Gwinn v. Gwinn, 2016 IL App (2d) 150851 The Second District Appellate Court in Illinois has ruled that the gift provisions in a Marital/ Family Trust did not give the surviving Husband as trustee the discretion to make a large gift from the trust to his new wife. The...
Reid v. Getco, LLC. 2016 IL App (1st) 151801 The First District Appellate Court has ruled that provision in an employee agreement ostensibly designed to permit an employer to avoid paying post-termination payments to a terminated employee by waiving the enforcement...
The Fourth District Appellate Court in Illinois this week decided that in pleading an affirmative defense or a counterclaim to a claim filed against the estate, the executors or administrators are not required to plead those defenses or counterclaims under the same...
In an recent opinion, Hampton v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, 2016 IL119861 the Illinois Supreme Court held that property owners in Bellwood, Hillside and Westchester could pursue claims against the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District under the takings...
www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2013/1stDistrict/1120327.pdf A Recent Ruling that Illinois Non-Compete Agreements for Employees With Less than Two Years of Service Are Not Enforceable May Impact Purchases and Acquisitions of Existing Businesses Many...
-Click here for a link to the court's Opinion- If you own or manage a corporation that is foreign to Illinois (maybe a Delaware or Indiana corp.) and you have been reluctant to file a suit in Illinois because you are not authorized to transact business here, your...