Fifield v. Premier 2013 IL App (1st) 120327 is (was?) an important case in employment law circles for cementing the “two year rule”: two years of continuous employment is the bare minimum length of at-will employment required for an employer to enforce a restrictive covenant. From the employer’s vantage point, the rule was troubling since it …
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Suit to Unmask Nasty Yelp! Reviewer Nixed by IL Court On First Amendment Grounds
With social media use apparently proliferating at breakneck speed, Brompton Building v. Yelp! Inc. (2013 IL App (1st) 120547-U)) is naturally post-worthy for its examination of whether hostile on-line reviews are actionable by the business recipients of the negative reviews. A former tenant, “Diana Z.”, spewed some invective about an apartment management company where she …
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Unjust Enrichment – For When the Handshake Deal Goes Bad
An imploded business arrangement for importing and then selling Christmas decorations sets the stage for the Northern District’s (IL) analysis of a slew of signature commercial litigation issues in Sunny Handicraft, Inc. v. Envision This!, LLC, 2015 WL 231108. While the case only involves a ruling on a 12(b)(6) pleadings motion, it’s still post-worthy for its discussion of some …
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