New Oversight Duty for Officers Recognized by Delaware
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held, in a shareholder derivative case, that the officers could be liable for a breach of the duty of oversight, formally expanding a duty [...]
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Litigation Privilege Defeats Suit Against Law Firm
In Scully v. Novack & Macey, LLP, 2022 IL App (1st) 210319-U, the First District Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed a decision by lower courts to dismiss the allegations of [...]
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Critical SIM Swap Decision Issued
A Judge in the United Stated District Court for the Southern District of New York recently permitted plaintiffs to proceed in their claims involving the Electronic Funds Transfer Act. The [...]
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Another Patterson Law Firm Legal Malpractice Win
On October 24, 2022, Patterson Law Firm defeated yet another effort by legal malpractice defendants to get the claims against them dismissed. The case, filed in Cook County, Illinois, alleged [...]
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Attorney-client privilege case accepted by US Supreme Court
In the case of In re Grand Jury, the United States Supreme Court agreed to decide when the attorney-client privilege protects dual purpose documents. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals [...]
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When is it too late to give notice of a claim to the insurance company?
In West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. v. TRRS Corp., 2022 IL App (2d) 210506 (Sept. 9), the court held that notice 11 months after an injury might not be too [...]
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Patterson Law Firm Defeats Attempt to Dismiss Legal Malpractice Claim Based on the State of…
In a ruling October 3, 2022, Patterson Law Firm defeated defendants’ efforts to get a legal malpractice case dismissed, for the second time. Defendants moved to dismiss the claim on [...]
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New Decision Allowing Plaintiff to Pierce the Corporate Veil
Of interest to every single-member company or LLC and many others who have litigation against an undercapitalized entity is a recent opinion by U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall of [...]
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Illinois Supreme Court Finds Legal Malpractice Plaintiffs May Recover Punitive Damages Paid in Underlying Case
In Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc. v. Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, P.C., 2022 IL 127327, the Supreme Court addressed the certified question whether 735 ILCS 5/2-1115 or the public policy [...]
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