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Peoria Journal Star
April 20, 2018
PEORIA — Five men have been indicted by a federal grand jury after running afoul of migratory bird hunting laws. Rick A. Hamm, 57, ... The men are scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Hawley on May 3 at the U.S. District Courthouse in Peoria. A trial date hasn't been set. The twoÃâà...
STLtoday.com
April 20, 2018
U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon, 64, was nominated by then-President Bill Clinton and confirmed in November 1998. ... And Chief Judge Diane Wood, of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, called Herndon a “stalwart for the federal judiciary” from the beginning and said he “has cheerfully volunteeredÃâà...
Belleville News-Democrat
April 20, 2018
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to advance both nominations. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth released a joint statement praising both candidates. “Judge St. Eve and Mr. Scudder have the experience, integrity and judgment that we look for in federalÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 20, 2018
A federal appeals court in Chicago has ruled that President Donald Trump's administration cannot withhold public safety grants from cities that don't cooperate ... The three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago agreed with the decision last year of a lower court judge who imposed aÃâà...
Peoria Journal Star
April 19, 2018
Aaron Schock told a federal appeals court in Chicago on Wednesday that federal prosecutors are aiming to become the first — with the court's help — to ... Defense lawyer Benjamin Hatch said the U.S. attorney office in central Illinois “would have this court be the first in the nation to hold that a member ofÃâà...
NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS
April 19, 2018
A federal judge has found Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court for disobeying a court order in a case testing that state's controversial proof-of citizenship voting law. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson says Kobach violated her preliminary injunction to allow some potentially ineligibleÃâà...
Belleville News-Democrat
April 19, 2018
He was nominated by President Clinton in October 1998 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Since then, Herndon has presided over more than 35,000 cases in civil and criminal court. “District Judge David Herndon has been a stalwart for the federal judiciary since the day he arrived,” said Judge DianeÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 19, 2018
Aaron Schock told a federal appeals court in Chicago Wednesday that federal prosecutors are aiming to become the first — with the court's help — to ... Defense lawyer Benjamin Hatch said the U.S. attorney office in central Illinois "would have this court be the first in the nation to hold that a member ofÃâà...
Education Week (blog)
April 12, 2018
A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge under the Voting Rights Act to Chicago's mayorally appointed school board, holding that nothing in the ... of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, in Chicago, unanimously ruled against the challenge by a group of voters who allege that the Illinois lawÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
April 12, 2018
That ruling contrasts with a federal appellate court ruling in the Seventh Circuit in Illinois in 2005, which found that it is not a violation of the Equal Pay Act to consider an employee's wage history so long as sex is not a factor in determining salaries. In that case, Jenny Wernsing sued the Illinois Department ofÃâà...
Bloomington Pantagraph
April 12, 2018
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Andrew Coe alleges he was injured after falling twice in 2014 at Stateville Correctional Center after his high-top ... A federal lawsuit filed by Coe against several Bloomington police officers involved in the drug arrest was dismissed.
Mondaq News Alerts
April 11, 2018
Challenges to mutual life insurers' discretion in setting dividend scales date back over 100 years. Earlier this year, in Anderson v. Country Life Insurance Company and Ochoa v. State Farm Life Insurance Company, a federal court in Illinois dismissed twin putative class action lawsuits filed against a pair ofÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
April 11, 2018
Indicted Portage Mayor James Snyder has asked a federal judge to dismiss his corruption case, according to court documents. ... Kirsch has recused himself from Snyder's case, according to court documents, and U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois would oversee and manage local prosecutorsÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 11, 2018
Scott County District Court Judge Christian Wilton, who worked closely alongside MacDonald as federal prosecutors in Minnesota, said MacDonald's recent ... I think she brings toughness, I think she brings compassion, and she brings a whole wealth of experience that one needs to be a great United StatesÃâà...
Advocate.com
April 11, 2018
Rosenthal, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, ruled in a lawsuit brought by Nicole Wittmer, an engineer who claimed that energy company Phillips 66 had rejected her for a job because she's transgender, The Dallas Morning News reports. Rosenthal found that Wittmer hadn't provedÃâà...
Journal Times
April 9, 2018
RACINE — Racine-based intellectual property law firm Jansson Munger McKinley & Kirby Ltd. is before the U.S. Supreme Court in an antitrust lawsuit on behalf ... and some federal courts have catching up to do,” said attorney Eric Jansson of the Jansson firm, which has offices in both Wisconsin and Illinois.
Mondaq News Alerts
December 31, 1999
Seyfarth Synopsis: In light of the uncertainties surrounding lawsuits alleging violations of the Illinois Information Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA), the Northern District of California has taken a firm position on a plaintiff's Article III standing. U.S. District Judge James Donato delivered opinions in In re FacebookÃâà...
NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS
December 31, 1999
But a recent federal court decision could limit the tools available to them — underscoring the challenge states face as, in the absence of federal action, they attempt on their own to take on the powerful drug industry. The 2-to-1 ruling Friday by the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated a MarylandÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
The Facebook lawsuit, which has since been moved to federal court in San Francisco, was one of a string of suits filed in recent years alleging violations of the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act. U.S. District Judge James Donato on Monday granted the suit class-action status. Facebook has arguedÃâà...
