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. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Supreme Court rules against offended park ranger in Mojave cross case, ABA Journal

Out of State

• New Missouri exam makes lawyers more portable, St. Louis Post-Dispatch