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Recent News About Illinois Supreme Court

• Seventh Circuit denies mandamus relief for State Farm; Plaintiffs seek discovery order in case seeking billions

  By Ann Maher | Monday, Jan 27, 2014 @ 12:58pm

  Ball

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• Supreme Court reverses Fifth District, reinstates attorney's conviction for driving on suspended license

  By Bethany Krajelis | Friday, Jan 24, 2014 @ 5:20pm

  Thomas

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• Supreme Court set to issue six rulings Friday, including two from the Fifth District

  By Bethany Krajelis | Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014 @ 5:11pm

  The Illinois Supreme Court announced today it plans to issue opinions Friday in six cases, including one over an appeals panel’s decision to throw out a downstate attorney’s conviction for driving on a suspended license.

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• Freedom's Slow Death

  By Tad Armstrong | Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014 @ 8:34am

  Armstrong

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• Supreme Court disbars Peel; suspends 14, including retired judge

  By Bethany Krajelis | Friday, Jan 17, 2014 @ 5:32pm

  The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday disbarred a Madison County attorney currently serving a 12-year prison sentence for bankruptcy fraud and child pornography possession.

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• Supreme Court appoints Hylla chair of Automation and Technology Committee

  By Ann Maher | Friday, Jan 17, 2014 @ 7:52am

  Hylla

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• Herndon stays proceedings in Hale v. State Farm; RICO action seeks billions in relief

  By Ann Maher | Thursday, Jan 16, 2014 @ 12:06pm

  Herndon

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• Lakin seeks to modify conditions of supervised release; Civil suit battle ongoing in St. Clair County

  By Ann Maher | Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 @ 7:05pm

  Lakin

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• Defense attorneys say venue tactics mark another chapter in Prenda saga

  By Bethany Krajelis | Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 @ 6:03pm

  Steele, Hansmeier, Duffy

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• Lightspeed defendants ask court to hold Prenda attorneys in contempt for not paying $261K

  By Bethany Krajelis | Thursday, Jan 9, 2014 @ 2:53pm

  Duffy

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• IDC partners with high court commission to mentor new lawyers

  By Bethany Krajelis | Wednesday, Jan 8, 2014 @ 7:26pm

  Tiffany

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• State Farm wouldn’t roll over, and now it’s payback time

  By The Madison County Record | Wednesday, Jan 8, 2014 @ 6:46am

  Imagine living in a community demoralized by a culture of corruption, where some partisan judges provide a veneer of respectability for a number of unscrupulous lawyers who seek to enrich themselves by threatening successful businesses with bogus lawsuits.

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• Applications for Fifth District vacancy due Jan. 31

  By Ann Maher | Monday, Jan 6, 2014 @ 12:18pm

  Wexstten

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• RICO plaintiffs say State Farm should not get 'third bite of apple'

  By Ann Maher | Monday, Jan 6, 2014 @ 11:57am

  Ball

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• Appellate court rules on ongoing dispute over dissolution of Freed and Weiss law firm

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Monday, Dec 23, 2013 @ 5:16pm

  Palmer

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• Wexstten to step down from appellate court

  By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo | Friday, Dec 20, 2013 @ 3:26pm

  Wexstten

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• State Farm seeks mandamus relief at Seventh Circuit; Insurer wants appeals court to stop Avery revival attempt

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 @ 12:43pm

  Karmeier

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• Judges should be clean and sober

  By The Madison County Record | Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:48am

  To the Editor:

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• Madison and St. Clair counties rank No. 5 on ATRA's judicial hellhole list; Cook County leads watch list

  By Bethany Krajelis | Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:48am

  Murnane

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• Four lawsuits alleging bladder cancer caused by Actos transferred to Cook County

  By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo | Monday, Dec 16, 2013 @ 10:12am

  Driscoll

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