April 26, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared poised to clamp down on where corporations can be sued, a potential setback for plaintiffs’ lawyers who strive to bring cases in courts and locales they consider friendly. The nine justices in two …
February 1, 2017
The Missouri Supreme Court has denied Johnson & Johnson’s bid to move out of a St. Louis state court thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s talc-based products can increase the risk of ovarian cancer. The state high court in late …
December 15, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether to limit where patent lawsuits may be filed, potentially threatening a years-long trend that critics say allows frequent and often-baseless litigants to sue in courts friendly to them. The justices …
June 30, 2015
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has an answer to the state Capitol budget impasse: adopt five “structural reforms” that make it cheaper to do business in Illinois. House Speaker Michael Madigan of Chicago calls the proposals “extreme” and anathema to legislative …