Breaking legal news for Wednesday, August 5
Central Illinois
- Decatur man unfit for trial in wife's death, Springfield State Journal-Register
- City: Helping Restoration Urban Ministries unconstitutional, Champaign News-Gazette
Chicago area
- Recession forces more to act as own lawyer, Chicago Tribune
- Murder suspect on trial accuses former cop, Chicago Tribune
- Love notes delay murder trial, Southtown Star
- Probation for former Lemont firefighter in fraud case, Chicago Sun-Times
- Final vote next week on Aurora red light cameras, Aurora Beacon News
Northern Illinois
- Mercer County considers charging inmates for their stays, Quad-City Times
- Court grants petition for Church School property foreclosure, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
- Hearing on money missing from metro-east cemeteries postponed, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
- Boston lawyer's suit over unaffordable loans could be a model, ABA Journal
- Calif. Supreme Court allows "narrowly tailored" employee surveillance, ABA Journal
- Federal judge orders lawyer jailed over scheduling conflict, ABA Journal
- Gym gunman, a systems analyst at K&L Gates, told of plans in online diary, ABA Journal
SCOTUS
- GOP Sen. Bond says he'll vote for Sotomayor, Belleville News-Democrat