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The District Court for the Northern District of Illinois just changed the discovery rules for how and when parties can get information and documents from their opponents in federal lawsuits. If you are involved in a federal lawsuit, it is important t… Read More

Recently the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (which covers Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi) held in Tower Credit, Incorporated v. Martin A. Schott (In re Jackson), No. 16-30274 (5th Cir. March 13, 2017), that a judgment creditor had to return… Read More

When the Supreme Court decided Wellness Int’l Network Ltd. v. Sharif this year, one issue resulting from Stern was finally put to rest. A bankruptcy judge may enter final judgment in Stern matters with the consent of the parties, even when that… Read More

In 2004, Reginice Rabiola bought a farm in Kane County where she built an indoor horse riding ring and a hay field. To get equipment onto the hay field, she used a grassy patch on her neighbor’s land. In 2007, Jon DeRaedt, the neighbor, sued her fo… Read More

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a transfer designed to hinder, delay or defraud a creditor renders the amounts owed to the creditor non-dischargeable. Read More

According to the American Bankruptcy Institute, U.S. bankruptcy filings totaled 629,570 during the first nine months of 2015 (Jan. 1-September 30), an 11 percent decrease from the 705,728 total filings during the same period a year ago, according to… Read More

Last week the Illinois Supreme Court held in Seymour v. Collins, that the trial court and the Illinois Court of Appeals erred when they dismissed a personal injury suit on the grounds that the plaintiff failed to disclose the cause of action in its c… Read More

A cellphone user who unknowingly places a call doesn’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy in conversations exposed to the person on the other end of the line, a federal appeals court said on Tuesday. In this case, a senior executive of a… Read More