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Roth v. Opiela

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an action regarding a mandatory buy-sell provision that required a deceased stockholder of a closely held corporation to sell his shares back to...

EIU Group v. Gulf Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Sanctions
In a suit involving a claim of breach of fiduciary duties and a counterclaim alleging breach of a promissory note relating to an insurance...

Trossman v. Philipsborn

Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an action seeking to compel profit distributions from the defendant, summary judgment for counterplaintiffs on the issue of plaintiff's liability...

Andrews v. Kowa Printing Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under the Illinois Wage Act for unpaid vacation time and severance pay after defendant Kowa Printing terminated business,...

Fields Station LLC v. Capitol Food Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit attempting to prevent a lessee from reorganizing under Chapter 11 and reopening as a food market on the landlord's property, denial of a...

Roth v. Jennings

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of derivative action brought under section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for disgorgement of short-swing profits from stock...

Rupp v. United Sec. Bank

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A bankruptcy debtor's title of "director emeritus" of defendant-company does not make the company a "per se insider" of the debtor, for purposes of a...

In re: Adbox, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a dispute between the primary financial backers of a start-up company in bankruptcy, involving backers' counterclaim against the company's...

Zengen, Inc. v. Comerica Bank

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, White Collar Crime
In a dispute over whether a bank that honored fraudulent payment orders or the company that employed an embezzling chief financial officer should bear...

First Commerce Bank v. Palmer

Banking Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
In a dispute involving two guaranty agreements required by a creditor and given by shareholders of a corporate debtor, a judgment refusing to enforce...