When a former media company executive refused to turn over a private LinkedIn group’s contact information, the company responded with a multi-count lawsuit. In CDM Media USA, Inc. v. Simms, 2015 WL 1399050 (N.D. Ill Mar. 25, 2015), the plaintiff company alleged that the LinkedIn group (the “Group”), which was geared towards high-level IT professionals …
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Denial of Motion to Disqualify Counsel Doesn’t Bar Later Legal Malpractice Suit- No Issue Preclusion (IL ND)
Eckert v. Levin, et al., 2015 WL 859530 (N.D.Ill. 2015), a case I featured earlier this week, gives some useful guidance on when collateral estoppel or “issue preclusion” bars a second lawsuit between two parties after a judgment entered against one of them in an earlier case. The case’s tortured history included the plaintiff getting …
Tortious Interference And The Corporate Officer Privilege Defense
6030 Sheridan Road, LLC v. Wright Management, LLC, 2011 IL App. (1st) 093282-U examines when a corporate officer is privileged to tortiously interfere with a contract that his company is involved with. There, the plaintiff real estate developer sued defendants – an LLC property owner and its principal – for tortious interference with business relationship …
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