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Judge grants Duffy's request for extension to respond to amended counterclaim in Prenda Law's defamation suit
DuffyA federal judge today granted Paul Duffy’s request for an extension of time to respond to an amended counterclaim filed last month by the defendants in a pair of defamation suits brought earlier this year by Duffy and Prenda Law.Duffy --who represents himself and the now-dissolved firm in the suits that were consolidated this summer in Chicago’s federal court -- wrote in his Sept. 30 motion that -
Highland voters should turn down video gambling
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Mitt Romney Pledges to Protect States' Rights In Health Care Policies
Cochran "What I would do is keep, as we have today, state responsibility for those that are uninsured. You see I believe in the 10th Amendment. I believe the states have responsibility to care for their people in the way they feel best." -Mitt Romney -
Reeg named among nation's top rated mass tort litigators
Reeg Kurtis B. Reeg, president and managing partner of Reeg Lawyers, LLC, a St. Louis-based business and litigation defense law firm, has been selected for inclusion in "Corporate Counsel" magazine's 2012 Top Rated Lawyers Annual Guide to Mass Tort Litigation. -
Third Judicial Circuit Family Violence Prevention Council to co-host free seminar on March 23
Hahs The Third Judicial Circuit Family Violence Prevention Council, with Main Street Methodist Church, Oasis Women's Center, and Bread for the World is sponsoring a free seminar on the problems of violence, hunger, homelessness, ill-health and poverty. -
'Ridiculous' debt limit debate: Another argument for protecting Constitutional rights first
Cochran The "ridiculous" debt limit debate is the perfect opportunity for those of us who cherish the right to civil jury trials to remind the rest of America that the man who drafted the Bill of Rights, James Madison, referred to that particular right in the highest terms: "as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature." -
The Sure Sign of Spring
Hopkins "Aim for the castle, lad. Try and keep it out of the sea." -
Cueto takes class notice under advisement in CVS immune supplement case
Burke A September trial date is set as St. Clair County Circuit Judge Lloyd Cueto ponders the form of class notice that will eventually be sent to people who bought a generic form of an immune system supplement made by CVS Pharmacies Inc. -
Herndon troubled by misjoinder 'gamesmanship' in Bayer MDL
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Herndon didn't like the way 208 plaintiffs played a jurisdiction game against Bayer Corporation, but he declared them winners anyway. -
PepsiCo files to change attorneys in suit over mouse in Mountain Dew
Cassiday The maker of Mountain Dew soft drinks is moving to change attorneys as it defends itself from a suit brought by a man who claims he got a mouthful of mouse along with his soda. -
Herndon sets bellwether trials in Yasmin, Yaz MDL
Herndon EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Herndon won't let plaintiffs slow down his aggressive schedule for trials against Bayer over oral contraceptives Yasmin and Yaz. -
Nestle moves to dismiss Lean Cuisine personal injury suit
Cueto A December status conference is set in a suit filed by a woman who claims to have been injured by a bone that wasn't supposed to be in her Lean Cuisine microwave dinner. -
Carr seeking third trial for plaintiff; Claims defense let sympathy cloud jurors' judgment
Carr Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has taken under advisement a plaintiff's motion to set aside a second medical malpractice defense verdict and give the plaintiff a third trial. -
Mouse in Mountain Dew case set for case management Wednesday
Ruth A man's suit over the body of a mouse he allegedly swigged along with his Mountain Dew is set for case management. -
Mountain Dew case set for case management
A case management conference is set in a suit filed by a man who claims he nearly swallowed a dead mouse in his Mountain Dew.