakin wants State Farm to pay for his sexual abuse of teens

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, Jun 19, 2014 @ 10:55am

  Registered sex offender and former attorney Tom Lakin is trying to plow new legal ground with his self-indemnifying theory that sex offenders should be covered by their homeowners insurance policies for any physical or psychological harm suffered by their victims in an insured residence – at least when that harm was arguably unintended or “accidental.”

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• Plaintiffs in $7 billion RICO suit say they will not depose Justice Karmeier before election

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, Jun 19, 2014 @ 8:43am

  Clifford

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• Panel talks about trends in resolving mass tort litigation from BP to Vioxx

  By Bethany Krajelis | Wednesday, Jun 18, 2014 @ 3:34pm

  Herman

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• Madison County officials dismissed from distressed property owners' suit

  By Ann Maher | Monday, Jun 16, 2014 @ 4:18pm

  Middendorff

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• Karmeier attorney says plaintiffs changed theory of liability to expand discovery

  By The Madison County Record | Friday, Jun 13, 2014 @ 11:29am

  CoxIllinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier claims plaintiffs in a racketeering suit against State Farm changed their theory of liability so they can expand their discovery of records from his 2004 election.His lawyer, Courtney Cox of St. Louis, protested the change in a June 5 brief seeking to block a subpoena on Karmeier’s records.“Seeking to enlarge the scope of discovery for their impermissible

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