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Melodie Gliniewicz, the wife of a disgraced Illinois police officer who staged his suicide, walks out the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan with her lawyers after a February 2016 hearing. A state appeals panel held this month that the trial judge should have allowed prosecutors to submit what they contend is newly discovered evidence not protected by spousal privilege. Mark Welsh/Daily Herald via AP

Panel: Prosecutors can make case to use Gliniewicz's texts with wife

Lake County prosecutors will get another chance to prove why text messages between Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz and his widow should be admitted at her criminal trial, an appeals panel held.
By Jordyn Reiland
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More than 1,200 new Illinois attorneys take the oath

A total of 1,283 individuals were sworn in as new lawyers on Thursday, across all the ceremonies in Chicago, Elgin, Joliet, Springfield and Carbondale.
By Sarah Mansur

Springfield Dispatch

Springfield lawyer enjoys shift from family law to tax

Growing up, Brittany Kink Toigo had a passion for the medical field, with a plan to become a pharmacist or a pediatric dentist. But as she grew up, Toigo wanted to be different than her two brothers who were pursuing degrees in the medical field.
By Adrianna Pitrelli

Judge apologizes for disabled inmate’s treatment at courthouse

A man paralyzed from the neck down is entitled to an apology for the “degrading” conditions he endured in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, a judge concluded.
By Patricia Manson

Abbreviated caption not a spoiler for summons

A plaintiff’s use of the phrase “et al.” in the case caption of the summons she sent to defendants did not doom her lawsuit, a state appeals panel ruled last week.
By David Thomas

Woman involved in crash with truck gets $5M

A woman who sustained a traumatic brain injury after her car collided with a commercial truck in 2016 has settled her lawsuit for $5 million.
By Jordyn Reiland

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Trial Notebook

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Bid for new judge found to be proper

On appeal from a bench trial before Judge Jodi M. Hoos in Peoria County that ended with a $191 judgment against a flooring contractor, the unhappy plaintiffs who sued Woodworker’s Shop for $9,000, argued Chief Judge Paul P. Gilfillan erred in denying their pretrial request for an automatic substitution of judge.
By Steven P. Garmisa

Insurance Matters

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No coverage for injuries arising out of billing collecting practices

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently held that commercial general liability and umbrella policies did not provide coverage for claims for breach of privacy, credit defamation and bodily injury when those claims occurred in connection with excluded statutory violations.
By Don R. Sampen

Cotter’s Corner

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Conflicts come to fore with 1 on team Trump

We recently learned that Solicitor General Noel Francisco was granted an ethics waiver on April 24, which had not been previously disclosed.
By Daniel A. Cotter

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Janet Ulrich Brooks wows as Maria Callas in ‘Master Class’

In the past year, I have seen the remarkable Chicago actress Janet Ulrich Brooks in two distinctive TimeLine Theatre productions, each performance as different from the other as night and day.
By Julian J. Frazin

Non-Billable Hours

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New book on Frederick Douglass looks promising

Billed by its publisher as the “definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the 19th century,” the book is one that everyone should read to understand the life of a truly great American.
By Daniel A. Cotter

Lex Sportiva

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New NBA plan could be path away from backdoor deals

The battle between maintaining a college athlete’s amateur status and paying them for profits the university makes off their labor has continued to surge as colleges consistently see increased profits from their athletic departments, while the athletes remain unpaid.
By Timothy Liam Epstein

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‘Shayna Maidel’ a story of an immigrant family’s unbreakable bond

"Never forget" was the clarion call to Jewish people and decent people everywhere as a reminder to always remember the horrors and atrocities committed during the Holocaust.
By Julian J. Frazin
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Steptoe partner honored for pro bono housing work

Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Anthony G. Hopp received the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing’s 2018 Pro Bono Advocate Award earlier this month at the committee’s annual benefit at DLA Piper’s office. Hopp earned the award for his work helping a mother and son relocate from a lead-tainted apartment and sue the landlord for damages. He’s pictured with that client, Kimberly Jackson, as he received the award on Nov. 1. Photo provided by Steptoe & Johnson LLP/Gopho Collective
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BatesCarey’s inaugual ‘Tea Talk’

Female attorneys at BatesCarey LLP hosted their inaugural Tea Talk: Women Empowering Women event Nov. 1 at Swift & Sons, focusing on trends in insurance coverage. BatesCarey special counsel Elise D. Allen, one of the event hosts, moderated a discussion on success in the workplace. She’s pictured on the left, joined by fellow hosts Kristi S. Nolley (center) and Agelo L. Reppas, both BatesCarey partners. Photo provided by BatesCarey LLP
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LAP Annual Dinner

The Lawyers’ Assistance Program held its annual dinner last Thursday at the Union League Club of Chicago. About 300 attorneys and judges gathered to support LAP’s efforts to promote well-being in the profession. Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton was the night’s keynote speaker. He’s pictured in the center alongside 1st District Appellate Justice Jesse G. Reyes and LAP Executive Director Robin Belleau at the event. Photo provided by Lawyers’ Assistance Program/Ralph Greenslade
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LCA Benefit Luncheon

Lawyers for the Creative Arts held its 2018 benefit luncheon Thurday at the Palmer House Hilton. Among honorees this year were Robert A. Clifford of Clifford Law Offices and his wife, Joan, who received the Distinguished Service Award for their support of the arts in Chicago. They’re pictured (center) at the luncheon with LCA board member Kevin J. Conway of Cooney & Conway (left) and LCA Executive Director Jan Feldman. Photo provided by Clifford Law Offices

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Melodie Gliniewicz, the wife of a disgraced Illinois police officer who staged his suicide, walks out the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan with her lawyers after a February 2016 hearing. A state appeals panel held this month that the trial judge should have allowed prosecutors to submit what they contend is newly discovered evidence not protected by spousal privilege. Mark Welsh/Daily Herald via AP
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Panel: Prosecutors can make case to use Gliniewicz's texts with wife
Close to 500 former law school students who passed the bar exam pledge to follow the Constitution and the Illinois rules of professional ethics Thursday at the Arie Crown Theatre at McCormick Place. The morning ceremony was followed by another in the afternoon. More than 1,200 future lawyers were swore in across the state. Brenna Field (left to right) along with Monica Kreymer and Duncan Lamphere take the lawyer’s oath.
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More than 1,200 new Illinois attorneys take the oath
A sleeping Honduran girl is carried as a group of Central American migrants, representing the thousands participating in a caravan trying to reach the U.S. border, undertake an hours-long march to the office of the United Nations' humans rights body in Mexico City on Thursday. Members of the caravan demanded buses Thursday to take them to the U.S. border, saying it is too cold and dangerous to continue walking and hitchhiking.
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Trump limits asylum, says migrants must 'have merit'
Illinois Attorney General-elect Kwame Y. Raoul at his election night celebration Tuesday in Chicago.
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A look at AG-elect Kwame Raoul on major topics
State Sen. Kwame Y. Raoul hugs a supporter during a victory party at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park after he collected 54 percent of the vote to become the new Illinois attorney general by beating Republican Erika L. Harold.
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Kwame Raoul easily takes attorney general race
Members of Ankin Law Office’s Race Judicata delegation show off their contest-winning T-shirts at the race’s afterparty on Sept. 13 in Lincoln Park. The firm’s founder, Howard H. Ankin (second from right), said winning the design competition at the fundraiser was a longtime career goal.
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For Ankin Law Offices, t-shirt win is culmination of career race