http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/ Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, your legal news and court information resource. Copyright (C) 2009 Law Bulletin Publishing Company en-us Thu, 02,Jul 2009 14:07:816 GMT-05:00 http://static.lawbulletin.com/images/top_nav_left_new.gif http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/index2.cfm http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/trial/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004560 When Pat Plaintiff voluntarily dismisses a lawsuit, section 13-217 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure grants Pat an absolute right to refile the complaint within a year. Yet when Pat drops the case, the trial judge is also authorized by Supreme Court Rule 219(e) to assess costs, including "reasonable expenses incurred in defending the action." http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004554 Officials at the DuPage County Circuit Court are getting ready to roll out a new program that will let attorneys reserve court dates. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004553 DURANGO, Colo. For the first time since territorial days, rain will be free for the catching here, as more and more thirsty states part ways with one of the most entrenched codes of the West. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004550 A partner in the Chicago office of Duane, Morris LLP is leaving for Afghanistan this weekend for a one-year tour of duty as an Army major. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004552 A man accused of deliberately burning down his business was not denied a fair trial when a prosecutor claimed that water from a fire hose must have washed away evidence, a federal appeals court has held. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004559 NEW YORK A Swedish author whose new book was promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" cannot publish it in the United States because it too closely mirrors Salinger's classic without adequate parody or critique, a judge ruled Wednesday. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004563 SALT LAKE CITY Bartenders in Utah threw open their doors Wednesday as the state ditched a 40-year-old requirement that customers fill out an application, pay a fee and become a member of a private club before setting foot in a bar. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004549 NEW YORK Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee charged with terrorism crimes have asked the U.S. government to preserve overseas locations where he was subjected to "physical and psychological ill-treatment" at secret CIA prisons known as "black sites" until they can inspect them. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004555 LANSING, Mich. Michigan returned 62 sex offenders to prison in the past week after they were mistakenly released because of glitch in how psychologists determined their treatment plans, authorities said. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004558 Allegations that police officers' rough handcuffing of arrestee caused two torn rotator cuffs did not warrant jury trial in civil rights lawsuit where officers' conduct was reasonable as a matter of law.Civil rights cases against police officers alleging excessive use of force are not typically ripe for resolution on pretrial motions. The determination of whether an officer's conduct was "reasonable" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment is generally a question for the jury. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004548 Our economy, energy supply, means of transportation and military defenses are dependent on vast, interconnected computer and telecommunications networks. These networks are poorly defended and vulnerable to theft, disruption or destruction by foreign states, criminal organizations, individual hackers and, potentially, terrorists. In the last few months it has been reported that Chinese network operations have found their way into American electricity grids, and computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's Joint Strike Fighter project. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/in_the_news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004544 http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/in_the_news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004545 http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/in_the_news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004546 http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004551 Here are descriptions of some of the cases scheduled for argument before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals next week. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/case/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004556 Trial court correctly found that the plaintiff was entitled to replevin and the return of an engagement ring he gave to defendant, who refused to return the ring when the parties' engagement was terminated after she accused the plaintiff of infidelity. The 2d District Appellate Court has affirmed a ruling by DuPage County Associate Judge Joseph S. Bongiorno. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/case/get_story_text.cfm?id=100004557 Trial court had the authority to order the state to pay the defendant's attorney fees in a proceeding brought pursuant to the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act. The 2d District Appellate Court has affirmed a ruling by Ogle County Circuit Judge Stephen C. Pemberton.