The First District affirmed a money judgment of about $150,000 (including $70,000 in attorneys’ fees) in a commercial lease dispute in Alecta v. BAB Operations, Inc., 2015 IL App (1st) 132916-U. An unpublished opinion, it’s useful for its vivid illustration of the importance of lease drafting clarity and an assigning tenant documenting its intent to …
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Tortious Interference And The Corporate Officer Privilege Defense
6030 Sheridan Road, LLC v. Wright Management, LLC, 2011 IL App. (1st) 093282-U examines when a corporate officer is privileged to tortiously interfere with a contract that his company is involved with. There, the plaintiff real estate developer sued defendants – an LLC property owner and its principal – for tortious interference with business relationship …
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Res Judicata Bars Fraud in Inducement Claim Versus Lawyer Defendant
Eckert v. Levin, 2015 WL 859530 (N.D.Ill. 2015) examines claim preclusion (“res judicata”) in the context of an aborted settlement agreement reached in an earlier state court breach of contract case. The plaintiff sued the attorney who represented the plaintiff’s adversary in the prior state court case (plaintiff in the Federal case was the defendant …
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