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SCOTUS: Airline ramp workers exempt from arbitration mandates, more class actions vs transportation employers inbound?
The U.S. Supreme Court says Southwest Airlines ramp workers are involved in interstate commerce, and should be given exemption under federal law from mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts -
St. Clair County jurors reach defense verdict in ovarian cancer lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson
St. Clair County jurors reached a defense verdict in favor of Johnson & Johnson in a Smithton woman’s lawsuit alleging her ovarian cancer was allegedly caused by using J&J talcum powder products. -
Plaintiff seeks $10-50 million as J&J trial wraps up in St. Clair County
St. Clair County jurors are being asked to award between $10 and $50 million to the estate of a Smithton woman whose ovarian cancer was allegedly caused by using Johnson & Johnson talcum powder products. -
Kolker enters contempt of court orders against J&J after witness failed to appear during trial
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Chris Kolker entered contempt of court orders against Johnson & Johnson after the defendant’s vice president of women’s health Dr. Susan Nicholson failed to appear for cross-examination during an ovarian cancer trial on Monday. -
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. -
Latest 7th Circuit nominees Scudder, St. Eve, seen as well-qualified, experienced by many legal observers
Legal observers have praised President Donald Trump’s two most-recent nominees to the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, singling out their experience and intelligence as well as the White House’s efforts to gain bipartisan support for the nominees. -
Illinois Supreme Court deadlocks on whether title companies' attorney payments are kickbacks
A divided Illinois Supreme Court has let stand a lower court’s decision to allow lawyers to earn fees – even fees that appear overly large, compared to the amount of work being done – from real estate title companies, despite accusations that the fee-splitting arrangements amount to little more than a kickback scheme. -
Jury convicts follower of sovereign citizen movement on charges over bogus liens filed against court officials, federal employees
CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted a follower of the sovereign citizen movement on charges she filed false liens seeking billions of dollars from current and federal employees in retaliation for the prosecution of her brother. -
Maryland settlement may put halt to Madison County investment class actions
Carroll A May 19 settlement in a Maryland federal court may put the brakes on two Madison County class action suits brought over alleged mutual fund mismanagement. -
Crowder to decide on amending or dismissing Tillery class action; Defense calls case 'lawyer-driven'
Carroll Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has taken under advisement both motions to amend and to dismiss two long-running mutual fund class actions that plaintiffs' counsel calls "fixable" and defense counsel calls "lawyer-driven."