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Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy V. Cunningham participates in a candidate forum last month at the Union League Club of Chicago. The panel was moderated by WGN-TV's Paul Lisnek. – Grace Barbic/Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

Justice Joy V. Cunningham translates varied career roles to court insights

Viewing the state Supreme Court as a “gatekeeper of democracy,” Justice Joy V. Cunningham is seeking to retain her seat amid a faceoff with 1st District Appellate Court Justice Jesse G. Reyes.
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Lieberman remembered as ‘mensch’ who bridged political divides

Former Vice President Al Gore and other politician dignitaries remembered the late Joe Lieberman Friday as a “mensch” who both bridged partisan political divides and wasn’t afraid to go against mainstream political currents, during a packed funeral service for the four-term U.S. senator.
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Pressure grows as Buttigieg says Boeing needs to cooperate with probes

With Boeing facing multiple government investigations, the company needs to make “a serious transformation” around its safety and manufacturing quality, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday.

Trial Notebook

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Judge rejects ‘specific patient rule’ in case over false claims, kickbacks

Two of Allergan’s former sales representatives accused the pharmaceutical manufacturer of violating the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute by using a “speaker program” to give physicians illegal payments for prescribing two of its medications — Linzess and Viberzi — but the company insisted the complaint was defective because it didn’t “identify a specific patient to whom a doctor allegedly prescribed Linzess or Viberzi in exchange for a kickback.”

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