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A photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken after he won the Republican nomination for president in 1860 is displayed at the Illinois Supreme Court. The ceremony is part of a campaign to have the same photograph in every courthouse in Illinois. Pictured from left to right are 1st District Appellate Justice Michael B. Hyman; Supreme Court Justices Thomas L. Kilbride and Rita B. Garman; Supreme Court Chief Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier; Supreme Court Justices Robert R. Thomas, Anne M. Burke and P. Scott Neville Jr.; Illinois State Bar Association President and DuPage County Associate Judge James F. McCluskey and Illinois Judges Association President and Cook County Associate Judge James E. Snyder. – Adrianna Pitrelli

Lincoln now takes his place at high court

Nearly 160 years ago, Abraham Lincoln posed for a photo at what is now the Old State Capitol, one month after he won the Republican presidential nomination.
By Adrianna Pitrelli
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Injured shopper’s suit against Home Depot proceeds

An injured customer can move forward with his lawsuit against The Home Depot after contract workers allegedly pushed a heavy cart into him as he shopped.
By Andrew Maloney
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No legal malpractice in baseball league's breakup

A state appeals panel affirmed a Cook County jury’s defense verdict in favor of a law firm sued for legal malpractice by a now-shuttered baseball league.
By David Thomas

Law Firm Leaders

Legal ethics expert retires after 33 years

Thomas P. Sukowicz spent about 10 years writing his first novel, titled “The Administrator.” The story line involves a murder plot to kill the administrator of an attorney discipline commission by right-wing religious fanatics who want to take over the state agency.
By Sarah Mansur

Law School Notes

Following national trend, bar pass rates dip here

Law school graduates are preparing to take the Illinois bar exam next month. Newly released scores from last July’s exam suggest there might be a few more re-takers than a year ago.
By Sarah Mansur

Judge's use of ‘thumps’ earns driver new trial

An appeals court has ruled the judge’s use of “thumps” to describe what the driver heard when he hit and killed a pedestrian with his truck gave rise to an appearance of impropriety, since the word only appeared in a victim statement that wasn’t part of the record.
By Andrew Maloney

Family removed from plane can pursue bias claim

A Lebanese-American couple who were kicked off a plane at O’Hare International Airport got the go-ahead to pursue a race discrimination claim against United Airlines Inc.
By Patricia Manson

Three of ‘Englewood Four’ to settle with county for $24M

Cook County commissioners this week are set to settle the claims of the “Englewood Four” — men who coerced into false confessions for a 1994 rape and murder — for nearly $24 million.
By David Thomas

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Bid to extend implied warranty of habitability nixed

Trying to persuade the Illinois Supreme Court to extend the implied warranty of habitability beyond the remedy’s original target (developer-vendors of newly constructed residences) to subcontractors, the Sienna Court Condo Association relied on analogies to a tort that doesn’t require contractual privity between plaintiffs and defendants: personal-injury claims against product manufacturers based on strict liability.
By Steven P. Garmisa

Workplace Issues

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Court OKs disability claim by attorney with chronic pain

A recent Utah federal court ruling involving an attorney claiming disability due to chronic pain raised a number of interesting issues.
By Mark D. DeBofsky

Lawyers' Forum

Expanding frontier of 'surf-by' web accessibility lawsuits

Every public accommodation serving customers should ask itself this question: Is my business accessible to customers with disabilities in compliance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act?
By Steve A. Miller and Scott C. Fanning

Sports Marketing Playbook

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Lawsuits over signature dances latest effort at athlete identity

A new twist in the ongoing debate over athletes’ right of publicity may be on the way. Lawsuits over the alleged theft of dance moves were filed in courts last month against the makers of popular video games, including the NBA 2K video game series.
By Douglas N. Masters and Seth A. Rose

Opening Statement

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Second City’s latest revue full of funny faces that’ll go places

As I recently sat in the darkened space of The Second City’s Mainstage theater, I couldn’t help but wonder: Is this a strange coincidence or what?
By Julian J. Frazin

Non-Billable Hours

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‘On the Basis of Sex’ shows how a star is born

If Gloria Steinem is the Martin Luther King Jr. of the women’s movement, then Ruth Bader Ginsburg is its Thurgood Marshall.
By Rebecca L. Ford

The Laws of Fitness

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How to stay physically fit during winter months

Avoiding the winter blues by partaking in some fun winter activities here in the Chicago area.
By Claudia Farfan Badillo
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Jury selection primer presented at CBA

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, and Charles R. Haskins, associate at the firm, spoke Friday at The Chicago Bar Association on “10 Things You Need to Know Before Picking a Jury.” The lunchtime program, sponsored by the CBA Torts Litigation Committee, offered Continuing Legal Education credit. It is available for viewing via the web by visiting chicagobar.org and select Committees-Upcoming Meetings. Photo provided by Clifford Law Offices
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NSBA Holiday party

The North Suburban Bar Association held its annual holiday party Dec. 6 at Maggiano’s Little Italy at Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie. Pictured (left to right) are David P. Pasulka, principal at David P. Pasulka & Associates P.C. and past NSBA president; current NSBA President John F. Stimson, a Skokie sole practitioner; Richard L. Pullano, partner at Pullano Law Offices and past NSBA president; and Cook County Associate Judge Patrick J. Heneghan, NSBA’s president-elect.
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‘Letters to Santa’

Clark Hill PLC participated in Dear Santa Letters, an initiative of The Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section in coordination with Direct Effect Charities. The program collects wish-list letters from disadvantaged Chicago students, then special gifts are bought, wrapped and delivered to those students’ schools. Pictured with 100 donated presents are (left to right) Clark Hill receptionist Marykay Polito, member Ray J. Koenig III, legal assistant Tammy Braun and associate Chris Hopkins. Photo provided by Clark Hill PLC
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ITLA med-mal seminar

Clifford Law Offices partner Bradley M. Cosgrove presents on demonstrative exhibits during a medical-malpractice seminar on Dec. 10 hosted by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association at the JW Marriott Chicago. In addition to Cosgrove’s discussion, the event included presentations from nine other plaintiff’s lawyers and a Cook County judge on topics related to med-mal practice.

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A photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken after he won the Republican nomination for president in 1860 is displayed at the Illinois Supreme Court. The ceremony is part of a campaign to have the same photograph in every courthouse in Illinois. Pictured from left to right are 1st District Appellate Justice Michael B. Hyman; Supreme Court Justices Thomas L. Kilbride and Rita B. Garman; Supreme Court Chief Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier; Supreme Court Justices Robert R. Thomas, Anne M. Burke and P. Scott Neville Jr.; Illinois State Bar Association President and DuPage County Associate Judge James F. McCluskey and Illinois Judges Association President and Cook County Associate Judge James E. Snyder.
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Lincoln now takes his place at high court
A man’s lawsuit against Home Depot can proceed after he alleges merchandising contractors at the Schaumburg warehouse store negligently ran into him with a cart loaded with molding supplies as he bent down to shop.
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Injured shopper’s suit against Home Depot proceeds
The outfield of Steel Yard in Gary, Ind., home to the Gary SouthShore RailCats minor league ballclub, in a June 2006 file photo. The RailCats were one of four franchises that left the independent Northern League in 2010. That departure led to the league suing its law firm for legal malpractice. A Cook County jury found in favor of that law firm, a result the 1st District appellate court upheld last month.
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No legal malpractice in baseball league's breakup
The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C. Consumer advocates and the data-hungry technology industry are drawing early battle lines in advance of an expected fight over a national privacy law. Privacy organizations today suggested sidelining the Federal Trade Commission with a new data-protection agency empowered to police U.S. industry.
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Alliance of groups call for new federal data protection agency
Illinois Attorney General-elect Kwame Y. Raoul walks to the front of the stage at the Bank of Springfield Center Monday, following U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman. Moments later, Coleman delivered the oath to the Hyde Park Democrat, swearing him in as the state’s 42nd attorney general.
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Raoul, first new AG in 16 years, gets started
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his inaugural address Monday in Springfield. Ashley Mizuo
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State ‘not broken,’ Pritzker proclaims