Miscellaneous

• "If you are unable to afford an attorney, one will be NOT appointed for you"

  Jordan Margolis | September 05, 2011 11:23 PM | 1 CommentCook County, IL

  On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court came down with a narrow decision on a constitutional rights issue that has produced dire results for many low-income Americans tangled in the civil...

• Protect Yourself From Identity Theft

  Jordan Margolis | June 22, 2011 11:06 AM | 1 CommentCook County, IL

  Some 200,000 Citigroup customer’s personal information was compromised recently when a team of sophisticated thieves cracked the bank’s system of personal financial data. The hackers...

• United States Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Corporations over Individual Consumers

  Jordan Margolis | May 07, 2011 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  On April 27, 2011, the United States Supreme Court unleveled the playing field between big business and individuals by circumventing the class action mechanism consumers and employees use to fight...

• Introducing... H.R. 862! Because US Supreme Court Justices Should Be Following The Rules Too, Right?

  Jordan Margolis | March 07, 2011 5:34 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  On March 1, 2011, Rep. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. and Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., introduced in the House of Representatives, H.R. 862, a new bill which aims to set recusal rules for US Supreme Court...

• Deadly combo: dehydration, exercise and heat

  Kristina Labanauskas | August 04, 2010 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Summer may be winding down, but there still are a lot of hot days left in the season. So for anyone who exercises outside in the heat or inside without air conditioning or for people out and about...

• Spring Break Water Safety Tips

  Kristina Labanauskas | March 08, 2010 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  For those of you lucky enough to get out of the cold for Spring Break, you might want to take a minute to review some water safety tips, as it likely has been awhile since you’ve been...

• Lawsuit alleges collusion between law firm and clinic

  Barry Doyle | March 01, 2010 8:18 PM | 3 CommentsCook County, IL

  According to a story that appeared in the Louisville Courier Journal, a Kentucky woman has filed a lawsuit against her lawyers claiming that the relationship between the law firm and the clinic...

• Lawyer ad makes real point

  Barry Doyle | February 20, 2010 7:32 PM | 1 CommentCook County, IL

  A lot of people think that America has become too litigious a society. They blame it on the lawyers. And you know what? They are right! Let me explain. It’s not every lawyer’s fault....

• Rockord Canadian National train derailment kills one, injures three

  Barry Doyle | June 20, 2009 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Yesterday, in Rockford, a Canadian National train derailed. The freight train had several tank cars which were carrying ethanol, a highly flammable and highly explosive substance. When the Canadian...

• Staph Infections on the Rise in Kids: Wash Hands Frequently

  Kristina Labanauskas | January 22, 2009 3:48 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A new national study, published in the Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, found that the incidence of such infections as ear, nose, and throat, blamed on methicillin-resistant...