Litigation

New Illinois Ethics Rules
The Illinois Supreme Court has issued a press release announcing that it has adopted new Rules of Professional Conduct effective January 1, 2010. Highlights in the new Rules include provisions setting forth ethical duties to prospective clients and a new...

IL Rules of Evidence Inapplicable to Best Interests Hearing Under Adoption Act
An Illinois appellate court recently held that the formal rules of evidence do not apply to the second step of the dispositional hearing under the Juvenile Court Act and the best interest hearing under the Adoption Act, which are functional...

Illinois Adopts Long Awaited Rule Revisions
On July 1, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an order that repeals the existing rules of professional conduct and replaces them with a new set of provisions, effective January 1, 2010...

Private Investigator Develops Evidence To Release Man Imprisoned for 21 Years
Bill Clutter’s work as an Illinois private investigator has helped to free two men and is a perfect example of the how investigators in the private sector are an asset to the public...

Larson: Evidence Rules in the Tax Court
Joni Larson (Thomas Cooley) has published Tax Evidence III: A Primer on the Federal Rules of Evidence as Applied by the Tax Court, 62 Tax Law. 555 (2009). Here is part of the Introduction: This Article surveys the Tax Court?s interpretation and application of the [Federal Rules of Evidence]...

Proposed new local rules for handling patent cases in the Northern District of Illinois
By: Arthur Gollwitzer III On March 23, 2009, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ("The Court") issued proposed local rules for handling patent cases, continuing a trend that began in the Northern District of California in 2001...

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Illinois Ground Beef Recalled
due to Possible E. coli Contamination

Illinois Residents
Exposed to Potentially Carcinogenic Drinking Water

University of Illinois Medical Center
Potential $14 Million in Malpractice Settlements

Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.