Newspin Sports, LLC v. Arrow Electronics, Inc., 2018 WL 6295272 (7th Cir. 2018), analyzes the goods-versus-services dichotomy under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and how that difference informs the applicable statute of limitations. The defendant supplied electronic sensor components for plaintiff’s use in its high-tech sports performance products. Plaintiff sued when most of the parts …
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Assigning A Breach of Contract Claim In Illinois and The Available Defenses
Contract rights are assigned fairly often, especially in the mortgage loan and credit card contexts. In the former mortgage scenario, it’s common for a promissory note to be assigned multiple times during the note’s lifespan. When there’s eventually a note default, it becomes a challenge for the noteholder to trace how it came into the …
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BMW Dealership Defeats Fraud Suit On Statute of Limitations Grounds (ND IL)
Occasionally, I’ll have a case that appears to be governed by two or more conflicting statutes of limitations. For example, one statute will give a plaintiff four years to file suit while an apparently equally applicable one compresses the time to sue to two years. As plaintiff, I usually (not always) argue for the longer limitations period to apply, while as …
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