Chicago Area

Central Illinois

• Decatur man arrested for allegedly trying to bomb Springfield federal building, Springfield State Journal-Register

Chicago area

• Judge OKs Cubs sale, Chicago Tribune
• New trial for man sentenced to death, Chicago Tribune

Northern Illinois

• Judge denies new trial for man convicted in Aledo sexual assualt, Quad-City Times
• Logging company sued for allegedly cutting government trees, Quad-City Times
• Village of Lee petitions judge to see how summons were served, DeKalb Daily Chronicle
• Ruling removes Biondo from county board, Rockford Register Star

Southern Illinois

• Additional charge leveled against sheriff accused of selling marijuana on the job, The Southern

State

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The South Suburban Bar Association has a scholarship available to law students meeting the criteria set by the Association in the amount of $1,500.00. The following criteria will be used in the selection process: 1.    The recipient of the Scholarship Award shall be a deserving student of an accredited local law school; 2.    The student must be a resident of the South Suburbs of Cook County and must have a present interest to practice law in the South Suburbs upon graduation; 3.    Financial need will be considered by the Scholarship Committee.  The applicant can be expected to document his or her financial need when requested to do so by the Committee; 4.    Each student interested in being considered for the Scholarship Award must submit a brief resume for review by the South Suburban Bar Association Committee.  They must also include a cover letter (200 word maximum) indicating why they want to practice on the 'South-side'.  The Committee may conduct interviews of applicants or alternatively, may in its discretion, recommend a candidate to the Board of South Suburban Bar Association based upon a review of the resumes submitted. The resume and cover letter of the applicant must be received by the undersigned no later than November 6, 2009.  Interviews will be tentatively held on November 14, 2009.  Candidates will be contacted after November 6, 2009 to schedule interviews.

Chicago area

• Stroger upset with leaked subpoena, Chicago Sun-Times
• Ex-chief judge to lead probe of McHenry Co. state's attorney, Daily Herald
• Former cops headed to jail after guilty pleas, Chicago Tribune
• Dugan jury pool summoned to court, briefed on case, Daily Herald

Nation

• A "Flood of Cases" take aim at anonymous Internet critics, ABA Journal

[caption id="attachment_4135" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Randall Fearnow"][/caption] The law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Randall R. Fearnow has relocated his practice to the firm's Chicago office at 33 North LaSalle Street and will assist Illinois clients in the areas of Health Care Law and Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse. Mr. Fearnow, a partner for the past nine years with Krieg DeVault, recently made the transition from the firm's Indianapolis office to Chicago in response to the firm's Midwest regional growth in health care. Mr. Fearnow is a core member of the firm's Health Care and Governmental Affairs Practice Groups. His experience includes trials in state and federal courts and arguments on behalf of health care providers before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He began his legal career in 1981 with the Marion County (Indianapolis) Prosecutor's Office, where he served as a deputy prosecutor responsible for trying major felonies. Since 1987 he has been active in the representation of health care providers who have become the focus of state or federal audits or investigations. Mr. Fearnow is licensed to practice in the states of Illinois and Indiana and resides in Chicago. He will continue to serve his substantial base of health care clients with operations in Indiana.