A Federal court examines the pleading and proof elements of several business torts in a medical device company’s lawsuit against its former salesman and a rival firm. The plaintiff sued when it learned its former employee was selling on the side for a competitor. Granting summary judgment for most of the plaintiff’s claims, the Court …
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Photographer’s Subjective Belief Of Photos’ Value Not Enough to Show Copyright Damages – Seventh Cir. (Deconstructing Bell v. Taylor – Part II)
In Bell v. Taylor, the Seventh Circuit homes in on the photographer plaintiff’s dearth of damages evidence in his copyright suit about two photographs he took of the Indianapolis skyline. A copyright owner can recover actual damages suffered as a result of infringement and any profits accruing to the infringer. To establish an infringer’s profits, the …
Legal Malpractice Claims: Elements and Damages: Illinois Case Snippets (2015)
Two First District cases – one published, the other not – decided some eight days apart in April 2015, provide good capsule summaries of the pleading and proof elements of a legal malpractice claim in Illinois, the nature and reach of the attorney-client relationship (“A-C Relationship”) and the universe of possible damages that a plaintiff …
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