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Justice Cynthia Y. Cobbs is seeking election to the 1st District Appellate Court. – Photo courtesy of Justice Cobbs

Justice Cynthia Cobbs aims to continue 1st District appellate tenure

Justice Cynthia Y. Cobbs said she has the “experience that matters” to continue to successfully serve on the 1st District Appellate Court.
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House panel opens hearings on Pritzker’s health insurance reforms

A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry.
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Ghost guns, outdoor sleeping bans reach U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts.

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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