News from 2014
High School students intern with local lawyers
Pictured left to right: Row one - Jessica Drewer, Elizabeth Silva, Sabrina Blanco, Sofiya Knebel and Kris Keller; Row two - Miranda Mullins, Thomas Hart, Isabella Lilly and Alyssa Boulanger and Row three - Lexi Dreste, Brooke Lunn, Catherine Jakich. Not pictured: Taylor Rook and Alexander Johnson.
Madison County foreclosures Aug. 18-22
August 18, 2014
St. Clair County foreclosures Aug. 19-22
August 19, 2014
Madison County real estate Aug. 12-15
August 12, 2014
St. Clair County real estate Aug. 11-15
August 11, 2014
Supreme Court building reopens following restoration project; Justices offer rare tour of third floor living quarters
SPRINGFIELD -- One year, two moves and thousands of boxes later, the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield has reopened after receiving a nearly $16 million makeover.The project that restored parts of the century-old building while updating others began last summer, forcing the court’s 50-plus staff members to work from another location and the justices to move their last five terms to Chicag
HeplerBroom partners with IDC Young Lawyers for successful blood drive
LLC recently partnered with the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (IDC) Young Lawyers Division to host an American Red Cross Blood Drive at HeplerBroom’s Edwardsville office.
Evidence of job losses due to ObamaCare continues to grow
Lopez BaumanFor months, data suggesting that the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, is hurting employment have been dismissed by the White House as anecdotal. But a recent survey of businesses conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia seems to provide undeniable proof that the law is forcing businesses to fire employees and cut health benefits.According to the report:“Over 18 percent of the firms
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
California woman sues Pfizer over Zoloft use in St. Clair County
DriscollA California woman is suing over claims her daughter was born with birth defects due to her use of Zoloft while pregnant.Trinity Crawford, a minor, by and through her next friend and natural mother Deana Crawford, filed a lawsuit Aug. 13 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Pfizer Inc., Greenstone LLC, formerly known as Greenstone Ltd., Roerig S.A. and Pfizer R&D Cortex Distric
Kolker denies fees and penalties sought by ESL activist in FOIA suit
WagnerSt. Clair County Associate Judge Christopher Kolker has denied fees and penalties sought by an East St. Louis civic activist in a Freedom of Information Act-related lawsuit he brought against the city last year.Kolker had previously dismissed a portion of the suit that Matt Hawkins brought seeking ouster of several East St. Louis officials for their alleged failure to turn over documents concerning