I’ve seen no hard data to support this but it seems that piercing the corporate veil – as a concept – has seeped into the cultural lexicon and consciousness. I say this because many people – lawyers and nonlawyers alike – appear to have at least a nodding acquaintance with piercing. Over and over I hear some …
Category Archives: Business Torts
Commercial Frustration and the Impossibility Defense: The Case of the Missing Bentley
Illinois agency rules, consumer fraud law and the commercial frustration doctrine are the focal points of Tahir v. DMI, 2014 WL 985351 (N.D. Ill. 2014), a case involving the purchase of an undelivered Bentley. The plaintiff sued multiple car dealer defendants for breach of contract and consumer fraud after he paid over $100,000 for a car he never received. The …
Stored Communications Act Claim Survives Summary Judgment In Social Media Account Hijacking Case
Maremont v. Fredman, 2014 WL 812401 (N.D.Ill. 2014) examines an employee’s claims under the Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. § 2701)(the “SCA”) where the employer accessed the employee’s social media accounts that she used for both personal and business purposes. The Court found that plaintiff submitted evidence to raise triable fact questions on each …