How Long is Long Enough: Substantial Employment Standard for Non-Compete Agreements Non-Compete covenants are among the strongest ways to protect against an employee potentially walking away with vital and, even more importantly, confidential information of the employer. Though it has long been established that timing plays a large role in…
Communicating with other people is arguably the only reason we own and maintain phones. As soon as cell phones became widely available, text messages became a primary means of communication between friends and family. It is therefore understandable that a cell phone user would become upset if prevented from accessing…
Our Chicago autofraud and Lemon law attorneys near Wheaton, Orland Park and Aurora bring individual and class actions suits for defective cars with common design defects and auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars or misrepresenting a car as…
The Fair Credit Reporting Act was enacted in 1970 to protect consumers from being unfairly denied a mortgage, rental apartment, or job based on incorrect credit histories. With the advent and growth of the Internet and social media, the Act has all sorts of applications that its creators could never…
Breach of Employment Contract (Non-Renewal Option): Assaf v. Trinity Med. Ctr., 696 F.3d 681, 685-86 (7th Cir. 2012) As the Seventh Circuit articulated in Assaf v. Trinity Med. Ctr., 696 F.3d 681, (7th Cir. 2012), Illinois forbids a party in material breach of a contract from taking advantage of terms…
Non-compete agreements are are commonly included in employment contracts, especially contracts for high-level executives. These agreements often require the employee to promise not to work for a competitor for a certain amount of time after leaving the company’s employment. They also usually require the employees to promise to protect the…
Consumers are complaining about alleged car fraud according to 20/20. Our Chicago autofraud and Lemon law attorneys near Naperville, Evanston and Orland Park bring individual and class actions suits for defective cars with common design defects and auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks…
Freehauf v. TCB Design/Build, LLC, 2014 IL App (1st) 132928-U “Claim for Failure to Pay Bonus Did Not Fall Within Illinois Wage Payment Act” On September 5, 2014, the Illinois Appellate Court (1st District) affirmed the circuit court’s finding that the individual defendant, Mark Vandenberg, had not violated the Illinois…
Trade Secrets: Buckley v. Abuzir, 2014 IL App (1st) 130469 “You’re Hired: Now Hand Over the Goods” In addition to potential tax advantages, the principal reason to create a corporation is limited personal liability, which means that the debts and liabilities of the corporation are distinct from those of its…
Crown Packaging Int’l, Inc. v. Brown, 2014 IL App (1st) 140284-U “Preliminary Injunction to Prevent Alleged Customer Soliciation” The Illinois Appellate Court held in July, 2014, that the trial court below did not abuse its discretion when it granted a preliminary injunction against defendants who allegedly operated a secret competing…