Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
The Northern District compelled arbitration of a multi-count fraud suit filed by a software company against a former salesman and his new employer in Paragon Micro, Inc. v. Bundy, 2014 WL 2441969 (N.D.Ill. 2014). The ex-employee formed his own company and started steering business from his former employer. The former employer sued for computer tampering, breach of …
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Mostardi Platt Environmental, Inc. v. Power Holdings, LLC, 2014 IL App (2d) 130737-U shows the importance of clarity in contract drafting – particularly compensation terms. The case also illustrates the crucial distinction between a time-and-expense (or time and materials) contract and a lump-sum payment contract. Plaintiff was hired to perform environmental assessment services and to secure government permits for …
A corporate officer’s fiduciary duties to his corporate employer and the monetary damages that flow from a breach of those duties are two of the key issues dissected and applied by the Second District appeals court in Star Forge, Inc. v. Ward, 2014 IL App (2d) 130527-U. Plaintiff was a steel company that sued its former President …