Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
This unpublished case is dated (2011) but still post-worthy for its discussion of the nature of limited liability company (LLC) contract obligations and when someone is privileged to intentionally tamper with an existing contract. In 6030 Sheridan Road, LLC v. Wright Management, LLC, 2011 IL App. (1st) 093282-U, the plaintiff real estate developer sued defendants – an LLC property owner and …
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The Northern District examines several recurring commercial litigation and employment law issues in nClosures Inc. v. Block and Company, Inc., 2013 WL 6498528. Chief among them are the facts giving rise to common law fraud liability, the fundamentals of a partnership relationship and the fiduciary duties that business partners owe one another. Plaintiff designs and …
Consider this: a multi-national plastics seller (“Seller”) has a written contract with a plastics manufacturer (the “Manufacturer”) that labels the Manufacturer as an independent contractor of the Seller. Under the agreement, the Seller supplies material to the Manufacturer who then makes plastic products exclusively for the Seller and sells the products back to the Seller. The Seller …