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  Illinois is the only state with a total ban on allowing gun owners to carry their weapons in public. But a federal court recently threw out this law as going too far, and violating the Second Amendment. Now, the Illinois legislature has a looming deadline to pass a concealed carry weapon statute that’s less restrictive. With the strong emotional differences in the fight over guns, state lawmaking has become a house divided. Lawyers.com supervising producer John McCarthy’s presents the …

  Although it’s the motto of the Boy Scouts — the organization was NOT so “prepared” in protecting its members against sexual child abuse.  Lawyers.com journalist John McCarthy introduces you to Douglas Sovereign Smith, a convicted sex offender and the former national chair of the Youth Protection Task Force for the Boy Scouts of America. Released in January 2013, he’s not the only sexual predator who was drawn to the organization, targeting it to gain access to children. You’ll meet …

  Los inmigrantes en las comunidades de habla hispana deben tener cuidado. Los “Notarios” o abogados falsos, están acechando a las personas de habla hispana que se encuentran desprevenidas.         Click here to read this story in English.         Desde Dallas, Texas, el reportero Kevin Peters de Lawyers.com le presenta a una víctima: Beronica Mascorro. Ella pagó $1,500 a una fraudulenta impostora que pretendía ofrecer conocimiento y asesoría legal. En muchos países de América …

  A black Lexus barreled though a Chicago intersection, killing a little girl who was crossing the street while holding her mother’s hand. Who was to blame for 4-year-old Maya Hirsch’s tragic death? Lawyers.com reporter John McCarthy investigated and found a surprising result that pointed to not only to the driver, but also to the City of Chicago. Steven Hart, the attorney for Maya’s family, shows how the city negligently left an intersection an unreasonably dangerous death trap. This accident …

  For decades the asbestos industry covered up the known danger that breathing asbestos causes mesothelioma, a fatal cancer that causes internal tumors. Lawyers.com Supervising Producer John McCarthy interviews attorney Kevin Conway of Chicago, who has handled mesothelioma cases for 40 years. Referring to the coverup by the asbestos industry, Conway says, “How many people have been killed as a result of these actions? They are more than irresponsible, in my opinion. I think the conduct was willful. I think …