Zero Dollars Settlement Still in ‘Good Faith’ In Corporate Embezzlement Case – IL 1st Dist.

Upon learning that its former CEO stole nearly a million dollars from it, the plaintiff marketing firm in Adgooroo, LLC v. Hechtman, 2016 IL App (1st) 142531-U, sued its accounting firm for failing to discover the multi-year embezzlement scheme. The accounting firm in turn brought a third-party action against the plaintiff’s bank for not properly …

Agreed Settlement Order Not a Final Order Under Res Judicata Test – IL 1st Dist.

The Illinois First District recently provided a good synopsis of res judicata in Mass Realty, LLC v. Five Mile Capital, 2014 IL App (1st) 133871-U, a November 2014 unpublished opinion. The case involves two lawsuits – a 2010 mortgage foreclosure case (the “2010 Case”) and a 2013 breach of contract and unjust enrichment case (the …