http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/ Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, your legal news and court information resource. Copyright (C) 2010 Law Bulletin Publishing Company en-us Thu, 02,Sep 2010 14:09:360 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=100012086 Targeting electronic trespassers, the Stored Communications Act authorizes civil suits against computer hackers. A threshold question in anti-hacker cases that has generated conflicting answers from district court judges is whether a claim based on section 2701 of the SCA is limited to the plaintiffs who are in the business of selling Internet access to the public. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012077 The University of Wisconsin at Madison violated the First Amendment when it refused to fund student programs focused on prayer or proselytizing while providing money for programs that do not involve religious activities, a divided federal appeals court has held. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012075 A new study hailed by public defenders asserts that "public defenders are as effective as private attorneys in Cook County." http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012081 While Chicago attorney Neil B. Posner left his life as a professional musician who played on Broadway and in such famous venues as Carnegie Hall, he continues entertaining colleagues by plinking away at piano keys. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012082 A lawyer who specializes in lawsuits against police is accusing the Chicago Police Department of denying him access to a 15-year-old client who is recovering in a hospital after being shot by a police officer over the weekend. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012079 The idea seemed simple although bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012087 WASHINGTON The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined for the second consecutive week, suggesting that the slowing economy isn't prompting widespread job cuts. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012074 EUGENE, Ore. A prosecution witness testified Wednesday in the trial of an Oregon man accused of smuggling money to Muslim fighters in Chechnya that the Islamic charity they both worked for subscribed to a harsh form of the faith and distributed Qurans that called for waging holy war against nonbelievers. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012084 The Cook County state's attorney's office defeated Jenner Block LLP Wednesday in the championship game of the Lawyers' Softball League in Grant Park. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012078 SPRINGFIELD Prosecutors have asked the Illinois Supreme Court to decide when the state can fire caregivers at its mental health facilities. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012080 Vicki J. Baue was working as the manager of customer services for Creative Expressions Group Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of paper party goods in Indianapolis, when she began taking law school classes at night. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012085 The officer's use of a Taser against a subject who refused to comply with a jail's strip search procedures was reasonable as a matter of law despite the fact that the Taser dart struck the arrestee in the face. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012076 During the bittersweet days of September light, when a low-angled sun is unwavering in its withdrawal, I always have trouble saying goodbye. How to shutter the season? How to close the summer home with a memory to last through the dark months? http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/in_the_news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012089 http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/in_the_news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012090 http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/in_the_news/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012091 http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/case/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012083 The trial court erroneously ruled that the former spouse was required to establish that a divorce judgment must be vacated pursuant to Sec. 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure as a prerequisite to including her former husband's pension plans in the judgment; the trial court had jurisdiction to enter an order enforcing the terms of the parties' marital settlement agreement without first establishing a basis to vacate the judgment. The Illinois Appellate Court, 2d District, has reversed a ruling by Lake County Circuit Judge Jane D. Waller. http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/case/get_story_text.cfm?id=100012073 The trial court erroneously dismissed a post-conviction petition because the defendant presented a persuasive argument that his attorney was ineffective for failing to challenge the trial court's error in imposing consecutive sentences. The Illinois Appellate Court, 2d District, has reversed a ruling by Boone County Circuit Judge J. Todd Kennedy.