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Spotlight On Madison County Could Impact 2012 Judicial Elections
2/2/2012 5:15 PM By Ed Murnane -Illinois Civil Justice League

Murnane

Judge Barbara Crowder and three of her colleagues on the Madison County bench will be judged by voters in the state's eighth largest county in November when they submit themselves to voter approval in the Illinois General Election.

Cochran

Seven Reasons Why Protecting 7th Amendment Should Be Republican & Tea Party Priority
1/29/2012 10:00 AM By Andrew Cochran
In various posts since the inception of the 7th Amendment Advocate website, I've addressed the relevance of the right to have a civil suit heard before a jury in the context of individual issues of importance to Tea Partiers, Constitutional conservatives and Republicans.
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Hopkins

Inherit the Wind
1/17/2012 12:56 PM By John J. Hopkins -Side Bar
The only salvage of redemption can be for my old friend Dunstan to admit that his call was a mistake, nothing was in fact irregular and fall on his sword in contrition. But this is not likely to happen and the dye may very well have been cast.
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Cochran

Supreme Court again expands use of forced arbitration clauses
1/15/2012 3:27 PM By Andrew Cochran
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has taken another opportunity to expand the use of forced arbitration clauses in consumer contracts, denying us the right to negotiate such clauses out and take our claims to a jury.
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Legal Version)
12/23/2011 12:18 PM -Their View
Whereas, on or about the night prior to Christmas, there did occur at a certain improved piece of real property (hereinafter "the House") a general lack of stirring by all creatures therein, including, but not limited to a mouse.
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Hopkins

It's a Wonderful County!
12/21/2011 7:35 AM By John J. Hopkins -Side Bar
Attorney George Bailey was despondent.

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Akin

Madison and St. Clair Counties return to 'Hellhole Status'
12/17/2011 12:00 PM By Travis Akin -Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch
Timing is everything.
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Cochran

Paying for "Doc Fix" the Constitutional way
11/26/2011 9:23 AM By Andrew Cochran
The Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) is the method enacted in 1997 to control spending by Medicare on physician services, and ensure that the yearly increase in the expense per Medicare beneficiary does not exceed the growth in GDP.
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Rickard

Never-ending asbestos quagmire
11/10/2011 3:36 PM By Lisa Rickard -Institute for Legal Reform
It began on Dec. 10, 1966, at a courthouse in Beaumont, Texas. Attorney Ward Stephenson filed a lawsuit, on behalf of a client suffering from asbestosis, against 11 manufacturers of products containing asbestos. Though a jury ruled for the defendants in this first case, Stephenson tried again with a different client, and in 1973 a jury awarded Stephenson's plaintiff $79,436.24 in damages.
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Hopkins

On La Russa: Deserves got nothin' to do with it
11/5/2011 9:16 AM By John J. Hopkins
"Unforgiven" is the Clint Eastwood 1992 Oscar winner for Best Picture. Over the years, it has earned a place in the field of classic Westerns, one of only three to win the top Academy Award. It tells the tale of William Munny, notorious as a hired killer, but now a widowed farmer desperately scratching out a meager living on the harsh Kansas plains.
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Rickard

GAO Report Confirms Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust System Is Broken
10/23/2011 12:42 PM By Lisa Rickard -Institute for Legal Reform
On Oct. 19, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released "Asbestos Injury Compensation: The Role and Administration of Asbestos Trusts," a report to Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
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