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Judges may get role on consular notification
A proposal calling for circuit court judges to advise defendants in custody who are foreign nationals that they can seek help from their consular representatives will face public scrutiny at a hearing later this month.

Hurt worker can cite chain of events, panel holds
An electrician is entitled to workers' compensation benefits because he established a ''chain of events'' showing that a back injury was job-related, a state appeals court panel held Tuesday.

Senate Dems leave Burris standing out in the rain
WASHINGTON — Roland W. Burris failed in his bid to take President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat on Tuesday in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress.

Shouldn't have to disgorge fees to child rep: lawyer
SPRINGFIELD — A Chicago attorney says the state law allowing the appointment of child representatives in divorce cases violates the Illinois Supreme Court's right to regulate the practice of law and should be overturned.

U.S. appeals court: Detainee identities can be kept secret
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the government can keep secret the identities of detainees who claim they've been abused at the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Animal cruelty law tests free speech rights

Judge reinstates Islamic group's suit over wiretapping

7th Circuit rejects worker's malicious prosecution suit

Judge tosses lawsuit challenging tobacco settlement

'Damages' returns for Season 2 intrigue

 Trial Notebook:
With no damage suffered, plaintiff has no fraud claim: dissent
Dissenting from a majority opinion in a class action involving Baycol — a cholesterol-lowering medication that was pulled after reports linking it to a deadly muscle disease — Justice Thomas M. Welch concluded that the defendants were entitled to summary judgment under the Consumer Fraud Act.

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  		•  Criminal law & procedure – sentencing

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    Motorists lose claim against toll authority

    Restore the Senate's power over treaties


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