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Third Party Enforcement of A Non-Compete and Trade Secret Pre-emption – IL Law

 (photo credit: www.glogster.com) In Cronimet Holdings v. Keywell Metals, LLC, 2014 WL 580414 (N.D.Ill. 2014), the Northern District of Illinois considers whether a non-compete contract is enforceable by a stranger to that contract as well as trade secret pre-emption of other claims. Facts and Procedural History Plaintiff, who previously signed a non-disclosure agreement with a defunct metal company (the “Target …

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No Punitive Damages Allowed In Statutory Replevin Action – IL 2d District

In Sensational Four, Inc. v. Tri-Par Die and Mold Corporation, 2016 IL App (2d) 150468, the food company plaintiff filed a replevin action against a manufacturer to recover  plaintiff’s injection molding equipment used to make jars and lids. When the defendant failed to return plaintiff’s equipment despite a court replevin order to do so, plaintiff filed …

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Supplemental Jurisdiction Quick-Hits : A Case Note

Ocean Tomo v. Barney, (http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilndce/1:2012cv08450/275661/76) states the governing supplemental jurisdiction rules in a business battle over the rights to a patent valuation system. The defendant, the developer of the system, was a member of the plaintiff financial services firm (an LLC) for several years when the relationship broke down over various issues.  Citing the company’s intolerable conditions, the defendant left …

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