Courts & Cases

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Judge Robert Adrian presides over court on Aug. 26, 2020, in Adams County. – Jake Shane/Quincy Herald-Whig via AP

Adrian removed from bench over reversal of rape conviction

Adams County Judge Robert Adrian, who sparked outrage by reversing a man’s rape conviction involving a 16-year-old girl, has been removed from the bench after a judicial oversight body found he circumvented the law and engaged in misconduct.
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SCOTUS hears arguments in social media case over free speech

The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to side with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security.
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Clinton Krislov, 74, recalled as ‘for the regular Joe’

Attorney and frequent political candidate Clinton A. Krislov brought in huge monetary settlements and awards over decades of practice.

Trial Notebook

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Judge rejects ‘specific patient rule’ in case over false claims, kickbacks

Two of Allergan’s former sales representatives accused the pharmaceutical manufacturer of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by using a “speaker program” to give physicians illegal payments for prescribing two of its medications — Linzess and Viberzi — but the company insisted the complaint was defective because it didn’t “identify a specific patient to whom a doctor allegedly prescribed Linzess or Viberzi in exchange for a kickback.”

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