Renters in Illinois have new rights as January is National Radon Action Month. A silent killer, radon is a radioactive gas people cannot see or smell. It’s also the leading cause of cancer in nonsmokers, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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WGEM

Public Administrator / Public Guardian Openings

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

The Governor’s Office is seeking qualified candidates to fill vacancies for the position of Public Administrator / Public Guardian in Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Greene, Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence, Macoupin, Marion, McDonough, Mercer, Montgomery, Richland, Shelby, Washington, and Wayne Counties. 

Trust Issues

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

 In In re Parentage of A.H., a complicated child-support case that stretched over three countries and involved a recalcitrant noncustodial parent, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court found several reasons for forcing the creation of a section 503(g) trust, most of which concerned the noncustodial parent.

Among the attorneys disciplined by the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday are a lawyer who led police on a 60-mile chase in an ambulance and a former Polsinelli shareholder who was temporarily barred from a courthouse.

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ABA Journal

Illinois Supreme Court Assigns Hon. David Vancil to Fourth District Appellate Court

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

Justice Lisa Holder White and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the assignment of Ninth Circuit Chief Judge David L. Vancil Jr., to the Fourth District Appellate Court. 

Judge Vancil is being assigned to fill a newly created seat in the Fourth Appellate District. The assignment is effective February 2, 2024, and will continue until further order of the Court.

Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the five civil and two criminal opinions handed down Friday, January 19, 2024, by the Illinois Supreme Court. 

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The Bar News

The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld a landmark law that consolidated hundreds of suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension funds. In a unanimous decision, the state's high court sided with two lower courts in rejecting the argument that participants' diluted role in electing representatives to make investment decisions under the new law violates the state constitution's pension protection clause.

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Belleville News-Democrat

Secrecy fears about arbitration are overstated, and the decisions are made by qualified, neutral adjudicators, not people with ties to the mayor, an attorney and head of the Illinois Council of Police writes.

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Chicago Sun-Times

 A 37-year-old Flora man has been arrested for an alleged attempted kidnapping.

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WDML-FM

All six members of a crew who stole approximately $400,000 during burglaries targeting video gaming machines in Lake and McHenry counties and surrounding counties have been sentenced.

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Lake and McHenry County Scanner