The West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association says it will file a Federal Communications Commission complaint unless radio stations yank ads from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce which compare injury lawyers to crocodiles and cite the…

Watch what you say about judges, yet again: For the second time, Illinois circuit court judge Patrick Kelley has dismissed a $110 million defamation lawsuit filed by former Madison County appellate judge Gordon Maag against…

Jason Shafer is seeking $50,000 for medical expenses and pain and suffering for neck and shoulder injuries allegedly sustained in a fender-bender with the late-model BMW of attorney Rex Carr (Dec. 23; May 4, 2004)….

A Sangamon County judge threw out the former judge’s libel suit against his political opponents (Dec. 21, Dec. 23, Dec. 23 Overlawyered, Dec. 24, Dec. 24, Dec. 28). Judge Maag and his attorney, Rex Carr, did not comment. (Paul Hampel,…

A Sangamon County judge threw out the former judge’s libel suit against his political opponents (Dec. 21, Dec. 23, Dec. 23 Overlawyered, Dec. 24, Dec. 24, Dec. 28). Judge Maag and his attorney, Rex Carr, did not comment. (Paul Hampel,…

A number of stories on the Gordon Maag lawsuit (Dec. 24; Dec. 23; OL Dec. 23 and links therein) have mentioned Maag’s lawyer, Rex Carr, and his then-record-setting $9 million libel judgment against the Alton Telegraph in the early 1980s….

Yesterday, I noted (see also back links there) that Gordon Maag, the sore loser in Illinois’s Supreme Court race — the most expensive judicial race in American history — has filed suit against the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce and…