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A federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a constitutional challenge brought by two child sex offenders against a state law which forces them to move.
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A federal judge declined to throw out three separate, albeit related, lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse female county employees allege they experience while working in lockup facilities.
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Police who shot and killed a hostage they mistakenly thought was the hostage-taker are shielded from liability for their actions, a federal appeals court held.
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SPRINGFIELD — After spending a full day working at the Capitol, it isn’t uncommon for Rep. Christian Mitchell to drive to Chicago for law school classes at Loyola University Chicago, then drive back to Springfield the next morning to do it all again.
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Chief U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo woke up on July 1, 2013, to discover he had been sent an e-mail at 12:01 a.m.
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Trial Notebook
Accused of chiseling on Illinois sales taxes by misclassifying purchases of dishwashers and over-the-range microwave ovens as tax-exempt “construction contracts” based on agreements to install the appliances, Best Buy Stores’ motion to dismiss Richard and Ralph Lindblom’s qui tam complaint argued that an audit by the state Department of Revenue — plus administrative proceedings before an “informal conference board” about a proposed tax assessment — triggered the government-action bar provided by Section 4(e)(3) of the Illinois False Claims Act.
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Lawyers' Forum
Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs class litigation in federal courts; however, Rule 23 does not address issues concerning the timeliness of claims, tolling of the applicable limitation periods or the revival of class claims if individual claims are tolled.
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Mediation Circus
This is the second of Mike Panter’s two-part interview with California mediator Jeff Kichaven on the proper role of a mediator in settlement negotiations. The first half was published in the June 27 edition.
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Professionalism on Point
As laws, rules and processes change to allow for better and more secure data storage and transmission, law firms join other industries working to reduce their paper and physical storage use and costs by “going to the cloud” with their data.
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Criminal Procedure
A concept that in the 1990s seemed to be losing ground now seems on the way to at least a partial recovery.
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Cotter’s Corner
This Cotter’s Corner reflects on President Trump’s chosen nominee to become the 114th Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh.
Sporting Judgment
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OXON HILL, Md. — Camera lighting made beads of sweat emerge from Tony Elliott’s forehead as he fielded questions ranging from football philosophy to something he could share about his private life. — Free read
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Sports Marketing Playbook
The Indiana Supreme Court is set to weigh in on whether online fantasy sports companies need the consent of athletes to use their names, pictures and statistics in their video contests and in advertising their contests.
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The day after James announced he is leaving Cleveland as a free agent for the second time since 2010, anger gave way to acceptance. — Free read
Non-Billable Hours
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Opening Statement
There is a very unique theatrical experience awaiting you at the Windy City Playhouse, 3014 W. Irving Park Road, one of Chicago’s newest theater venues, where its current production of “Southern Gothic” has again been extended by popular demand to Dec. 9.
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Book Review
Attorneys have long been referred to in many ways: lawyer, advocate, counselor. Elyn R. Saks’ book “The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness” details her voyage to becoming an attorney and captures her diagnosis of schizophrenia through vivid recollections from her childhood to the present.
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Not since Animal of Muppets fame, against the advice of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker, ingested Insta-Growth pills has a movie had as much fun with scale as “Ant-Man and The Wasp.” — Free read