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ABC to give $15M to Trump’s presidential library to settle suit
ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect ...
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Torts — respondent in discovery
Where plaintiff seeks to name a party as respondent in discovery, they are not required to show that the party could be found responsible for the tortious injury.
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Pritzker endorses hemp bill that would tighten regulations
More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday he now favors legislation to bring the industry under tighter ...
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Civil procedure — Rule 11 sanctions
Where district court declined to hold hearing prior to imposing Rule 11 sanctions, hearing was not necessary because attorney intended to challenge only one of the two independent grounds for ...
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Justices deny certiorari in Hawaii 2nd Amendment case
In February, the Hawaii Supreme Court disagreed with the U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudene on the Second Amendment and what rights it granted. The Hawaii Supreme Court held there is no state ...
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Plaintiff in wage suit plausibly alleges he was employee, judge holds
A judge declined to throw out a lawsuit accusing a company that provides clients with cleaning services of violating Illinois and federal law by failing to pay a worker overtime wages. In a written ...
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ARDC recommends suspension for judge who reversed rape conviction
A former judge who was removed from the bench for bypassing the law to reverse a rape conviction should be suspended for two years, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary ...
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Judge won’t acquit former AT&T boss after trial ended in hung jury
A federal judge on Thursday declined to acquit former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza after his September trial on ...
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FOIA — records
Where plaintiff made a FOIA request, the subject agency is only required to produce extant records, not make new ones.
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SCOTUS allows class action to proceed against microchip company Nvidia
The Supreme Court is allowing a class-action lawsuit that accuses Nvidia of misleading investors about its past dependence on ...
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DOJ, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
The U.S. Justice Department and the city of Louisville have reached an agreement to reform the city’s police force after an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor and ...
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How should opioid settlements be spent? Those hit often don’t have a say
People with substance use disorder across the country are not getting a formal say in how most of the approximately $50 ...