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HEPLERBROOM: 23 Hb Attorneys Listed As Illinois Super Lawyers® And Rising Stars®

By Press release submission | Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019 @ 9:00pm

HeplerBroom is proud to announce that 14 of its attorneys have been listed as 2019 Illinois Super Lawyers and an additional 9 have been named 2019 Illinois Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine.
Judge: Adding Walgreens as defendant can beat try by J&J to take talc cases out of Cook County courts

By Jonathan Bilyk | Monday, Apr 23, 2018 @ 6:13pm

A Chicago federal judge has granted a tactical victory to a group of five plaintiffs suing Johnson & Johnson over claims talc powder caused cancer, saying the plaintiffs’ move to also aim their legal actions at Walgreens is enough to keep the lawsuits in Cook County court, rather than federal court, even though J&J and Walgreens assert the pharmacy chain was named as co-defendant just to keep the lawsuits on relatively friendlier legal turf for the plaintiffs.