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Richard Phelan, right, and Rep. Julian C. Dixon, D-Calif., then head of the U.S. House ethics committee, on July 20, 1989. – Photo by Laura Patterson/CQ Roll Call via AP Images

Richard Phelan recalled as tenacious lawyer, mentor

Richard J. Phelan, who died last week at 86, left a mark on both the local legal community and the national political stage during a career as a litigator, elected official and bar leader.
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‘Inimitable’ Lisa Blatt nears 50th high court argument

No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who will make her 50th argument this month.
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John Anderson aims for Will County representation on appellate court

Judge John C. Anderson said he will bring a broad understanding of legal issues in populous Will County to the 3rd District Appellate Court if elected.

Trial Notebook

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Judge rejects ‘specific patient rule’ in case over false claims, kickbacks

Two of Allergan’s former sales representatives accused the pharmaceutical manufacturer of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by using a “speaker program” to give physicians illegal payments for prescribing two of its medications — Linzess and Viberzi — but the company insisted the complaint was defective because it didn’t “identify a specific patient to whom a doctor allegedly prescribed Linzess or Viberzi in exchange for a kickback.”

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