The district court in Cornerstone Assurance Group v. Harrison discusses the Federal court plausibility standard for pleadings and considers whether Illinois’s marital privilege statute defeats an insurance broker’s trade secrets suit against a former employee. The defendant signed an employment contract that contained a confidentiality provision covering plaintiff’s financial information, marketing plans, client leads, prospects, and lists …
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N.D.Ill. Examines Res Judicata and Claim-Splitting Doctrines
In Tank v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., 2013 WL 4401375, the Northern District of Illinois examined the reach of the res judicata and claim-splitting doctrines in an employment discrimination suit. In 2012, the plaintiff sued T-Mobile, his former employer, for employment discrimination and for violating the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. (the …
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Successor Corporation Can’t Enforce Expired Restrictive Covenants
Stericycle, Inc. v. Carney, 2013 WL 3671288 (N.D.Ill. 2013) is post-worthy for its useful gloss on the enforceability of restrictive covenants, Federal pleading requirements and a purchasing corporation’s standing to assert the restrictive covenant rights of its predecessor. Facts: In 2007 and 2008, defendant signed employment agreements (the “SEI Agreements”) with SEI, his former employer. …
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