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A law requiring party-slated candidates for the Illinois General Assembly to gather voter signatures before they may be placed on the ballot passes muster under the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled today.
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Three litigators said they seized a chance to bolster their intellectual property practices by joining Steptoe & Johnson LLP in the past five weeks.
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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 — balancing motherhood with the demands of a legal career.
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SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Patrick J. Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation today.
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SPRINGFIELD — The state's high court is set to decide whether a minor should be incarcerated for violating probation after getting caught drinking alcohol.
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A typical weekday for Jennifer Wood began at 6 a.m. After driving 30 to 45 minutes from her Plainfield home to a Metra station in Naperville, Wood rode a train for 45 minutes to the Loop.
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SPRINGFIELD — Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know — and who you're related to — matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the next governor's race adds a new layer of intrigue in a Capitol already grappling with huge financial problems.
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WASHINGTON — 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.
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CINCINNATI — An Ohio man was found guilty Thursday of fatally shooting a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator.
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PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court is weighing the constitutionality of a Delaware law allowing chancery judges to oversee secret arbitration in high-stakes business disputes.
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In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild neurocognitive disorder."
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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder and a leading House Republican clashed Wednesday over the Justice Department's refusal to turn over the private e-mails of Thomas Perez, a top department official nominated to be labor secretary.