Courts & Cases

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Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who visited Chicago in 2010, reminds the umpires to be fair after delivering the first ball to the crew before a game between the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field. Legal leaders spoke of her influence after her death Friday. – AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

O’Connor impressed, inspired Chicago judges, legal leaders

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor continued to earn admiration and respect after stepping down from the high court 17 years ago, with many local leaders remembering encounters with her as she continued to advocate for civics education and the judiciary.
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Robert De Niro attends closing arguments in civil rights trial

Robert De Niro looked on Wednesday as a lawyer for a woman who worked for him for over a decade urged a jury in closing arguments to award her millions of dollars for emotional distress and reputational harm because the actor discriminated and retaliated against her.
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Illinois awards $4B contract to private prison health care company accused of substandard care

Illinois has awarded a more than $4 billion prison medical care contract to the same company it’s used for three decades, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits against the firm and statewide complaints alleging substandard care.

Trial Notebook

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Court weighs informed consent on alternative treatment options

With no local precedent on an important aspect of informed consent in a malpractice case against an emergency medicine physician, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals looked at “the primary cases” from other jurisdictions on “the duty to inform the patient of alternative treatment options.”

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