Breaking legal news for Tuesday, Jan. 5
State
- AG adds staff, contacts on open records law, Springfield State Journal-Register
- Candidate files for injunction against Thomson prison transfer, Daily Herald
Central Illinois
- Local bankruptcy filings rise in 2009, Springfield State Journal-Register
Chicago area
- The Professor and the Prosecutor: Anita Alvarez's office turns up the heat on David Protess' Medill Innocence Project, Chicago Magazine
- Church leader sued over Frankfort mansion deal, Chicago Tribune
- Deloitte & Touche wins lawsuit against former Chicago-based executive, Chicago Business
Northern Illinois
- Jury selection begins in Reid murder trial, Quad-City Times