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     <description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a change in how the state's court system handles teenage offenders. The bill that passed the House unanimously on Wednesday would treat 17-year-olds accused of most crimes as juveniles, meaning their cases would automatically go to juvenile court instead of adult court. Supporters said Massachusetts was one of only 11 states in which 17-year-olds are prosecuted as adults. In most states, adult court jurisdiction begins at age 18. From The Associated Press.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[QUINCY, Ill. &mdash; The former leader of a western Illinois county's drug court is facing federal charges that he maintained a drug house.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[MONTPELIER, Vt. &mdash; Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday a novel measure aimed at protecting companies from so-called patent trolling, the practice of making deceptive claims of patent infringement in the hopes of collecting licensing or settlement money.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[GE Capital's Muniz always learning to lead]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Peter J. Muniz remembers the "light-bulb" moment when his perspective shifted from that of a law firm practitioner to an in-house lawyer.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; Illinois does not have to pay the legal fees of a former state's attorney who put two innocent men in prison and on death row, the state's high court ruled today.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[See if you know what happened on This Day in Legal History with Karen Conti.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Where a trial judge did not abuse his discretion at sentencing when he considered that the victim of the crime was mentally challenged, the sentence was affirmed.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Law Bulletin headlines and slogans this week in history.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[In February 2011, Jane Doe began interning for the Forest Park Police Department under Lt. Steven Weiler's supervision. During the internship, police officer Young Lee recruited Doe to participate in the department's alcohol stings aimed at liquor stores and bars which served alcohol to minors.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Baker & McKenzie LLP added Matthew F. Kluchenek as a partner. He will lead the firm's North American derivatives practice.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[A judge has ruled that a New Yorker who rented his apartment on a popular traveler site broke the law. Condo owner Nigel Warren was ordered to pay a $2,400 penalty for subletting his apartment to a Russian tourist in December on the Airbnb.com website. The judge said he broke the law because he rented it for fewer than 30 days and wasn't home while the tourist occupied it. Rental agreements are legal under state law only if the "host" remains home during the rental period. From The Associated Press.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[DENVER &mdash; A federal judge in Denver is considering an injunction after ruling that nearly 250 Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC clothing stores are unfriendly to the disabled.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; The longtime backer of a push to expand gambling in Illinois has dropped his name from a pending bill over "perceived conflict of interest" with a law firm where he's counsel.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; A Senate panel today backed one bill that would broaden and intensify criminal penalties for hazing and another that would eliminate the statute of limitations for prosecuting child sexual assault and abuse in certain cases.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[See if you know what happened on This Day in Legal History with Karen Conti.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Competition concern flips initial ruling]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[During Castleton Plaza's Chapter 11 reorganization, a bankruptcy judge in southern Indiana approved a plan that would have given 100 percent ownership to Mary Clare Broadbent, the wife of the limited partnership's owner, George Broadbent, in return for $375,000 in fresh cash.]]></description>
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     <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Appellate court looks at due process, preindictment delays and prejudice]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[As most criminal practitioners are aware, the statute of limitations provides predicable, legislatively enacted limits on prosecutorial delay and serves as the primary guarantee against the state bringing overly stale criminal charges.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Of wheat and chaff: predictive coding in federal Biomet case]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[With characteristic dry wit, my colleague Myra C. Mormile noted in a column last year in this publication that the law on the use of predictive coding is still "somewhat unsettled."]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Leech, Tishman, Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC added Ray Hughes to its insurance coverage and corporate risk mitigation and litigation practice groups in its Lisle office.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[For more than 60 years, Donald M. DeHart reportedly held James Thomas DeHart out to the world as his son — including providing James with a 1944 birth certificate that listed Donald as James' father.]]></description>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Quarles & Brady LLP added Corbin J. Morris as an associate in its tax-exempt organizations and corporate services practice groups.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Sponsor: Practising Law Institute9 a.m., University of Chicago Gleacher Center, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive$1,695Info: (800) 260-4754 or pli.edu]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said Georgia's lawyers have donated the equivalent of more than 840,000 pounds of food to the state's seven regional food banks during a food drive competition. The second annual Legal Food Frenzy brought in 38 percent more than last year. A total of 249 law firms and legal organizations competed in the contest, which ran from April 22 through May 3. Sole practitioner Walter G. "Bo" Sammons Jr. collected 9,218 pounds. From The Associated Press.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; State Sen. Kirk W. Dillard could be the GOP nominee for governor in 2014, but the veteran lawyer-lawmaker is focused on the the legislative branch for now.]]></description>
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     <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Public meeting prayers to get high court review]]></title>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[The beat goes on: Corporate fraud remains constant, tough to combat]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sequestration has become the talk of the town as federal officials cite the lack of money for their inability to perform necessary work.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Sentencing - mandatory supervised release, Class X]]></title>
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     <title><![CDATA[No attorney shield exists in will battle]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Part one of two: Deciding Illinois should adopt the doctrine of equitable adoption, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed an order that dismissed James Thomas DeHart's complaint against his stepmother, Blanca DeHart.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Winston & Strawn LLP partner Daniel D. Rubinstein has been selected by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois judges to receive the 2013 Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Where the defendant fails to recognize or investigate suspicious behavior that would be deemed so by a similar professional, and engages in unusual action in furtherance of this suspicious behavior, it may be deemed circumstantial evidence of the defendant's intent.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Recognizing the importance of mentorship]]></title>
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     <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bills treat 17-year-olds as adults in elections, juveniles in court]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; Two legislative proposals headed to Gov. Patrick J. Quinn's desk would treat 17-year-olds as juveniles in courtrooms and some as adults in voting booths.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Global network opens doors for firms]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The head of an association of independent international law firms encouraged Polsinelli P.C. lawyers today to use the group to expand business throughout the world.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Timeliness sinks suburb's suit over faulty community center]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The village of Orland Hills waited too long to file a lawsuit against the architects of its community center regarding problems with the building's concrete floor, a state appeals panel has ruled.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Hulshizer runs anti-violence essay competition]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[By encouraging youngsters to compose essays about violence, Robin M. Hulshizer hopes they get inspired by the writing process.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Sponsor: Appellate Lawyers AssociationNoon-1:45 p.m., Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Blvd.$40 member; $60 all othersInfo: Christine Teed at (630) 416-1166 extension 303]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Talking with a few journalists after last year's Chicago Public Schools teacher strike ended, the general consensus was that the 2015 election is far enough away that the strike won't politically hurt Mayor Rahm Emanuel.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Festival season is upon us]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[This weekend, take your senses to Germany at the Chicago Mayfest on Ashland and Barry avenues for German food, dancing, shopping and a broad spectrum of live entertainment.]]></description>
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     <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <description><![CDATA[Ticketmaster has agreed to settle claims for up to $23 million over a lawsuit affecting more than a million people who, after buying a ticket online, were enrolled in a rewards program that cost $9 a month but never gave them any benefits. U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los Angeles approved the settlement last week. The plaintiffs' attorney, Adam Gutride, said affected customers will be sent an e-mail today with a website link where they can file a claim. Each customer can get up to $30. From The Assoc]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; A judge said eight suspended members of the nation's oldest black sorority should be reinstated and a multiyear lawsuit over issues involving sorority money ended.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Election law passes test for fairness]]></title>
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     <title><![CDATA[Beware: Preambles not always reliable]]></title>
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     <description><![CDATA[Moving to dismiss an indictment that charged him with using excessive force and attempting to conceal the incidents, Stephen Linder, a deputy marshal, argued that the federal government violated his constitutional rights when a special investigator threatened witnesses with prosecution after they gave answers he didn't like.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[The main lesson taught by a recent federal court ruling issued in Florida, <i>Wilson v. Walgreen Income Protection Plan</i>, is that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) imposes duties of good faith and fair dealing that preclude deceptive and unreasonable claim handling tactics.]]></description>
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     <description><![CDATA[Attorney Dennis F. Esford has founded Windy City Trial Group Inc. in Willis Tower.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[Corboy & Demetrio lawyer to lead WBAI]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Michelle M. Kohut takes the reins of the state's largest women's bar group next month, she will face what many of its members also confront &mdash; balancing motherhood with the demands of a legal career.]]></description>
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     <title><![CDATA[In the Spotlight: Paul Edward Haidle]]></title>
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     <title><![CDATA[Mom and dad were right]]></title>
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