Congress is currently considering two new bills that take aim at the practice of requiring consumers to agree to resolve all disputes through binding arbitration and including class action waivers in consumer contracts. If passed and signed into law, the laws could dramatically change the way businesses contract and resolve…
In suspending attorney Joel Brodsky from practicing in federal court in Chicago for a year, the Executive Committee held: By clear and convincing evidence, based on the same misconduct found by Judge Kendall in the Tywman case, the Executive Committee finds that Joel Alan Brodsky violated the following American Bar…
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court hear arguments in a case that will decide the fate of a federal prohibition against granting trademark protection to immoral or scandalous material. The case Iancu v. Brunetti involves a lawsuit initiated by Los Angeles street artist Erik Brunetti who sought to challenge the…
A former judge of the Illinois circuit court sued a reporter and a newspaper, accusing them of defamation and false light for publishing an article in which a law professor was quoted as stating that the judge was “corrupt as the day is long” in relation to the judge’s practices…
We obtained justice in a shareholder dispute and shareholder oppression case after Defendants hired a former partner of the judge. The Sun-Times reported the story as follows: Lawyer’s motives questioned after judge’s recusal Did lawyers for one side of a case hire the judge’s former law partner just so the…
Smollett’s Alleged Attackers Sue His Attorneys for Defamation The case of the alleged attack against Jussie Smollett continues to get even more strange. After an outpouring of love and support following an allegedly racist and homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett in Chicago, in which his face was scratched and a…
Our settlement for our client in a Chicago Libel, Defamation and Slander Suit was featured in the Cook County Record. Our clients give us five star reviews for our work in Oak Brook and Chicago Libel Defamation and Slander cases: Gerald Modory ***** 7 weeks ago I really appreciate this opportunity…
Our clients give us 5-star reviews for winning judgments or obtaining favorable settlements for them in used car fraud cases where they could have lost 10s of thousands of dollars: Mark Zeglen ****** 6 weeks ago Super Lawyers named Chicago business dispute lawyers Peter Lubin a Super Lawyer and Patrick Austermuehle…
Litigation can be an expensive proposition. It used to be that a company with a great claim may not have had the ability to assert that claim because it lacked the ability to pay for the litigation it would take to enforce its rights. Commercial litigation funding has changed this.…
Where an asset purchase agreement between two companies did not contemplate the forfeiture of an entire reserve payment as a result of an audit of assets taking one month longer than originally contemplated, and such a forfeiture would result in a windfall for one of the parties. ARC Welding Supply…