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Chamber announces legal reform awards
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform announced today the recipients of the 2006 Legal Reform Awards. -
Bathon criticizes Prenzler for ties to 'extreme' organization
Madison County Treasurer Fred Bathon cited his opponent's past membership in the Constitution Party as evidence that he's out of touch with the values of Madison County voters. -
Tuned out voters didn't turn out in primary
Republican Jim Oberweis hammered away at his primary rivals, aiming his strongest attacks at Judy Baar Topinka. Oberweis' downstate campaign was well-organized and vigorous. In Madison and St. Clair counties, he received 63 percent more votes than Topinka. Family dysfunction in the GOP and an unwelcome snow storm on the first day of spring contributed to an abysmally low voter turn-out in the primary election March 21. -
Asbestos trust fund bill doomed by senate
The U.S. Senate voted late Tuesday night 58-41 to send a bill that would create a $140 billion asbestos trust fund back to the Judiciary Committee, ostensibly ending any hope that such a fund will be created. -
Greener pastures
Kardis Retired Madison County Judge Phillip Kardis is aiming for a new career, and it won’t require his coming before former colleagues on the bench. -
Sweet sensitivity
McMorrow Lost amidst the substance of the Illinois Supreme Court’s Avery decision was a curious dissent, one that expressed compassion for the losing plaintiff’s lawyers. -
Justice at Stake responds
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After $140 billion is gone asbestos will come right back to state courts, say Democrats
Sen. Ted Kennedy Four Democrats on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee predict that if Congress creates a $140 billion trust fund to take asbestos cases out of dockets across the country, the money will run out quickly, sending cases right back to where they started--our clogged state courts. -
Too many Goliaths...
St. Louis plaintiff’s attorney Stephen Tillery’s Madison County lawsuit against South African diamond maker DeBeers uses as its rationale a claim that the company is a “cartel.” -
Angling
Now that St. Clair County’s Stephen McGlynn has put on the appellate court robes, the Metro East needs a new representative on the beleaguered Illinois GOP’s ruling board. -
The Spirit of 1776
As we celebrate the Fourth of July, a good movie to dust off is the musical “1776." -
Metro East Milquetoast
Born in Belleville, raised in East St. Louis, and a graduate of Assumption High, two-term U.S. Senator Dick Durbin should be a source of great local pride to St. Clair County. -
Unaccountable
Oh those, lifelong appointments to the federal bench. -
Asbestos trust fund bill moves to full Senate
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Rolling down the river
Simmons Why would toxic tort specialist SimmonsCooper recruit Chuck Scholz, former mayor of a far-flung river town like Quincy, to join its firm? Sources tell Dicta it’s all about political ambition-- John Simmons’, that is. -
Rebel yell
Bailiff Charles “Rod” Taylor guards the second floor of the Madison County Courthouse with a wink and a smile. He’s a friendly and familiar face. -
Class action reform passes--may dry out local courts
Sen. Obama--Votes "yes" In a vote of 72-26, the U.S. Senate passed the Class Action Fairness Act—a bill that limits class action lawsuits by shifting them from state to federal courts—on Thursday afternoon. -
Decisions, decisions
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Big Hitters
Shimkus Brewing Battle U.S. Representative John Shimkus (R-Collinsville) shone in the spotlight last week as a GOP president descended upon his hometown. But sources tell Dicta that the popular former U.S. Marine and Madison County Treasurer may face a well-funded challenger in 2006. -
In the spotlight
Is Byron packing?... A trial lawyer vies for GOP Chairman... & the MCR vs. the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.