Loss of a legend

Lanning Macfarland Jr., 94, distinguished chairman of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Law Bulletin Media, died Oct. 30 at his home in Vero Beach, Fla.For more than 50 years Macfarland led the oldest daily courts newspaper in the country and the oldest family-owned business (140 years) in Chicago, taking it from near bankruptcy to recognized pre-eminence in the legal publishing field.Born in …

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