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Promissory Fraud: Sporting Goods Maker Pleads Seller’s Scheme to Defraud – IL ND

Maurice Sporting Goods, Inc. v. BB Holdings, Inc., 2017 WL 2692124, ponders the reach of the promissory fraud rule (a broken promise normally doesn’t equal fraud), how to plead around it, and the law of the case doctrine. After a multi-year business relationship for the sale of sporting goods imploded, the plaintiff distributor sued the …

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Posted byPaulPAugust 16, 2017August 16, 2017Posted inBusiness TortsTags: business litigation, Federal court, law of the case, pleading, promissory fraud, Rule 9, sporting goods, tortious interference
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