Breaking legal news for Tuesday, December 29
State
- AG Madigan decries mortgage broker kickbacks, Madison/St. Clair Record
Chicago area
- Law outlook: Bye-bye billable hour?, Chicago Tribune
- Lake Co. sheriff candidate sued four times for civil rights violations, Daily Herald
- Not guilty plea from Elgin man accused of setting wife on fire, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Energy co-op looks at options on lawsuit dismissal, Rockford Register Star
Nation
- St. Louis court clerk to fight state effort to limit his authority to hire, fire, Belleville News-Democrat
- Birth mother loses child custody to former lesbian partner, Chicago Sun-Times
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