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Professor argues 'less' is more in consumer protection law
Ben-Shahar In his years of studying mandates on product disclosures and other parts of consumer protection law, Omri Ben-Shahar has come to realize one thing. -
U.S. Supreme Court says West Virginia justice should have recused
Copland WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision said West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin should have stepped aside in a case involving Massey Energy. -
Poll: Greater diversity on Supreme Court not an issue for most Americans
United State Supreme Court WASHINGTON - The majority of Americans say they are in no hurry for President Barack Obama to specifically appoint a minority or a woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, a poll indicates. -
Tillery's appeal of Price over statute of limitations is just beginning
Tillery MOUNT VERNON – Three months after Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth signed the third order in four years dismissing Stephen Tillery's $10 billion class action against cigarette maker Philip Morris, Tillery's appeal of the order has barely begun. -
Timing was right for 'historic' Nolan ruling
McCambridge Edward McCambridge had been waiting a long time for last week's ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court. And, Lester Brickman knows the feeling. -
Judicial reform proposal remains under lawmakers' radar
While sometimes it's good to be a record holder, some are questioning whether Illinois should continue to hold the national record for most expensive supreme court race. -
Supreme Court hearing sheds light on tenuous nature of asbestos trusts
Justice Stevens A relatively odd dust-up between two different insurance defense lawyers embroiled in mutli-million dollar asbestos lawsuits lay at the center of a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. -
Trial lawyers seek to recession-proof their practices
Frank WASHINGTON - Even trial attorneys are not immune from the historic economic crisis hammering the United States, legal observers said. -
U.S. law firms eye global expansion of asbestos litigation
Hartley The 900-lb. gorilla of American civil law is expanding globally to an even greater degree than it already has, according to a Chicago defense attorney who writes a blog on global asbestos issues. -
EHS students study Constitution in battle against ignorance
Dorothy Stamer In order to form a more perfect union, students at Edwardsville High School are seriously exercising their right to assemble with energy and determination. -
Scholar: Wyeth decision could have far-reaching side effects
Calfee WASHINGTON - A U.S. Supreme Court decision this month affirming the right to sue in state court over complications from federally-approved medications could have far-reaching effects on Americans, a scholar says. -
Lawyers in $11 billion Wal-Mart case counting on embezzler's testimony
Coughlin SAN FRANCISCO – Retailer Wal-Mart stands strong while other businesses fall, but class action lawyers aim to knock it down with an $11 billion lawsuit. -
Tillery again appeals $10 billion tobacco verdict
Tillery Stephen Tillery has appealed an order of Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth denying his bid to reinstate a $10 billion verdict against cigarette maker Philip Morris -
U.S. Supreme Court rules against Wyeth in federal preemption case
Copland WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in a closely watched federal preemption case, ruling that a woman may sue in state court over a federally-approved drug. -
Judge Ruth rejects attempt by Tillery to reopen $10 billion tobacco case
Lombardi Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth has rejected Stephen Tillery's bid to reclaim a $10 billion verdict that he obtained against cigarette maker Philip Morris in 2003. -
Tillery: 'Too diligent' in effort to reopen $10 billion tobacco case
Tillery Stephen Tillery of St. Louis insists he can't be too diligent in laboring to restore a $10 billion Madison County verdict against cigarette maker Philip Morris. -
Philip Morris counters Tillery's attempt to reopen Price
Tillery Philip Morris USA has countered Stephen Tillery's bid to resurrect a $10 billion class action verdict that Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron awarded in 2003. -
Trial lawyers ask Obama to expand product liability
President-elect Obama WASHINGTON - A leading national group of trial lawyers Monday called on President-elect Barack Obama to repeal a bevy of regulations that limit corporate liability. -
Court of the living dead
We don't keep a crystal ball here at The Record. But one mustn't be psychic to predict the next move of a jackpot-seeking trial lawyer like Steve Tillery. -
Wage legislation called a potential 'bonanza' for trial lawyers
Boehner WASHINGTON - Legislation called a potential "trial lawyer bonanza" by the Wall Street Journal is winding its way through Congress.