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PokerStars dealt a class action in St. Clair County
A St. Clair County woman has filed a class action lawsuit to recover money allegedly lost to an offshore gambling website. -
Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation to receive $500K grant
Wood Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc. announced that it will receive a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. -
Area leaders attend domestic violence prevention conference
Third Judicial Circuit Family Violence Prevention Council team members. Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder and local attorney Joan Spiegel were among area leaders who went to Springfield to begin a project to protect victims of domestic violence. -
Class action filed against Full Tilt Poker in St. Clair County
A group of online poker players who are upset about their inability to withdraw funds from a defunct poker Web site filed a lawsuit against the directors and players on the site. -
Voting from the grave
It's way past time to end this abuse – for the sake of the living, for the sake of future generations, and for the sake of the dead who left us a legacy of liberty. -
U.S. Attorney's collections top $23 million last year
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois announced that it collected a total of $23,036,885.18 in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. -
Illinois Supreme Court sends Philip Morris back to Madison County
Tillery Philip Morris is back in Madison County. -
The Ambiguous FCPA: In Need Of Updates And Clarifications
Rickard Imagine if a foreign government defined employees of General Motors and AIG as "foreign officials" of the United States government because the government owns portions of the company or called Bloomberg Media employees "foreign officials" because 85 percent of the company is owned by a government official, the Mayor of New York City. Take a GM senior manager out to lunch and you may have committed bribery! -
Tobacco companies seek Supreme Court review of racketeering verdict
U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON - Three major tobacco companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a racketeering verdict against cigarette makers over the marketing of so-called light cigarettes. -
Survey: Corporate litigation to increase
Dillard NEW YORK - Corporate litigation is widely expected to continue to increase over the next year, a poll of corporate counsel indicates. -
U.S. Attorney General urged to investigate fraud in asbestos litigation
Holder WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department should investigate evidence suggesting there is widespread fraud by trial lawyers litigating asbestos-related cases, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says. -
Madigan, feds announce crackdown on foreclosure scams
Madigan WASHINGTON-Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Obama administration announced Monday a crackdown on scams disguised as mortgage relief programs. -
Voters have responsibilities as well as rights
Voting is an important part of American citizenship and a fundamental right and privilege in a democracy. This privilege also comes with numerous responsibilities, according to the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). -
Fitzgerald to assume role as Chief Justice Sept. 8
Fitzgerald SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The elevation of Justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois will be marked by an installation ceremony on Monday, Sept. 8 at the Supreme Court Building in Springfield. -
The plaintiff payoff racket
John Shimkus knows the abuses of some plaintiff's lawyers. -
DOJ accepting nominations for Medal of Valor recipients
The Department of Justice's Officer of Justice Programs is accepting nominations for the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor, the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer. -
Virgin Island grand jury indicts Auffenberg
A federal grand jury sitting in U.S. Virgin Islands returned a 35-count superseding indictment against James Auffenberg in connection with a fraudulent tax evasion scheme involving the abuse of a Virgin Islands economic development program. -
Report: U.S. Attorney's Office taking profit out of crime
Peel Feds collected more than $10 million from convicted felons and other civil defendants in the Southern District of Illinois during fiscal year 2007, according to U.S. Attorney Randy G. Massey. -
Muslim prisoner claims mistreatment post-9-11
Hakeem Shaheed of Atlantic City filed a federal civil rights violation complaint against officials at the federal penitentiary at Marion alleging that after Sept. 11, 2001, Muslim inmates suffered mistreatment by guards and employees at the prison. -
Attorney admits taking, concealing $36k in client's drug proceeds
EAST ST. LOUIS -- An attorney waived indictment and pled guilty last week in federal court in East St. Louis, to taking and concealing $36,000 in drug proceeds from a client he represented in federal court in 2004.