TDR Wins Dismissal for Recording Company in Federal Court Copyright Action
On July 21, 2014, Judge Amy St. Eve entered an order dismissing with prejudice copyright and other claims in connection with a lawsuit filed against a U.S. recording company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiff alleged...
Jack Barber Authors Article About Electronic Gaming in Illinois
In his Law and Accounting Column in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Jack Barber discussed a recent Illinois Appellate Court case involving two Illinois laws relating to the gaming industry. In Tomm's Redemption Inc. v. Hamer, 2014 IL App (1st) 131005 (March 14,...
Jack Barber Serves as Panelist for Seminar on Resolving Shareholder Disputes
Jack Barber served as a panelist for a seminar entitled Resolving Shareholder Disputes as part of the Complex Financial Litigation series presented online by Thompson Reuters West Legal Ed Center and Financial Poise. Barber joined Hon. Richard J. Billick Jr....
John Fitzgerald Quoted in Crain’s Chicago Business Regarding Pension Litigation
TDR partner John Fitzgerald has been quoted twice in Crain's Chicago Business articles concerning the pending constitutional challenge to Public Act 98-0599, which diminished the pension benefits received by members of State retirement systems. In a Crain's article...
Jack Barber Writes Column About Tax-Exempt Organizations
In this Law and Accounting column in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Jack Barber discussed a recent Illinois Appellate Court opinion holding that the Illinois Department of Revenue was not bound by its prior determinations that an organization was tax exempt. In...
TDR Wins Summary Judgment for Engineer in Cook County Personal Injury Action
On May 12, 2014, Judge Daniel Gillespie entered summary judgment for an Indiana engineer who was a defendant in a personal injury action filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Plaintiff is an Illinois ironworker who was injured while off-loading and staging...
TDR Obtains Summary Judgment and Fee Award for Defendants in Fraud Action
On April 28, 2014, TDR obtained summary judgment for defendants in a fraud action stemming from the sale of a shopping center in the Chicago suburbs. TDR engaged in a thorough fact investigation revealing that the fraud allegations were entirely baseless. TDR...
Brian Haussmann’s Work for LAF Featured in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
LAF's Young Professionals Board Has Come a Long Way in Five Years On March 3, 2014, The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin published a front-page article about the Legal Assistance Foundation's Young Professionals Board. In the article, TDR Partner Brian C. Haussmann,...
11 TDR Partners Named as SuperLawyers or Rising Stars
SuperLawyers® Magazine has recognized nearly three-fourths of TDR partners for their high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list of Illinois SuperLawyers includes no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state. Rising Star is a...
TDR Successfully Represents the RTA Before the Illinois Supreme Court in Tax Litigation
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein successfully represented the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) before the Illinois Supreme Court in a case argued by partner Gino DiVito. The Supreme Court's decision in Hartney Fuel Oil Co. v. Hamer, 2013 IL 115130 is a landmark...
Michael Rothstein Appointed to CBA Special Committee on Appeals
Chicago Bar Association President Timothy Eaton has appointed Michael Rothstein to serve on a new Special Committee on Appellate Practice. The committee is comprised of leading appellate practitioners, all of whom are past presidents of the Appellate Lawyers...
Jack Barber Authors Article About Claims Against Accountants
In the August 19, 2013 edition of The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Jack Barber analyzed a recent and important Illinois Appellate Court opinion "Miller v. Harris, 2013 IL App (2d) 120512 (filed Feb. 21, 2013)" which cautions accountants that performing work under oral...
Fitzgerald Named to Appellate Lawyers Association’s Board of Directors
TDR partner John M. Fitzgerald has been named a director of the Appellate Lawyers Association, an association of lawyers who practice in the courts of review and judges who serve on those courts. Fitzgerald also serves as co-chair of the Appellate Lawyers...
TDR Wins Federal Court Injunction Prohibiting International Arbitration
In one of the few cases of its kind nationwide, TDR recently helped firm client Hospira, Inc. secure an injunction prohibiting a foreign corporation from forcing Hospira into arbitration in Geneva, Switzerland. Netherlands-based Therabel Pharma, N.V. filed the...
DiVito, Haussmann and Fitzgerald Author Article on Attorney-Client Privilege
The July 2013 edition of the Illinois Bar Journal included an article by TDR partners Gino L. DiVito, Brian C. Haussmann and John M. Fitzgerald. Their article, New Limits on Subject Matter Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege, discusses the new standard for subject...
Jack Barber Authors Article About Insurance Coverage
In the June 2013 edition of The Policy, a publication of the Illinois State Bar Association, Jack Barber discussed a recent and significant ruling by the Court of Appeals of Missouri, in which a policyholder prevailed in an multi-million dollar insurance coverage...
TDR Wins Appeal for Insured in Coverage Dispute
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TDR obtains dismissal of state and local tax controversy case involving sales tax on Internet sales
On March 12, 2013, Judge Thomas R. Mulroy of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division, dismissed with prejudice a state and local tax controversy case alleging that TDR's client incorrectly calculated tax on sales made through the client's website. The lawsuit...