Dated but relevant for its discussion of some signature commercial litigation issues , Dougherty v. Tsai, 2017 IL App (1st) 161949, addresses, among other things, corporate alter ego liability, fraudulent transfers, and the admissibility of expert witness testimony. In 2011, the plaintiff lessor obtained a default judgment against a corporate tenant (Tenant) in a 2009 …
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Embattled Ex-Congressman Wins Law Firm’s Fee Spat [Ind. Appeals Court]
Perhaps known as much for his chiseled physique, burnished Instagram presence and garish office furnishings as his political acumen, former wunderkind congressman Aaron Schock resigned in 2015 after dual Federal probes unearthed wide-ranging campaign finance infractions. The twin Federal investigations – a Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoena followed by an FBI lighting raid on Schock’s Peoria IL office …
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‘Lack of Money’ Exclusion From Restaurant Lease Force Majeure Clause Not Enough to Get Eatery [Fully] Off the Hook – IL ND
Topical and timely, In re Hitz, 2020 WL 2924523 [Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2020] presents as a useful quarantine-era case that interprets the scope of a force majeure clause in a restaurant lease. The debtor filed for bankruptcy protection in mid-March 2020 after failing to pay rent for that month. The creditor moved to modify the …