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DLE ATTORNEYS OBTAIN INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN ENVIRONMENTAL TRESPASS AND NUISANCE SUIT
In October 2007, DLEC attorneys Jeffrey Schiller, Karen Kavanagh Mack, and Emily Masalski obtained an order granting injunctive relief for its client, the owner of a multi-story office building in the northwest suburbs, against a substantial regional oil company that was in the process of demolishing and rebuilding a gasoline service station at an adjacent property.
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DLEC SECURES MORE THAN $730,000 IN ATTORNEYS FEES FOR PREVAILING IN BREACH OF CONTRACT CLAIM
In March, 2006, DLEC litigation attorneys Philllip J. Zisook, Brian D. Saucier and Paul M. Levy successfully represented our client Telewizja Polska USA, Inc., in a breach of contract claim against EchoStar Satellite Corporation. …read more
BASEBALL STRIKES OUT ON STATS
Millions of sports fans participate in fantasy sports games in which the participants “draft” the names of real professional athletes and compete against other teams based on the actual statistical performances of the athletes during their seasons. …read more
FLOOD ZONE FRAUD
A jury recently gave a hefty damages award to homeowners who sued a real estate company for falsely representing that the home they were buying was not located in a flood zone.
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CONDEMNATION ACTION DOOMS BUSINESS
When the District of Columbia condemned property on which it planned to construct a municipal office building, the corporation that owned the land received an award compensating it for the property, “including all interest therein.” …read more
CAREFUL WHAT YOU CLICK
A Texas online purchaser used her daughter in law’s credit card to order some automobile seat covers and have them delivered to the daughter in law in Alabama. When they were delivered, it was discovered that the covers were the wrong color. …read more
THE POWER OF A POWER OF ATTORNEY
A power of attorney is an instrument that authorizes an “agent” to act on behalf of someone else (the “principal”) in a legal or business matter. When an elderly woman executed a power of attorney that gave her younger sister certain powers, a dispute arose when the younger sister used her power to name herself as the beneficiary of the elderly woman’s life insurance policy. …read more
IS IT “WORK” TO DRESS FOR WORK?
Six times a day, for 6 to 10 minutes each time, workers at a chicken processing plant were required to put on, take off, and clean safety and sanitary clothing that they had to wear while on the job. …read more
INTRAFAMILY LOANS SUBJECT TO TAX LAWS
For parents with the financial means to do so, there may be a natural impulse to help a child get started in his or her adult life by making a loan to the child, on terms that are favorable to the child. Notwithstanding the virtues of such generosity, the cold reality is that, if the terms are too favorable to the child, the loan could end up with some undesirable tax consequences. …read more
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