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  • $20 Million Dollar Settlement in Jaycee Dugard Case
  • IMPORTANT ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT RULING ON "SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY"
  • HUGE RECALL OF MARIE CALLENDAR PRODUCTS
  • AUTHORITIES IGNORE KEY EVIDENCE IN RILEY FOX MURDER CASE
  • NEW LEGISLATION AIMS TO REFORM ILLINOIS NURSING HOMES
  • SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES FINALLY CATCH UP TO CHICAGO DOCTOR
  • COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE - A KINDER, GENTLER DIVORCE
  • JURY AWARDS $18.5 IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN SEX ABUSE CASE AGAINST BOY SCOUTS
  • ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL RIPS NICOR INSURANCE PROGRAM
  • SHOCKING FACTS IN BOY SCOUT SEX ABUSE TRIAL
  • SOME HELPFUL HINTS FOR JUDGES
  • ILLINOIS HOME REPAIR AND REMODELING ACT - PART DEUX
  • ILLINOIS COURT SLICES CHIROPRACTOR'S HOURLY FEE
  • OPENING OFFICE IN HINSDALE, ILLINOIS
  • HUGE WIN FOR ILLINOIS WORKERS!!!!
  • AN OVERVIEW: THE ILLINOIS HOME REPAIR ACT
  • CHICAGO AREA WOMAN STRIKES BLOW FOR WORKING MOMS
  • CHICAGO JUDGE TOSSES TWITTER LAWSUIT
  • VERDICT AGAINST LOUISVILLE SLUGGER UPHELD
  • CONTACT SPORTS DOCTRINE DOES NOT APPLY TO ATHLETIC TRAINER STRUCK BY HOCKEY PUCK
  • THE TRAGIC TALE OF CHRISTINA EILMAN
  • SOME GOOD NEWS FOR TOYOTA
  • NOLAN ON OPENING STATEMENT
  • ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT DELAYS OPINION ON MED MAL CAPS
  • IS THE RIGHT TO AMEND UNDER 5/2-616 ABSOLUTE?
  • BEWARE THE REQUEST TO ADMIT
  • ILLINOIS BANS TEST MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING
  • SUPREME COURT ALLOWS $83 MILLION DOLLAR VERDICT TO STAND AGAINST FORD
  • FUTURE PAIN & SUFFERING
  • DON'T SEE THAT EVERYDAY...
  • TARGET HALLOWEEN FLASHLIGHT STARTS FIRE IN CHILD'S BED
  • SEARS TAKES A HIT
  • ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT OPINION A MAJOR ROADBLOCK FOR OLDER VICTIMS OF CLERGY SEX ABUSE
  • NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEED TO REMEMBER RES JUDICATA? THINK AGAIN.
  • ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
  • TOYOTA NOT HAVING A GOOD WEEK
  • TEDDY KENNEDY DIES
  • GLAD TO SEE I HAVE BEATEN THE ODDS
  • TWITTER AT YOUR PERIL
  • SECOND LAWSUIT AGAINST MILAN, ILLINOIS MCDONALD'S
  • RED LETTER DAY!
  • CONDO OWNER IN TOUGH SPOT
  • NO END IN SIGHT IN LISKA LAWSUIT AGAINST MOTOROLA
  • YET ANOTHER SIMPLICITY CRIB RECALL
  • STATE AGENCY SLOW TO DISCIPLINE DOCTOR
  • SOLOS AND SMALL FIRMS LOOKING FOR BUSINESS ON craigslist
  • SPERM A PRODUCT?
  • ILLINOIS CAR MOGUL SUES FOR ALIENATION OF AFFECTION
  • SPONGE LEFT IN BODY - DOCTOR NOT LIABLE
  • CTA NOTICE PROVISION REPEALED
  • DIVORCE LAWYERS GOING HIGH TECH
  • WRONGFUL BIRTH DECISION - PARENTS CAN RECOVER DAMAGES EVEN AFTER CHILD TURNS 18
  • WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAPTOP? LISKA RETALIATORY INTRIGUE
  • FORMER CFO SUES MOTOROLA
  • LAWYER CAN'T SIGN RULE 216 REQUEST TO ADMIT FOR MISSING CLIENT
  • MORE RECALLS FOR SIMPLICITY BRAND
  • $20 MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT FOR CHILD INJURED IN FALL AT BURGER KING
  • FRIENDS OF CAR THIEF OFF THE HOOK
  • CITY OF CHICAGO PAYS $2.7 MILLION FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTION
  • NO THANKS NECESSARY
  • SUPREME COURT DOES THE RIGHT THING
  • DUTY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PROPERTY
  • DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN HARM'S WAY IF YOU WORK FOR MCDONALD'S
  • NEGLIGENT HIRING IN ILLINOIS
  • LAWSUIT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT COOK COUNTY JAIL
  • JILL BIDEN
  • THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING LOST THE PR WAR
  • MILLIONS FOR PARDONED CHICAGO MAN
  • BIKE RIDER WINS!
  • MEDICAL RESIDENTS STILL OVERWORKED
  • WAUKEGAN RADIO STATION SUED AFTER CONTEST WINNER ASSAULTED
  • $16 MILLION DOLLAR VERDICT IN PAIN KILLER SKIN PATCH CASE
  • WOMAN SUES AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR HIV AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
  • ADDISON POLICE NOT LIABLE FOR ARREST BASED ON STOLEN IDENTITY
  • ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENT ON CAPS IN MED MAL CASES
  • RECENT STUDY: SAFER TO SETTLE?
  • PEORIA DIOCESE: PERSONNEL DECISIONS PRIVILEGED
  • INSULIN NEEDLES RECALLED
  • SHERWOOD BRANDS RESPONDS TO CANADIAN RECALL
  • TAINTED CANDY RECALLED IN CANADA
  • ILLINOIS FAMILY MILITARY LEAVE ACT
  • DELTA CRIB RECALL
  • TRIBUNE ENDORSES OBAMA; PIGS SUDDENLY FLY
  • CHICAGO ACCIDENT VICTIM NEEDS HELP
  • OCTOBER DANGERS ON THE ROAD
  • DEFECTIVE BASSINETS STILL AVAILABLE ON EBAY, CRAIGSLIST
  • CUBBIES DESTROY PIPE IN DODGERS STADIUM
  • DIOCESE OF BELLEVILLE SEEKS NEW TRIAL IN SEX ABUSE CASE
  • NO IMMUNITY FOR ILLINOIS PARK DISTRICT IN RETALIATORY DISCHARGE CASE
  • THE LAWYER AND THE STRIPPER
  • CHICAGO TRIBUNE TAKES CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TO TASK
  • WARNINGS WITHHELD ABOUT DANGEROUS BASSINETS
  • EMPLOYERS SPYING ON EMPLOYEES
  • POSTSCRIPT ON BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS SEX ABUSE TRIAL
  • MORE SHOCKING DISCLOSURES IN CLERGY SEX ABUSE TRIAL
  • WHEN DOGS ATTACK - A LOOK AT THE ILLINOIS ANIMAL CONTROL ACT
  • ILLINOIS STANDARD FOR DIRECTED VERDICT IN BENCH TRIAL
  • CHICAGO MAN CLAIMS BAD FISH GAVE HIM 9 FOOT TAPEWORM
  • NANCY GRACE LAWSUIT
  • STAY AT HOME MOM'S "SALARY"
  • CROCS AND ESCALATORS A BAD MIX
  • CROSS EXAMINATION TIPS
  • TO YOUNG LAWYERS
  • ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT ALLOWS INJURED PARTIES TO RECOVER FULL REASONABLE VALUE OF MEDICAL EXPENSES
  • SEX ABUSE CRISIS RAGES IN VERMONT
  • ILLINOIS HAS A FIVE DAY NOTICE FOR INJURY CASES
  • E. COLI DEADLY - EVEN IF NOT EATEN!
  • SUPREME COURT BANS RETALIATION UNDER SECTION 1981
  • BE WARY OF THE VOLUNTARY
  • STATE OF ILLINOIS EMPLOYEE LOSES HARASSMENT SUIT
  • TAX ISSUES SATISFY PUBLIC POLICY REQUIREMENT FOR ILLINOIS RETALIATORY CLAIM
  • DAMAGES LIMITATIONS STRUCK DOWN BY ILLINOIS JUDGE
  • RECOVERY FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY UNDER ILLINOIS WORKMENS' COMPENSATION ACT
  • MERCK SETTLES VIOXX CASES
  • ALLSTATE AND STATE FARM SUED FOR CONSPIRACY
  • ILLINOIS WHISTLEBLOWER ACT DOESN'T IMPACT RETALIATORY DISCHARGE
  • MORE DETAILS ON CHICAGO PRIEST ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
  • ANOTHER SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUIT AGAINST CHICAGO PRIEST
  • ANOTHER VERDICT AGAINST CHICAGO POLICE
  • WHISTLEBLOWER VERDICT AGAINST EYE DOCTOR
  • ILLINOIS TEEN SETTLES WITH POLICE AFTER GETTING TASERED
  • BIG SEXUAL HARASSMENT VERDICT AGAINST MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
  • ILLINOIS LEGISLATION CAPPING DAMAGES BEING REVIEWED
  • ILLINOIS STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS EXTENDED FOR RAPE VICTIMS
  • ILLINOIS TEACHER NEEDS TO READ UP ON BILL OF RIGHTS
  • CHICAGO HEAVYWEIGHT BEING SUED
  • BILL COLLECTOR LOSES IN COURT!
  • LORD OF THE DANCE STAR PREVAILS AFTER RAPE ACCUSATION
  • MEDICARE WON'T PAY FOR MISTAKES
  • HOW LOW CAN PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE GO?
  • TRENT LOTT HAS AN EPIPHANY ABOUT INSURANCE ABUSES
  • ILLINOIS HEALTHCARE SERVICES LIEN ACT
  • FILE THOSE RULE 222 AFFADAVITS!!!
  • SEVENTH CIRCUIT WEIGHS IN ON RETALIATORY DISCHARGE
  • MENTAL SUFFERING DAMAGES ALLOWED UNDER NEW LAW

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