Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
In Hallmark Cards, Inc. v. Monitor Clipper Partners, LLC, 2014 WL 3408853 (8th Cir. 2014), the Eighth Circuit affirmed a $31.3M dollar jury verdict in favor of the greeting card giant against a private equity firm that used Hallmark’s confidential market research. Hallmark hired a consultant to research consumer behavior as it relates to greeting cards. Hallmark had the …
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In Al Maha Trading v. Darley, 2014 WL 2459674 (N.D. Ill. 2014), the plaintiff brought fraud and civil conspiracy claims in connection with a fire truck sales contract. The plaintiff, a Saudi Arabia-based fire and rescue services company, ordered six fire trucks and related equipment from the Illinois-based defendant. The plaintiff claimed the defendant submitted inflated invoices for …
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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 …