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Judge sides with Northwestern in student's lawsuit stemming from alleged sexual assault
A Northwestern University student will not be allowed to press forward with her Title IX claim against the school, after a federal judge determined the university should not be held liable for the sexual assault and harassment the student alleges she suffered at the hands of one of her professors. -
ARDC panel recommends three-year suspension for lawyer accused of having relationship with client
A suburban lawyer accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a female client and accepting almost $200,000 in loans and investments from her should be suspended, according to a panel of the state's lawyer disciplinary agency.The Review Board of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (IARDC) issued a report late last month, upholding the recommendation of the ARDC Hearing -
Supreme Court opens Nov. term; set to hear arguments in 15 cases
The Illinois Supreme Court will review a pair of cases this month that involve local law firms as parties. -
Lawyer adds another layer to ongoing Freed & Weiss dispute; sues accounting firm
A lawyer embroiled in a protracted legal fight with a former law partner over the messy dissolution of their erstwhile firm has set his sights on the firm’s accounting firm that happens to employ his former partner's father.In his suit, Eric D. Freed claims a Skokie accounting firm tampered with the law firm's books and denied payments rightfully owed to him, costing him millions of dollars in lost -
Nine years after tossing $10B verdict, Illinois Supreme Court agrees to review Price v. Philip Morris cigarette labeling case
The Illinois Supreme Court will once again weigh in the Madison County case over cigarette labeling that has been smoldering in the state’s courts for more than a decade. -
Justices disbar nine attorneys, discipline more than 20 others
Illinois Supreme CourtThe Illinois Supreme Court on Friday disbarred nine lawyers, including two former Chicago area attorneys who were convicted and sentenced to 15-years in prison for their involvement in separate criminal schemes.In addition to the disbarments, the justices handed down orders during their September term suspending 15 attorneys, reprimanding five and censuring two others, including -
Supreme Court building reopens following restoration; Justices offer rare tour of living quarters
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Updated: Supreme Court denies term limit appeal
The Illinois Supreme Court today denied a petition seeking review of a recent appellate court ruling rejecting a term limit ballot initiative as unconstitutional. -
City faces wrongful conviction suit stemming from alleged police torture under Burge
A man who spent more than 30 years behind bars for a crime he claims he didn't commit is back in court, but this time as the plaintiff. -
Seventh Circuit rejects Prenda trio's Lightspeed appeal, upholds sanctions award and contempt finding
WoodThe Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals late last week upheld a quarter of a million dollar sanctions award and a contempt finding against a trio of attorneys believed to be behind the now-dissolved Prenda Law firm.In its 24-page ruling in Lightspeed Media Corp. v. Anthony Smith, et al., the federal appeals panel rejected every argument Paul Duffy, Paul Hansmeier and John Steele presented, saying -
Judge sends MDL over H&R Block anticipated loans to arbitration
A federal court will allow one of the nation’s largest for-hire tax preparers to head to arbitration to try to resolve multidistrict litigation over claims H&R Block unfairly and illegally preyed upon customers in persuading them to take out refund anticipation loans when completing their federal income tax returns.In her July 23 ruling, U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschall went against the plaintiffs' -
Illinois Supreme Court denies motion for direct appeal over rejected term limit proposal
Backers of a ballot initiative seeking to impose term limits on state lawmakers will not be able to appeal a ruling that deemed their proposal unconstitutional directly to the Illinois Supreme Court.The high court today issued a one-sentence order, denying a motion for a direct appeal filed last month by the Committee for Legislative Reform and Term Limits, an intervenor in Frank Clark et. al, v. Illinois -
ARDC lodges complaint against former Cook County prosecutor accused of biting a man in 2012
A former Cook County prosecutor who was accused of biting a man’s leg during a scuffle at a lingerie store on the city’s North Side is now facing potential attorney discipline over the 2012 incident that led to a handful of criminal charges she was later acquitted of. -
Seventh Circuit OKs Chicago's ward map for 2015 aldermanic elections
A federal appeals panel today upheld the City of Chicago’s new ward map as constitutional.
