Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation v. Hubbard, 2013 WL 3242380 (M.D. Fla 2013) considers whether a company that buys the assets of another can enforce the purchased company’s non-compete agreements. The defendant was an elevator salesman for a company that was bought by the plaintiff. an elevator company. The defendant previously signed a non-disclosure (involving intellectual property), …
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Lake County Grading Company, LLC v. The Village of Antioch, 2013 IL App (2d) 120474, 985 N.E.2d 638 (2nd Dist. 2013), illustrates the importance of joining an alternative common law claim with a statutory one when the statutory claim is time-barred. The plaintiff subcontractor sued a public entity under a third-party beneficiary theory for improvements …
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