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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. -
Fifth District reinstates $10B verdict in Price verdict; Philip Morris vows to appeal to Supreme Court
The Fifth District Appellate Court on Tuesday reinstated a $10.1 billion verdict in a decade-old class action lawsuit that accused Philip Morris USA of misleading consumers by deceptively marketing “light” and “low tar” cigarettes. -
Decade-old antitrust case against NFL plays on in Chicago's federal court; judge flags both sides' requests for summary judgment
ColemanA long-running lawsuit over allegations the National Football League violated antitrust laws by awarding an exclusive licensing agreement to Reebok will continue after a federal judge in Chicago earlier this month denied motions for summary judgment from both sides.Delivered by U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, the ruling struck down requests seeking summary judgment from the plaintiff, -
Chicago Bar Association and Foundation honor four with Justice John Paul Stevens Award
U.S. Judge Diane Wood of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals said she was just a “baby lawyer” when she first met former U.S. Supreme Justice John Paul Stevens. -
Supreme Court issues two gun-related rulings
The Illinois Supreme Court today handed down a pair of gun-related opinions.
