Quantum meruit (Latin derivation: “as much as he deserved”) has repeatedly saved the day in situations where my client has performed services for a defendant but there is a contractual defect (such as missing price terms or an unclear completion date)that makes suing under a breach of contract impossible. Time and again, quantum meruit has proved to be a valuable fallback …
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7th Circuit Tackles Registering State Court Judgments In Fed. Court, Removal Jurisdiction
GE Betz, Inc. v. Zee Company, Inc., 2013 WL 1846541 (7th Cir. 2013) examines Federal jurisdiction and removal practice and how those rules impact creditors’ rights in post-judgment proceedings. Facts and Procedural History: Plaintiff obtained a multi-million dollar judgment in North Carolina state court against Defendant. The defendant then secretly transferred several million dollars …
The Fifield Case: Two Years of Continuous Employment = Sufficient Consideration to Enforce Restrictive Covenants
In Fifield v. Premier Dealer Services, Inc. 2013 IL App (1st) 120327, http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2013/1stDistrict/1120327.pdf the Court squarely held that two years of continued employment is required to uphold a noncompetition or nonsolicitation provision. Facts and Procedural History Plaintiff resigned about three months after starting his job as an insurance salesman and went to work for a competing firm. He …