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Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in nine cases, including a Cook County wrongful death suit
The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review a wrongful death case that an appeals panel noted presents a “rather novel issue” over whether the state courts recognize the self-critical analysis privilege.
Judge finds Prenda attorneys in contempt for failing to pay $261K sanction; adds on $26K and hints at possibility for more
HerndonThree lawyers with ties to the now-dissolved Prenda Law firm were hit with more sanctions Monday after a federal judge found them in contempt for failing to pay more than a quarter of a million dollars in attorney’s fees and costs to the defendants in a southern Illinois computer hacking case.U.S. Chief Judge David Herndon ordered Paul Duffy, Paul Hansmeier and John Steele to pay the three defendants
River North restaurant-lounge named in dram shop suit
A man is suing a Chicago restaurant-lounge over claims a belligerent patron hit him in the head with a bottle.
Election officials continue to count votes in 15th Subcircuit race
Lawler BarrettThe "every vote counts" saying couldn't be more true for a pair of candidates in a Cook County judicial subcircuit race.As of today, the Cook County Clerk's office continued to count votes in the five-way race for the 15th Subcircuit after Tuesday's Democratic primary failed to produce an obvious winner as the margin separating two candidates was just too close to call.Chris Lawler led
Updated: Two of 14 judicial candidates endorsed by Cook County Dems lose in primary
Lyle SwansonUnlike most of the winners in Tuesday’s primary election, almost all of the victors of Cook County’s judicial races can call it quits on campaigning.As several of the nearly two dozen judicial races were uncontested in the primary and only one has opposition from the other political party, Tuesday’s election served as main show for candidates as it picked the presumptive winners of the
Primary election will decide winner of most Cook County judicial races
For many of the Cook County judicial candidates whose names will appear on the ballot Tuesday, a win in the primary election guarantees them the position they are running for as they face no opposition in November.Cook County voters pulling a Democratic ballot Tuesday will have nearly two dozen judicial races to vote in while those voting Republican will only have to cast their choice in one contested
Seventh Circuit reverses part of ruling in suit over suicide attempt at downstate jail
A now-brain dead man who tried to kill himself while in the Madison County’ Jail has convinced a federal appeals panel to revive his lawsuit.
University plans to appeal $2.5M award for whistle-blower claim under Illinois' ethics law
The First District Appellate Court could soon have to decide whether to review what may be the first jury award for a whistle-blower claim under the state’s decade-old ethics act.
Defendants urge Seventh Circuit to uphold $261K in sanctions against Prenda attorneys
The defendants in a downstate Illinois computer hacking case brought by attorneys with the now-dissolved Prenda Law firm assert “this case could be the poster child for abusive litigation.”
Panel affirms dismissal of defamation suit against Cook County judge
The First District Appellate Court has upheld the dismissal of a defamation suit that a since-suspended attorney brought against Cook County Associate Judge James E. Snyder in 2012.
Seventh Circuit revives Michael Jordan's suit over Jewel ad
Basketball legend Michael Jordan will be able to move forward with his lawsuit against Jewel Food Stores over an advertisement the grocery store chain ran in a 2009 commemorative issue of Sports Illustrated that congratulated the former Chicago Bulls’ great on his induction into the Hall of Fame.
Prenda saga continues as appeals over sanctions move forward
Steele, Hansmeier, Duffy
Orthopedic doctor sued over wrist surgery
SowersA woman is suing a surgeon over claims he failed to treat her injury in a timely manner.Linda McInnes filed a lawsuit Oct. 11 in the Cook County Circuit Court against Dr. Eugene P. Lopez and Midwest Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgical Specialists Ltd., citing negligence.According to the complaint, McInnes went to Midwest in October 2011 complaining of right wrist pain after a falling. Lopez