Daily Legal News
Sheriff Must Obey Eviction Orders: Suit
A mortgage lender wants a Cook County judge to force Sheriff Tom Dart to get back to the business of evicting people from foreclosed homes.
From the Chicago Sun-Times.
Courts Are Failing Battered Women
For every man convicted in a Cook County court of beating his wife or girlfriend, five men brought in on similar charges walk away legally unscathed. And despite official promises to help women pursue abuse complaints, that conviction rate is only getting worse.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Circuit Court Goes High-Tech
The circuit court clerk's office now has the ability to electronically send noncertified copies of documents from scanned images, pursuant to a court administrative order, Will County Circuit Clerk Pamela McGuire announced.
From the Joliet Herald News.
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