The Plaintiff in UIRC-GSA Holdings, Inc. v. William Blair & Company, 2017 WL 3706625 (N.D.Ill. 2017), sued its investment banker for copyright infringement and professional negligence claiming the banker used the plaintiff’s protected intellectual property – private placement memoranda – to get business from other clients. The parties previously executed an engagement agreement (“Agreement”) which …
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‘Salesy’ LinkedIn Posts Can Violate Ex-Employee’s Noncompete – Minn. Federal Court
In July 2017, a Federal court in Minnesota grappled with the in-vogue issue of whether a former employee violates post-employment nonsolicitation provisions by asking her network for business on LinkedIn. The warring factions in Mobile Mini v. Vevea, (see here) are direct competitors in the portable storage business. Plaintiff sued when the defendant, a former sales representative …
Plaintiff Shows Actual and Constructive Fraud in Fraudulent Transfer Suit – IL Court
The plaintiff mortgage lender in Summitbridge Credit Investments II, LLC v. Ahn, 2017 IL App (1st) 162480-U sued the husband and wife borrower defendants for breach of a mortgage loan on two commercial properties in Chicago Two days after the plaintiff obtained a $360K-plus default judgment, the defendants deeded a third commercial property they owned …