For our firm December can be a busy month in adoption work. This was because traditionally no guarantee existed that Congress would renew or re-enact the Adoption Tax Credit, a federal benefit, in the following year. Many would hasten to complete their adoption before the new year to ensure they …

Bradley Professor Drunk At Time of Crash When a high-profile drunk driving crash happens in the Peoria area, it can hit a community especially hard. People may feel shock, anger, and grief—not only because of the injuries involved, but because impaired driving is so preventable. Incidents involving well-known institutions or …

Written by Melissa Birks: There was the opposing attorney who refused to shake hands with him. There was his own client who, unbeknownst to him, collected her blood into a glass vial that she smuggled into the courthouse and pitched like a hand grenade onto her husband as their divorce …

Humorous on its face, but serious when considering adoption implications, a new website is manufacturing proof of live births and selling it on the internet. At http://www.fakeababy.com, various documents and costume wear to fake live births are available, such as ultrasounds, sonograms, DNA tests, and hospital records. While the idea …

Parker & Parker has filed one of the first lawsuits nationwide against international artificial hip maker Stryker. Basically, these lawsuits are occurring because: 1. Stryker has made hip replacements for a long time, and traditionally they used titanium, which is a strong but very expensive material. 2. To cut costs, …