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Courts & Cases
Debris from a Norfolk Southern freight train lies scattered and burning along the tracks on Feb. 4, 2023, the day after it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. –
AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File
Norfolk Southern to pay $600M over train derailment in eastern Ohio
Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio.
By Josh Funk
Pressure grows as Buttigieg says Boeing needs to cooperate with probes
With Boeing facing multiple government investigations, the company needs to make “a serious transformation” around its safety and manufacturing quality, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday.
By The Associated Press
Magistrate judges honored at Dirksen courthouse exhibit
Federal magistrate judges shoulder burdens that otherwise would weigh down their life-tenured colleagues on the federal trial bench, according to Chief U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the Northern District of Illinois.
By Patricia Manson
Trial Notebook
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.”
By Steven P. Garmisa
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Criminal procedure — waiver of counsel
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7th Circuit Opinions
Richard Rodgers v. William Rankin
No. 23-1220 – April 23, 2024
Appvion, Inc. Retirement Savings and Employee Stoc v. Douglas Buth
No. 23-1073 – April 23, 2024
USA v. Randy Craft
No. 22-3015 – April 22, 2024
Celina Montoya v. Rob Jeffreys
No. 22-2791 – April 18, 2024
Estate of Gavin Wallmow v. Oneida County, Wisconsin
No. 23-2141 – April 17, 2024
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Cammacho v. City of Joliet
April 4, 2024
People v. Johanson
April 4, 2024
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