Google, the target of multiple online trademark infringement lawsuits, made a preemptive strike back in early August when it countersued the named plaintiff in a pending case against it. According to law professor Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog, Google sued John Beck Amazing Profits, LLC, in the…
Our Chicago Auto Fraud and Lemon Law Lawyers can assist victims of auto dealers and automakers who purchased certified used cars that turned out to be rebuilt wrecks, salvage vechicles or involved in a serious accident. We have represented a number of victims of this practice. Automakers charge car…
Our co-counsel has sucessfully litigated cases against high interest rate small loan outfits for cheating disabled persons by putting them into small loans that they don’t need and then churning the loan so that it eats up much of the victim’s social security payments. We are looking for cases…
Our Chicago Internet trademark infringement litigation lawyers were interested to see a recent lawsuit with a new twist on the trademark infringement claims corporations are bringing against online companies. According to the Dallas Business Journal, Mary Kay v. Yahoo!, a pending lawsuit filed July 6 in Dallas federal court, does…
Our Chicago ATM fee fraud attorneys keep an eye on consumer fraud litigation around the U.S. That’s how we discovered a series of lawsuits alleging that various ATM operators around the country committed ATM fee fraud in violation of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act. Pittsburgh law firm Carlson Lynch…
The Illinois Department of Labor has a great website which provides alot of useful information on fair labor laws including the requirement that employers pay time and half for overtime work for non-exempt employees. You can find the website here. With regard to federal and Illinois overtime laws, the…
The United States Department of Labor has an excellent website which provides detailed information on fair labor laws including the requirement that employers pay time and half for overtime work for non-exempt employees. The website is located here. With regard to federal overtime laws, the website states: Overtime Pay…
As Illinois shareholder dispute and shareholder squeeze out and freeze out litigation attorneys, we were interested in a state appellate decision affirming that corporate bylaws may be abrogated by years of contrary practices. Kern v. Arlington Ridge Pathology, S.C., No. 1-07-2615 (Ill. 1st. Dist. Aug. 7, 2008) arose from…
As Illinois online trademark infringement attorneys, our interest was piqued when we saw an Aug. 4 article in the New Jersey Star-Ledger about civil and criminal charges against a man accused of outright stealing a domain name. P2P.com, LLC v. Goncalves et al, pending in New Jersey federal court, accuses…
As Chicago ATM fee fraud attorneys, we were extremely interested to see an ATM fee fraud lawsuit filed right here in the Northern District of Illinois. According to an Oct. 29 post from the Chicago Bar-Tender blog, Frederick Brill is suing Marriott International Inc. over alleged violations of the Electronic…