Arbitration
Is your non-compete agreement enforceable?
Some employers ask their employees to sign non-compete agreements. But are those agreements enforceable?
Business / Civil Litigation
Accidents / Personal Injury
Recovering the Costs of Litigation.
Costs associated with litigation can be expensive. Courts charge filing fees, investigators charge fees for serving documents on your opponent, the law requires parties to pay witness fees, expert witnesses charge a pretty penny for […]
Business / Civil Litigation
Basics of Unauthorized Charges on Your ATM, Debit or Credit Card.
What happens if you lose your ATM, debit or credit card and someone else uses it without your permission? Federal laws and bank policies limit your liability for unauthorized charges. However, it’s important to notify […]
Accidents / Personal Injury
When are you required to disclose employee misconduct?
In Doe-3 v. Mc Lean County Dist. 5, the plaintiffs, a first grader and a second grader, where allegedly sexually abused by a teacher who had been disciplined for the same type of misconduct at […]
Business / Civil Litigation
Target Sued For Failing to Protect Customer Financial Data.
Business owners in Illinois must pay close attention to every aspect of their company’s operations, from paying taxes to protecting customers’ financial information. Staying on top of these details is not just important to the […]
Business / Civil Litigation
Jesse Ventura Wins $1.8 million Defamation Lawsuit Against Estate of America’s “Most Lethal Sniper”, Chris Kyle.
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura was awarded more than $1.8 million in damages after a federal jury found he was defamed in a book written by an ex-Navy SEAL, Chris Kyle, according to a report […]
Business / Civil Litigation
Illinois Eavesdropping Statute Declared Unconstitutional.
The Illinois Supreme Court recently ruled that part of the Illinois eavesdropping statute is unconstitutional in People v. Clark, 2014 IL 1097190 and People v. Melongo, 2014 IL 114852, issued simultaneously on March 20, 2014. The […]
Business / Civil Litigation
Class Representatives Who Settled in Class Action Lawsuit Still Have Standing to Appeal De-certification of Class.
In an appeal of the de-certification of a class action lawsuit, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, finding that the plaintiffs/appellants, who settled with the […]
Accidents / Personal Injury
Insurer Must Pay Woman Struck By Falling Tree at Golf Court, Illinois Court Finds Coverage Under Ambiguous CGL Policy.
An Illinois appellate court has ruled that Indiana Insurance Co. must pay a portion of a $4.5 million verdict won by a woman who was struck by a falling tree at a golf course pursuant […]
Breach of Contract
Illinois Successor Liability – A Creditor’s Rights.
Small business owners often struggle to collect their accounts receivable. Sometimes debtors actually dissolve their businesses in order to avoid paying creditors and then re-open later under a new or slightly different name. Frustrated creditors […]