Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
A pay-if-paid (PIP) clause in a construction contract says “I, the general contractor, will only have to pay you, the subcontractor, if the owner – the guy I contract with – pays me.” Substitute “when” for “if” in the above example and you have a pay-when-paid clause. Both of these clauses are standard in multi-layered …
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The Seventh Circuit remarked that parties who respond to a summary judgment motion “often misconceive what is required of them” in Modrowski v. Pigatto, 2013 WL 1395696 (7th Cir. 2013). The case amply illustrates that summary judgment misconceptions can have unfortunate consequences. In Modrowski, a former employee sued two property management firms under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act …