Breaking legal news for Wednesday, April 7

State

• Feds: Make former Blagojevich lawyer testify, Springfield State Journal-Register
• Justice: More low income legal help needed in Illinois, Quad-Cities Online

Central Illinois

• Jury begins deliberations in alleged sexual assualt of ISU student, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Appeals court: Will Co. must pay $8 million to Riley Fox parents, Chicago Tribune
• DUI charges dropped against ex-Blackhawks star Chelios, Daily Herald
• Alleged bank robber, thwarted by dye pack, had ankle monitor, Chicago Sun-Times
• $13B in Cook Co. rental units at risk of default, Chicago Tribune
• Second suspect in Darien triple slaying pleads not guilty, Daily Herald
• Foreclosure suit hits building that houses Apollo Theater, Chicago Business
• Naperville's biggest hotel faces foreclosure, Chicago Business

Southern Illinois

• Cahokia vote fraud civil trial ends; Judge to rule by April 23, Belleville News-Democrat
• Edwardsville sued by family of girl killed in culvert collapse, Belleville News-Democrat

Nation

• Man gets 8 years for liening property of 3 federal judges, ABA Journal
• 1st quarter law firm mergers lowest in a decade, Altman Weil says, ABA Journal