Central Illinois

• Lawyer: Bar owner didn't know patron had been struck, Springfield State Journal-Register

Chicago area

• Judge rules against Oak Park bookstore in dispute, Chicago Tribune
• Judge allows racketeering lawsuit against Mount Prospect to proceed, Daily Herald
• Egg thrower gets new jail sentence, Chicago Tribune
• Judge wants to bar Citizens Bank's Michaels brothers, Chicago Business

Southern Illinois

• Cop pleads guilty to punching handcuffed suspect in the mouth, Chicago Tribune

Nation

• Dead Marine's father ordered to pay protestors' legal costs, CNN.com
• Supreme court says lawyers must inform clients of deportation risks, ABA Journal
• 2 Baker Hostetler attorneys accused of supporting African inheritance scam, ABA Journal