Basketball Deity Can Add Additional Plaintiff in Publicity Suit Versus Jewel Food Stores – IL ND (the ‘Kriss Kross Will Make You…Jump’ Post(??)

There’s No Way(!) I’m going to simply pull-and-post just any Google Image of His Airness and hope no one sees it (or, more accurately, takes it seriously enough to engage in some copyright saber-rattling about it).  Not after Michael Jordan is fresh off his nearly $9M Federal jury verdict in a publicity suit against erstwhile Chicago grocer Dominick’s and its parent company.  I didn’t even …

Integration Clause, Justifiable Reliance and Limited Guaranties: IL Basics

The limited guarantor won big in Ringgold Capital IV, LLC v. Finley, 2013 IL App (1st) 121702, a case that vividly captures how important it is for a lender to correctly document a loan. After a borrower defaulted on the underlying loan, the plaintiff sued to foreclose its mortgage and on the guaranty. The trial court dismissed …