More and more businesses are utilizing employment agreements with new hires, and often those agreements contain arbitration dispute resolution clauses. As experienced wage and hour class action attorneys, Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso is familiar with such agreements and our attorneys are always mindful of court rulings that affect this area of…
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Video on Illinois Covenant Not to Compete Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLvhcNrJ3u8 The above video provides an excellent overview of Illinois non-compete contract law. Our Chicago non-compete agreement attorneys have defended high level executives in covenant not to compete and trade secret lawsuits. A case in which our firm defended a former Motorola executive was covered in Crain’s Chicago business. You…
Used Car Scam — Today Show Exposes Selling Stolen Cars With Cloned Vin Numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS9jANqRpxQ We bring suit for odometer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars. Super Lawyers has selected our DuPage and Cook County auto-fraud and lemon law attorneys as among the top 5% in Illinois. We only collect our fee if we win…
Car Dealer Arrested For Odometer Roll-Back Fraud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xEM_ct6RJQ We bring suit for odometer fraud and other car dealer scams such as selling rebuilt wrecks as certified used cars. Super Lawyers has selected our DuPage and Cook County auto-fraud and lemon law attorneys as among the top 5% in Illinois. We only collect our fee if we win…
NPR reports: “Supreme Court Hears Argument in Data Mining Case”
Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso is a commercial law firm based in Chicago and Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois that focuses on handling all of the legal issues confronting businesses in today’s world. We represent both plaintiffs and defendants, and we have experience representing clients in matters ranging from contract disputes to fraud. Our…
Northern District of Illinois Federal Court Grants Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s Request for Injunctive Relief in Breach of Contract Case
Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso has successfully litigated many business disputes, and in our many years of experience we have found that contract claims are among the most contentious conflicts. Because so many of our clients deal with breach of contract issues, our Elmhurst business attorneys are always mindful of new court…
A Guarantor is Not a Surety Under the Illinois Sureties Act
At Lubin Austermuehle DiTommaso, we pride ourselves on staying abreast of changes in the law that may affect our clients, especially those rendered by the highest court in the state. The Supreme Court of Illinois released a new decision not long ago that was picked up by our Lombard business…
Appellate Court of Illinois Orders in Camera Review of Potentially Privileged Documents in Action for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Business litigation is necessarily an adversarial process – the stakes are high and as such the opposing parties in most lawsuits will fight over many issues during the case. One of the most contentious segments of any case is the discovery process. Because the information obtained during discovery can make…
Video Describing How Consumers Can be Defrauded into Purchasing a Rebuilt Wreck — Our Chicago Auto Fraud Lawyers Sue Used Car Dealers Who Defraud Consumers into Purchasing Rebuilt Wrecks
Below is a video describing that common practice of deceiving used car buyers into purchasing a rebuilt wreck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ykYxvB43M 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…
Illinois Appellate Court grants Preliminary Injunction in Action to Enforce Non-Competition Clause in Employment Contract
While most businesses strive to maintain employee stability, the fact of the matter is that during the course of any company’s existence there will be a certain amount of turnover. In states like Illinois, many employers utilize employment contracts that contain non-compete clauses and other restrictive covenants to protect themselves…