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On April 27, an Illinois federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed
against Taft client Southern Illinois Asphalt Company, Inc.
(SIAC) following a fatal car crash on an Illinois tollway. The
plaintiffs in the suit had earlier obtained an $8.1 million dollar
damages award prior to Taft s involvement, which the Seventh
Circuit reversed on appeal and remanded to the district court to
give the plaintiffs an opportunity to replead. The district court
found plaintiffs could not state such a claim, dismissed the suit,
and awarded certain costs to the defense.
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The Illinois Appellate Court recently issued an opinion providing additional guidance about the “probable or imminent” litigation exception to the Open Meetings Act (OMA) open meeting requirement. In
, issued on April 26, 2021, the Court held that the city council improperly invoked the litigation exception to enter closed session and, even if it had entered closed session properly, exceeded the scope of the litigation exception during closed session. This case is an important reminder of the requirements for entering closed session through the “probable or imminent” litigation exception in the OMA.
Two weeks after he appeared to win re-election, an Illinois Appellate Court panel has ruled Markham Mayor Roger Agpawa is not eligible to hold public office in Illinois, due to a 1999 federal mail fraud conviction.
Appeals court reinstates billionaire Pat Ryan s fraud suit against startup
Appeals court reinstates billionaire Pat Ryan s fraud suit against startup
The Aon founder alleges a Northbrook-based data analytics startup duped him into selling on the cheap before it became a unicorn.
Pat Ryan will get his day in court.
The billionaire founder of Aon was an early investor in Mu Sigma, a data-analytics company that became valued at more than $1 billion, but claims he was defrauded into selling his shares cheap before the company took off. The suit was dismissed in 2019 by a Cook County judge, but the Illinois Appellate Court overturned the decision March 30 and ordered the case back to circuit court for trial.