SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an Internet site that allows clients to rate their lawyer's performance is not entitled to a list of attorneys in the state.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)- An Internet site that allows clients to rate their lawyer's performance has hit a snag in its effort to expand into Illinois, and has asked for the state Supreme Court's help.
Thomas Fitzgerald SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-Thomas Fitzgerald will serve as the next chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, but will have little effect on the state's so-called judicial hellholes, a leading tort reformer told Legal Newsline.
Illinois Supreme Court SPRINGFIELD -- For the third time the Illinois Supreme Court has knocked down Stephen Tillery's $10.1 billion class action verdict against Philip Morris.
Less than a month after Apple released its iPhone, an attorney well-versed in products liability class actions filed an action over the product in Cook County.
Attorney Stephen Tillery must take a mighty leap to convince the Illinois Supreme Court that a new U.S. Supreme Court decision automatically revives his $10 billion class action against cigarette maker Philip Morris.
Justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Supreme Court last week ruled that courts must review the decision of a state agency, not a local authority, in pollution cases.
The Burnham Building, home of Freed & Weiss LLC, in Chicago.
Two of the most active class-action plaintiff's attorneys in the Madison/St. Clair County, Ill. courts do not carry malpractice coverage, even though one was once suspended by the Illinois Bar for harassing several women.