Claims for trademark infringement and false advertising under the Lanham Act do not apply to allegedly false assertions of “authorship of a creative work,” according to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In M. Arthur Gensler, Jr. & Associates, Inc. v. Jay Marshall Strabala, the court…
The legal theory of tortious interference with a contract protects a business’s relationships from tampering by others. In Metro Premium Wines v. Bogle, the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois explains how the theory is applied. Plaintiff Metro Premium Wines, Inc. (Metro), an Illinois wine distributor, sued Bogle…
In previous posts, we’ve explained some of the ways in which car buyers who have been hoodwinked by dealers and manufacturers can seek to get their money back. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling in Greenberger v. Geico concerns another player in the auto industry accused of fraud: an…
A company who is injured by another entity or individual’s breach of a contract is generally entitled to recover damages. In Hardee’s Food Systems. Inc. v. Hallbeck, the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri explains that in addition to recovering based on the immediate economic damage caused by…
For a person seeking to sue for car fraud, it’s not enough to know who swindled you and how they did it. You also need to know what claims to raise in order to recover your losses. In Martin v. Ford Motor Co., the district court for the Eastern District…
Justice Stevens conducted a detailed analysis of Bush v. Gore, finding it hard to square with the Court’s reticence to date to view partisan gerrymandering as justiciable: If a mere defect in the standards governing voting recount practices can violate the state’s duty to govern impartially, surely it must follow…
Our Oak Brook auto fraud attorneys bring suit for auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars or misrepresenting a car as being in good condition when it is rebuilt wreck or had the odometer rolled back. Super Lawyers has selected…
If you have already fallen victim to this scam or other used car frauds our Chicago lemon law and auto fraud lawyers may be able to assist you. Our Chicago auto-fraud attorneys focus on bringing suit for auto-fraud claims. We recently settled a suit involving purchase of $9,000 used car…
Our Chicago auto fraud attorneys bring suit for auto dealer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars or misrepresenting a car as being in good condition when it is rebuilt wreck or had the odometer rolled back. Super Lawyers has selected our…
Debt collector letters to consumers can violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act otherwise known as the FDCPA if they confuse unsophisticated consumers and set time lines that contradict or over shadow the time lines provided in the FDC for validation of debts. Under the FDCPA, a debt collector’s dunning…