As such, the Act may not do enough to alleviate the pressures from regulatory requirements felt by small banks.

The problem with that view, the Supreme Court found, was the officer's substantive participation in the Board hearing.

Yesterday, we began reviewing the data regarding the Court's experience with recusals in civil cases, and how often recusals lead to the Court being closely divided in its decision. Today, we proceed to Part 2 of our analysis – the years 2006 through 2017.

Last week, we analyzed Justice Garman's question patterns in criminal cases. This week, we address Justice Freeman's question pattern in civil cases.

Cyber criminals are taking advantage of tax season to lure valuable W-2 information from vulnerable businesses.

For the past several weeks, we've been comparing the data on the number and sequence of the Illinois Supreme Court's questions at oral argument to various variables, searching for possible predictors of particularly active oral arguments.

Last week, we looked at the pattern of Justice Freeman's questioning in oral arguments in civil cases, analyzing whether he tends to ask more questions of the party he will ultimately vote...

This week, we begin a new study – a detailed study of the California Supreme Court's certified questions.

Since 1985, Hartford has been defending Fluor-1 in personal injury lawsuits arising out of alleged exposure to asbestos-containing materials at locations where Fluor-1 performed business.

Yesterday, we began our comparative review of the Illinois and California Supreme Court's experience with direct review of death penalty judgments.

We pointed out last week that according to the 1990 census, Cook County accounted for 44.66% of the state's population.

Yesterday, we analyzed whether it's possible, based on all oral arguments in criminal cases between 2009 and 2016, to infer from watching Justice Kilbride's question patterns in...

Yesterday, we began reviewing the Court's county by county distribution of death penalty appeals, beginning in 1994. Today, we will begin by reviewing the data from 2004 through 2010.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or Dodd-Frank, was enacted in 2010 in response to the financial crisis.

For the past several weeks, we've looked at the Court's record with death penalty appeals. This week and next, we're looking at the Court's record with parties that are governmental entities.

Last week, we reviewed the data on how often public entities were parties in civil cases at the Court.

Last week, we showed that in contrast to the data for the California Supreme Court, time under submission from the allowing of the petition for leave to appeal to oral argument...

Cyber criminals are taking advantage of tax season to lure valuable W-2 information from vulnerable businesses.

Yesterday, we reviewed the origin of the Court's criminal docket for the years 2005 through 2010.

Yesterday, we began our analysis of Justice Theis' question patterns in civil cases. Today, we continue our work on Justice Theis' civil arguments since taking office in 2010.