Rollin’ In My Six-Fo: Dr. Dre’s Claim to ‘Chronic’ Royalties From Death Row Bankruptcy Estate Rejected

It was part of my black 1993 Eagle Talon’s cassette player’s (and later my 2005 Chevy Cobalt’s CD player’s) rotation for well over a decade. It also introduced me to a new and dangerous vocabulary.  Growing up in the somewhat sheltered confines of Wichita,  I’d never heard of nor seen a “Gat” a “tech 9 tronic”, a “Six-Fo”, “hollow …

Medical Practice Break-Up Spawns Non-Compete Dispute

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 – …

LLC Members Not Liable On Void Judgment Entered Against LLC

Downs v. Rosenthal, 2013 IL App (1st) 121406, features an in-depth analysis of the difference between corporate vs. individual liability, the nature of post-judgment proceedings, and appellate procedure. Facts Plaintiff sued defendant LLC and its individual members (the Members) for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and a declaratory judgment that plaintiff was a 2.5% stakeholder in the LLC.  The trial …