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Trial lawyers keep funding Madigan political war chest, despite bribery scandal; $161K donated in September

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Sep 25, 2020 @ 1:24pm

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, has been implicated in a federal bribery investigation. Trial lawyers, however, continue to donate money to Madigan's campaign organization.
Politically generous lawyers poised to take billions from opioid settlement

By Daniel Fisher | Wednesday, Mar 11, 2020 @ 1:07pm

CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Their request for some $3 billion in fees has generated fierce resistance from state attorneys general and defendants, but don’t worry about the financial states of private lawyers who represent thousands of municipal plaintiffs in opioid litigation.