In Tsai v. Karlik, 2022 IL App (1st) 2008845-U, the First District confronted the issue of whether a court could award attorneys’ fees in a dispute among LLC members.  Certain [...]

As pointed out in a recent Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article, in SDF Funding v. Fry, No. 2017-0732 (May 13, 2022), a Delaware Chancellor rejected a claim of equitable standing. [...]

In Murphy v. Inman, No. 161454 (April 5, 2022), directors of Covisint Corporation approved a cash-out merger with OpenText Corporation at a price of $2.45 per share and, the day [...]

On June 14, 2022, Tom Patterson and three panelists discussed “How to Minimize Business Risk and Maximize Rewards” at the General Counsel Midwest “SuperConference.” On the panel were Tamela Merriweather, [...]

Hat tip to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin for reporting that Cook County Circuit Court Judge Marcia Maras ruled that the prejudgment interest law signed in 2021 is unconstitutional. The [...]

When a husband signs an agreement to arbitrate disputes over a motor vehicle but his wife doesn’t, can the wife be forced to arbitrate? In Snyder v. Jack Schmitt Ford, [...]

In Nationwide Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 2022 IL App (1st) 210267, the appellate court ruled that State Farm had a duty to [...]

Absent a federal question, one can only sue in federal court if the disputants are citizens of different states and the amount in controversy is more than $75,000. Without a [...]

The Northern District of Illinois denied Mudd Law Offices P.C.’s (“Mudd Law”) motion to dismiss Michael Koumjian’s complaint for legal malpractice. Koumjian v. Mudd Law Offices P.C., et al., 21-cv-3455 [...]