Tort Reform Groups Accused of Violating Illinois Campaign Laws
"Two nonprofit groups that gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Southern Illinois appellate judge this past fall appear to have violated the state's election laws.
Together, the American Tort Reform Association and the American Justice Partnership, both business-friendly groups that have supported calls for tort reform, pumped $785,000 into Illinois politics this year.
That includes $425,000 given to Belleville attorney Steve McGlynn, the Republican who ran for but lost the Southern Illinois appellate seat to which he had been appointed.
By donating directly to McGlynn, both groups triggered campaign finance reporting requirements under Illinois' election law, the State Board of Elections confirmed to the Post-Dispatch on Thursday. But as the deadline passed Wednesday, the groups, based in Washington, had neither registered as nonprofits with the board nor filed disclosure reports detailing where they got their funding."
Read the full article at the St. Louis Dispatch.
Together, the American Tort Reform Association and the American Justice Partnership, both business-friendly groups that have supported calls for tort reform, pumped $785,000 into Illinois politics this year.
That includes $425,000 given to Belleville attorney Steve McGlynn, the Republican who ran for but lost the Southern Illinois appellate seat to which he had been appointed.
By donating directly to McGlynn, both groups triggered campaign finance reporting requirements under Illinois' election law, the State Board of Elections confirmed to the Post-Dispatch on Thursday. But as the deadline passed Wednesday, the groups, based in Washington, had neither registered as nonprofits with the board nor filed disclosure reports detailing where they got their funding."
Read the full article at the St. Louis Dispatch.
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