Breaking legal news for Friday, July 10
Central Illinois
- Woman who allegedly failed to return child to mother faces kidnapping charge, Decatur Herald & Review
Chicago area
- New judge to hear call for Bianchi probe, Daily Herald
- First lawsuit filed against Burr Oak cemetery, Chicago Tribune
- Highland Park man accused of aiding alleged Ponzi scheme, Chicago Tribune
- State targets cemetery license over grave scandal, State Journal-Register
- End near for Schaumburg red-light cameras, Daily Herald
- Webio co-founder Hernandez indicted for Ponzi scheme, Chicago Sun-Times
- Biedermann will await all-or-nothing verdict, Daily Herald
- Jail moves cemetery defendants to special section, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Officials sue for investigation in Rockford train derailment, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
- Coroner: Colemans died of strangulation, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Judge tosses abuse lawsuit against Southern Illinois sheriff, Belleville News-Democrat
State
- Gov. Quinn studying plan to release inmates, Chicago Tribune
Nation
- Market for 2008 law graduates shrinks, National Association for Law Placement
- Mayer Brown partner denied mistrial over juror's finger cut threat, ABA Journal