Courts & Cases

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Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy V. Cunningham participates in a candidate forum last month at the Union League Club of Chicago. The panel was moderated by WGN-TV's Paul Lisnek. – Grace Barbic/Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Justice Joy V. Cunningham translates varied career roles to court insights

Viewing the state Supreme Court as a “gatekeeper of democracy,” Justice Joy V. Cunningham is seeking to retain her seat amid a faceoff with 1st District Appellate Court Justice Jesse G. Reyes.
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Iris Martinez seeks to continue ‘transformation’ of court clerk’s office

With three years in the office under her belt, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Iris Y. Martinez wants to continue building on the foundation she has laid.
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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93.

Trial Notebook

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Court weighs informed consent on alternative treatment options

With no local precedent on an important aspect of informed consent in a malpractice case against an emergency medicine physician, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals looked at “the primary cases” from other jurisdictions on “the duty to inform the patient of alternative treatment options.”

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