In Instant Technology, LLC v. DeFazio, 2014 WL 1759184, the Northern District of Illinois examines Illinois non-compete law, trade secrets rules and a slew of business torts in the context of a heated battle between rival recruiting firms and some of their key employees. This article distills the case’s key restrictive covenant principles. Part II of …
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Non-Shareholder of ‘Belly Up’ Bakery Can Be Personally Liable on Piercing Claim – IL Court Rules
I’ve seen no hard data to support this but it seems that piercing the corporate veil – as a concept – has seeped into the cultural lexicon and consciousness. I say this because many people – lawyers and nonlawyers alike – appear to have at least a nodding acquaintance with piercing. Over and over I hear some …
Illinois Consumer Fraud Act Applies To ‘Biz to Biz’ Insurance Dispute Says Fed. Court
In GoHealth, LLC v. Zoom Health, Inc., 2013 WL 6183024, the Northern District provides a detailed summary of the necessary Illinois pleading elements of some signature business torts in a diversity contract dispute involving the sale of insurance products. Plaintiff and defendants entered into a written agreement where plaintiff would sell insurance product leads to defendants for …