Super Lawyers named Chicago and Oak Brook business trial attorney Peter Lubin a Super Lawyer for 2011 in the Categories of Class Action, Business Litigation and Consumer Rights Litigation. DiTommaso Lubin’s Oak Brook and Chicago business law attorneys have over a quarter of a century of experience in litigating complex…
This video compilation of the Bill Gate’s deposition in the United State’s government anti-trust case against Microsoft provides good examples of how not to behave at a deposition. Based in Chicago and Oak Brook, Ill., DiTommaso Lubin represents clients throughout Illinois and across the United States who are involved in…
HP Sues Ex-CEO Hurd Over Oracle’s Job Offer by Richard Gonzales NPR reports: Mark Hurd recently was fired from his job as CEO of Hewlett-Packard after a scandal involving an extra-martial relationship. One of HP’s main tech rivals — Oracle — wants to make Hurd its co-president. That’s prompted HP…
Wall Street Banks Benefit From Tougher Suit Standards in U.S. By Thom Weidlich – Sep 8, 2010 This Bloomberg article should be read in full at the above link. It describes how all knids of lawsuits will be tougher to pursue in federal court with stricter standards for setting…
Our Illinois class action attorneys recently noted a Seventh Circuit decision ending a class-action case in the difficult realm of securities fraud. In Re Guidant Corporation, No. 08-2429 (7th Cir. Oct. 21, 2009), is a securities class action stemming from allegedly misleading statements Guidant Corp. made about its implanted…
Fortune Reports: How Ronald Perelman Met His Match Fortune magazine provides an insightful account of billionaire Ronald Perelman’s litigation on behalf of his daughter against his ex-wife’s family of New Jersey book store and publishing distributor magnates. The New Jersey state court sanctioned Perelman’s counsel in excess of a…
As Illinois trade secrets litigation attorneys, we were interested to see a trade secrets lawsuit arise out of the time-sensitive and competitive world of women’s fashion. As the Naples Daily News reported in July, Florida clothing company Chico’s FAS Inc. has sued competitor Cache Inc. and two former employees…
Our Chicago trade secrets litigation attorneys were interested to see that a trade secrets and breach of restrictive covenant case was responsible for clarifying a point of procedure at the trial level. In Vision Point of Sale v. Haas et al., No. 103140 (Ill. Sup. Co. Sept. 20, 2007),…
DiTommaso Lubin represents businesses caught on either side of a dispute about online or offline defamation of a business or its products or services. Our Chicago business attorneys have assisted our clients in removing damaging and false reviews from internet review sites run by their competitors. Self-publishing on the…
NPR reports: A number of recent high-profile lawsuits suggest that companies must preserve important email documents on their computer systems, or risk major court sanctions. Increasingly, companies are turning to outside vendors to ensure they don’t accidentally destroy electronic documents that could come up in a lawsuit DiTommaso Lubin has…