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Tillery's team files brief under seal in Hale v. State Farm
TilleryFive high profile lawyers seeking confidentiality for documents in someone else’s lawsuit wrapped their argument in secrecy.Stephen Tillery, Brad Lakin, John Simmons, Jeff Cooper and Randall Bono sealed a brief they filed on Sept. 12, opposing a subpoena that State Farm served in a federal class action.State Farm served it on researcher Doug Wojcieszak, who did not assert any privilege of confidentialit -
Madison County circuit court served as class action mecca until CAFA; President Bush called for reform in Collinsville
ByronMany local lawyers and judges reject a "Judicial Hellhole" designation that the American Tort Reform Association first branded on Madison County in 2003.Whether the label is fair or not depends on who you ask. But how was it derived?When the Record first began publishing in September 2004, class action lawyers at the Madison County courthouse were developing consumer actions out of a wide range -
Plaintiff lawyers in proposed $7 billion class action given green light to investigate Garman campaigns
BonderPlaintiffs claiming State Farm corruptly secured the election of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier in 2004 can also investigate the victory of current Chief Justice Rita Garman in 2002, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Williams decided on Aug. 27. At a conference in district court, he ordered State Farm to comply with a subpoena for campaign documents back to April 2001. Plaintiff counsel -
Tom Lakin wants State Farm to pay for his sexual abuse of teens
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.” -
Karmeier attorney says plaintiffs changed theory of liability to expand discovery
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