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Dr. Lee Morissette shows an image of lungs damaged by asbestos exposure, at the Center for Asbestos Related Disease, on Thursday in Libby, Mont. The Libby area was contaminated by asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from a nearby mine that was shipped through by rail. – AP Photo/Matthew Brown

Jury selection begins in Montana trial against BNSF over asbestos deaths

Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine.
By Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown
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Jesse G. Reyes makes case he’d lend different voice to high court

Breaking down language barriers and increasing access to justice are at the top of the agenda for 1st District Appellate Court Justice Jesse G. Reyes as he vies for a second time to become the first Latino to serve on the state’s highest court.
By Grace Barbic
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DOJ accuses Apple of illegal smartphone monopoly

The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors, stifles innovation and keeps prices artificially high.
By Michael Liedtke, Lindsay Whitehurst, Frank Bajak and Mike Balsamo

Trial Notebook

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Iowa Supreme Court blocks testimony about business records

In a case where prosecutors relied on the hearsay rule’s business-records exception to justify testimony about documents that weren’t admitted into evidence, the Iowa Supreme Court, citing decisions from across the country, reversed because “the rules of evidence create a ‘business records exception’ to the rule against hearsay and not a ‘testimony about business records exception.’”
By Steven P. Garmisa

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Lisa Blatt of Williams & Connolly LLP poses in front of the Supreme Court last week in Washington. Known for her humor, bluntness and informality, Blatt will argue her 50th case before the Supreme Court later this month, more than any other woman.AP Photo/Alex Brandon
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‘Inimitable’ Lisa Blatt nears 50th high court argument
State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters after passing an amendment to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act through the Senate on Thursday. It now heads to the House for consideration.
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Illinois Senate advances changes to state’s BIPA law
In this Oct. 3, 1995, file photo, O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Defense attorneys F. Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. stand with him.
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O.J. Simpson, acquitted in famous murder trial, dies at 76
Sen. Ann Gillespie, D-Arlington Heights, speaks at an event in 2023. Gillespie has been named acting director of the Illinois Department of Insurance.
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Pritzker names new head of state insurance oversight agency
Debris from a Norfolk Southern freight train lies scattered and burning along the tracks on Feb. 4, 2023, the day after it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
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Norfolk Southern to pay $600M over train derailment in eastern Ohio