Legal News Links

Nation

• Judge: Obama won't have to testify at Blagojevich trial, Chicago Sun-Times
• College student brought to court in chains after missing jury duty, ABC News
  
• As hundreds of law firms report e-mail scams, one loses bid for insurance coverage, ABA Journal

Central Illinois

• Bloomington man denied sex assault conviction reversal, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Judge denies gag order in McHenry murder case, Chicago Tribune
• Metra board hires attorney to investigate its director, Daily Herald
• Former Blago chief of staff enters new guilty plea, Chicago Tribune
  
• Foreclosure suit hits St.
  

Chicago area

• Des Plaines lawyer charged over bad checks, Daily Herald
• Murder suspect can't act as own attorney in retrial, Chicago Sun-Times
• 100 years old and facing foreclosure, Chicago Tribune
• Judge: Indiana doctor accused of fraud competent for trial, Chicago Tribune

Southern Illinois

• Judge O'Malley to retire July 31, Belleville News-Democrat

Nation

• McDonald's Happy Meals on wrong end of the law in California county, Crain's Chicago Business

SCOTUS

• Stevens hears last argument as justice, St.
  

Central Illinois

• Judge removes himself from hearings involving Snow case, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Naperville man picks up bucket of charges in one busy night, Daily Herald
• Will County Sheriff's clerk suspended after drug arrest, Chicago Sun-Times
• Murder suspect's defense given more county funds for investigation, Daily Herald
• Too little, too late for Elgin lawyer, Daily Herald
• Elgin man's trial delayed on murder solicitation charge, Daily Herald
  

SCOTUS

• Supreme Court steers clear of Asian carp dispute, Chicago Tribune
• Supreme Court free speech challenge to ban on violent video games, ABA Journal

Nation

• DOJ adds 15 prosecutor jobs to its computer hacking team, ABA Journal
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