The Illinois First District recently discussed the contours of pre-suit discovery requests in cases that implicate fee speech concerns and whether truthful information can ever support an intentional interference with employment claim. After relocating from another state to take a compliance role with a large bank, the plaintiff in Calabro v. Northern Trust …
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Fraudulent Transfer Action Can Be Brought In Post-Judgment Proceedings – No Separate Lawsuit Required – IL Court
Despite its vintage (over two decades), Kennedy v. Four Boys Labor Service, 664 N.E.2d 1088 (2nd Dist. 1996), is still relevant and instructional for its detailed discussion of Illinois’ fraudulent transfer statute and what post-judgment claims do and don’t fall within a supplementary proceeding to collect a judgment in Illinois. The plaintiff won a $70K …
Promissory Fraud: Sporting Goods Maker Pleads Seller’s Scheme to Defraud – IL ND
Maurice Sporting Goods, Inc. v. BB Holdings, Inc., 2017 WL 2692124, ponders the reach of the promissory fraud rule (a broken promise normally doesn’t equal fraud), how to plead around it, and the law of the case doctrine. After a multi-year business relationship for the sale of sporting goods imploded, the plaintiff distributor sued the …
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