Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
The bitter breakup of a medical practice provides the setting for the Illinois Fifth District to consider the scope of a non-compete clause and how it impacts a minority shareholder’s buy-out rights. Gingrich v. Midkiff, 2014 IL App (5th) 120332-U presents a dispute between two former partners in a medical corporation. At the medical practice’s inception – …
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The First District examines a slew of important substantive and procedural litigation issues in Graver v. Pinecrest Volunteer Fire Dept., 2014 IL App (1st) 123006, a commercial lease dispute pitting an Illinois corporation against a Tennessee corporation and an agent of that corporation. The parties signed a fire truck lease that called for seven years’ …
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Jimmy Connors is one of my all-time favorite tennis players and professional athletes. Not just because he was such a fiery competitor who seemed to literally spill his blood and guts every time he took the court. But because of his racket. In an era dominated by space-age racket technologies like Kevlar, ceramics and …