Foley & Lardner LLP | USA | 13 Dec 2017
On December 7, 2017, an Illinois appellate court held that co-defendants in a case who agree to share information pursuant to their common interest in…
Roetzel & Andress | USA | 16 Jul 2016
Illinois employers should generally be aware that postemployment* restrictive covenants are enforceable only where they are reasonable in geographic…
Foley & Lardner LLP | USA | 14 Jul 2016
Late last month, the Chicago City Council unanimously approved a new paid sick leave ordinance requiring virtually every employer in the city to…
Thompson Coburn LLP | USA | 5 Jul 2016
In two recent builder-friendly decisions, the First District and Supreme Court of Illinois have ruled that the standard conspicuous waiver of the…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 14 Jun 2016
Since April, two bankruptcy courts have refused to enforce limited liability company ("LLC") agreement provisions requiring the respective LLCs to…
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | USA | 6 Jun 2016
A Chicago federal appellate court has ruled that employer-employee agreements that require mandatory individual arbitration and forbid class or…
Jenner & Block LLP | USA | 13 Sep 2013
In BSP Software, LLC v. Motio, Inc., No. 12 C 2100 (N.D. Ill. July 9, 2013), the court held that a company's disclosure of privileged materials to an…
Jenner & Block LLP | USA | 13 Mar 2013
In Center Partners, Ltd. v. Growth Head GP, LLC, 981 N.E.2d 345 (Ill. 2012) (Nos. 113107, 113128), the Illinois Supreme Court held that an…
Wilson Elser | USA | 12 Jun 2012
In late spring 2012, the Illinois Supreme Court and two districts of the Appellate Court issued written opinions on appellate jurisdiction and waiver issues.
Winston & Strawn LLP | USA | 31 Oct 2011
Courts continue to weigh the reasonableness of the protocols implemented to protect privileged data from inadvertent disclosure.