Our Chicago defamation and libel attorneys represent consumers and businesses in internet defamation and libel suits including consumers who have posted negative reviews of businesses on the internet. We also represent businesses who are the victims of misleading websites set up by competitors to poach business. The First Amendment provides…
In late October 2012, attorneys representing a tax whistleblower announced that their client had been awarded more than $38 million by the IRS for exposing a corporate tax avoidance scheme. This award comes less than two months after the IRS awarded $104 million to Bradley Birkenfeld for blowing the whistle…
Lubin Austermuehle has a team of attorneys who focus on business litigation lawsuits and who have successfully handled many “bet the business” disputes. We also handle covenant not to compete and trade secret case. Our Naperville business lawyers are intimately familiar with the complex issues that arise during business litigation, and we know…
Employment retaliation claims are on the rise, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC reports that, in 2011, retaliation claims accounted for 37.4 percent of all charges filed with the EEOC, amounting to a total of 37,334 charges. This number represents an increase of more than…
An Indiana federal district court ruled, in CDW, LLC, et al v. NETech Corporation, that neither a parent company nor one of its subsidiaries may sue to enforce the employment contracts of another of its subsidiaries, when one subsidiary is clearly the party to the agreement. The dispute involved covenants…
The United States District Court for the Central District of California dismissed a class action claim brought by a financial advisor employed by a major financial services company. In Park v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., the plaintiff claimed breach of contract and violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL),…
The Seventh Circuit Federal Court of appeals in a succinct and simply worded opinion by Judge Posner blew much needed fresh air into class action litigation by approving certification of class actions against Sears for front loading washing machines which are allegedly prone to mold or which had an…
A U.S. District judge in Pennsylvania dismissed a woman’s products liability claim due to a lack of sufficient facts in her pleadings to support her claims. In Osness v. Lasko Products, Inc., an Illinois woman brought a putative class action against a company for several consumer rights causes of action.…
NPR reports: The Justice Department is threatening to sue Apple and five major publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of digital books. Apple persuaded publishers, including Harper Collins, Penguin and Simon and Schuster, to change how they price their e-books before the launch of the first iPad, according…
Super Lawyers named Chicago and Oak Brook business trial attorneys Peter Lubin Super Lawyers in the Categories of Class Action, Business Litigation and Consumer Rights Litigation. Lubin Austermuehle’s Oak Brook and Chicago business trial lawyers have over a quarter of century of experience in litigating complex class action, consumer rights…