Earlier this year, the Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a real estate analytics company sued by a software firm who claimed the company was pilfering on-line land records. The plaintiff in Fidlar Technologies v. LPS Real Estate Data Solutions, 810 F.3d 1075 (7th Cir. 2016) developed a software program called “Laredo” that computerized real estate records and …
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Faulty Service on Defunct LLC Spells Trouble for Judgment Creditor – IL 1st Dist.
In a case whose procedural progression spans more than a decade, the First District in John Isfan Construction v. Longwood Towers, LLC, 2016 IL App (1st) 143211 examines the litigation aftershocks flowing from a failure to properly serve a limited liability company (LLC). The case also illustrates when a money judgment can be vacated under …
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Paralegal Fees Can Be Tacked On to Attorney Fees Sanctions Award – IL First Dist.
Aside from its trenchant discussion of the constructive fraud rule in mechanics lien litigation, the Illinois First District in Father & Sons Home Improvement II, Inc. v. Stuart, 2016 IL App (1st) 143666 clarified that a paralegal’s time and services can be added to a claim for attorneys’ fees as a sanction against a losing party who files false pleadings. …
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