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Fitzgerald Authors Article on Standing
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner John M. Fitzgerald recently authored an article featured on the Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois’ blog The Brief. John’s article discusses the Illinois Supreme Court’s opinion in Fausett v. Walgreen Co. As John explains in...
DiVito Authors Article in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner Gino L. DiVito authored an article featured in the January 2026 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Gino’s article is titled “Seeking Compatible 404(b) Rules of Evidence.” The article is an edited excerpt of new content that appears...
Fitzgerald Quoted in Law360 Article
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner John M. Fitzgerald was quoted in the Law360 article, “Illinois Cases To Watch In 2026,” published on January 2. The article discusses Illinois cases to watch this year. Law360 quotes John’s view on the upcoming Illinois Supreme...
Fitzgerald Authors Article on How Courts Interpret Legislation
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner John M. Fitzgerald authored an article featured in the December 30, 2025 edition of The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. The article focuses on how courts interpret legislation and specifically addresses the Illinois Supreme Court’s...
TDR Wins Motion to Strike Class Allegations
On June 25, 2025, the Circuit Court of Cook County granted our client's motion and struck the plaintiff's class allegations from his complaint. The plaintiff was an unhappy would-be customer of our client, a national auto dealership. He filed a lawsuit and a motion...
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds that Collateral Source Rule Does Not Apply in Pure Economic Loss Tort Cases
Plaintiffs asserting purely economic losses in tort cases already face a significant hurdle in Illinois: the well-established economic loss rule, otherwise known as the Moorman doctrine. But those plaintiffs now face an additional challenge, because in Lewis v. Lead...
“Used with a View to Profit”–An Interesting Statutory Phrase and a Property Tax Dispute
In University of Chicago v. Department of Revenue, 2020 IL App (1st) 191195 (opinion issued May 15, 2020), the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court faced a unique property tax dispute that required the interpretation of a curious phrase in section 15-35 of...
Illinois Appellate Court Publishes Analysis on a Statutory Fee-Shifting Provision
Recently, the Illinois Appellate Court published its 2019 decision in Lopez v. Rendered Servs., Inc., 2019 IL App (1st) 181869. Lopez serves as a great refresher on the American Rule regarding attorney fees and statutory fee-shifting provisions in Illinois.In Lopez,...
Seventh Circuit Issues Stern Warning to Violators of Telemarketing Statutes
The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in United States v. DISH Network LLC, 954 F.3d 970 (7th Cir. 2020), comes with a stern warning to companies that violate state and federal telemarketing statutes: "Someone whose maximum penalty reaches the mesosphere only...
Crim v. Dietrich: Focus on the Necessity for a Posttrial Motion in a Civil Jury Trial and the Effect of Not Filing Such a Motion
In the medical malpractice case of Crim v. Dietrich, 2020 IL 124318 (issued on April 2, 2020), plaintiffs, the mother and father of the injured newborn baby, alleged that defendant, the doctor who delivered the baby: (1) failed to obtain the mother's informed consent...
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