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Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog (Free subscription) | 47 minutes ago
Levin & Perconti has filed a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County on behalf of Devron Matthews’s family after his recent death. The suit was filed on July 24, 2008. On August 19, 2007, Devron, a known asthmatic, was taken to the emergency room at Weiss Hospital on Chicago’s north side for complaints of shortness of breath and a high fever. Despite being...
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Abovethelaw.com (Free subscription) | 49 minutes ago
Let's close out the week with one more post about everyone's favorite summer associate scandal: the girl-on-girl kiss that got two summer associates fired from the Minneapolis law firm of Lindquist & Vennum . Earlier today, we alluded to rumors of "additional lasciviousness" at Lindquist , and now it's time to deliver. We wouldn't want to be accused of being teases. Now some of you may be getting...
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Ideoblog (Free subscription) | 49 minutes ago
As Boise goes, so goes Des Moines. Yep, Iowa’s adopted RULLCA, which is now the “uniform” choice of half the I states. See here and here. Read this before you advise a client to organize an LLC in Iowa.
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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog (Free subscription) | 55 minutes ago
A woman who was suspicious of her father's in home care installed hidden video cameras. She soon found actual video evidence of her father's caretaker abusing him physically. Nursing home abuse and neglect can be discovered using hidden videos which help to provide strong evidence of nursing home physical abuse .
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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog (Free subscription) | 56 minutes ago
Levin & Perconti has filed a nursing home abuse and neglect and wrongful death lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Levin & Perconti has filed the suit on behalf of Luzella Roberts’s surviving family members under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act and common law negligence. The suit was filed on July 25, 2008. Ms. Roberts was a seventy-nine year old dialysis patient. Ms. Roberts’s daughter...
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Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog (Free subscription) | 56 minutes ago
Steven Levin and John Rushing of Levin & Perconti have filed a nursing home abuse and neglect lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Levin and Rushing filed the suit on behalf of Mr. James Floyd who suffered at the hands of his nursing home care providers. Mr. Floyd was a resident at Rest Haven Illiana Christian Convalescent Home in Palos Heights, Illinois. On the day before he would return...
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Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Thanks to this post at AL&P, I saw that the First Circuit yesterday issued an interesting ruling in US v. Mulero-Algarin, No. 07-1701 (1st Cir. July 24, 2008) (available here), concerning federal defendant's getting cooperation credit and motions from the...
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Robert Ambrogi's LawSites (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
A $1 billion lawsuit by Viacom accuses Google's video-sharing Web site, YouTube , of violating its copyrights. Last week, Google and Viacom reached an agreement to allow Google to mask user information from records before handing them over to Viacom. On this week's legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer , my co-host J. Craig Williams and I discuss the case with guests Kevin A. Thompson , an attorney with...
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Out of the Jungle (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
I have been watching in shock and dismay as Belgian behemoth Anheuser-Busch in a pretty . (the first link is to a St. Louis Business Journal article which starts "Anxiety. Excitement. Disgust." The second link is to the WSJ Deal Journal article which almost sounds admiring when it describes the "...“Godfather”-worthy hints to A-B’s recalcitrant board....")I lived in St. Louis, the home of for ten years....
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Blog from the Capital (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
In Illinois, activist Rob Sherman has filed suit challenging a proposed $1 million state grant to a Baptist church for the purpose of repairing fire damage. Writing at AU's blog, Joseph Conn suggests a proper Baptist response that would put...
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Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
An study appearing in Science (no free access) apparently finds "There's no real difference between the scores of U.S. boys and girls on common math tests." (this link is to Science's reporting about the article). Some interesting points include "Overall,...
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The Right Coast (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Do you know where your cat is? Other possible lines: Fewer polar bears, but more cats! If it has this effect on human females, does this mean we should all drive SUVs? Mother Earth ain't the only one gettin' hot!...
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You and Yours Blawg (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Category: Elder Law Sometimes I run across the question of if a senior (or any person for that matter) is receiving the best possible health care. A site I was introduced to gives consumer feedback on health care ( http://citehealth.com/ ). Health care is a choice - just because you saw a doctor once doesn't mean that he or she is best for you needs. Like any decision, you should feel you are getting...
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Jack Bog's Blog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Not many of the guests were hunky, though....
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IPKat—IP news and fun for everyone (Free subscription) | yesterday
What have the BMI and ISPs agreed? Yesterday the IPKat (in slightly sleepy state) was greeted with the news that British Music Rights (BMI) and the 6 leading UK ISPs (Tiscali, Virgin Media, BT, Orange, Carphone Warehouse and Sky) had reached an agreement on tackling illegal downloaders of copyright content. The IPKat thought it was a little odd that no one really seemed to be saying much on what the...
