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Daniel I. Konieczny

TDR Wins Reversal in Patent Case before the Federal Circuit Related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

Share:TDR partners Meredith Martin Addy and Daniel Konieczny and TDR associate Ashley Crettol Insalaco, members of TDR’s patent litigation and Federal Circuit practice, won an impressive victory before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  The court reversed an adverse lower court decision in Thales Visionix, Inc. v. United States and Elbit Systems of […]

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin Quotes Tabet on Victory in Internet Sales Tax False Claims Act Case

Share:On October 20, 2016, TDR partner Caesar Tabet was quoted by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in an article about the Illinois Appellate Court opinion in People ex. rel. Beeler, Schad and Diamond, P.C. v. Relax the Back Corp., 2016 IL App (1st) 151580.  The Appellate Court’s opinion exonerated TDR’s client of all liability under […]

Appellate Court Rules in Favor of TDR Client in False Claims Act Suit Directed to Internet Taxation

Share:On October 17, 2016, the Illinois Appellate Court issued an opinion that exonerated TDR’s client of all liability in connection with allegations that TDR’s client violated the Illinois False Claims Act by not collecting sales tax on Internet and mail-order catalog sales.  The lawsuit was one of hundreds filed by an Illinois law firm against […]

TDR Prevails on Key Patent Claims in Inter Partes Review Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Share:TDR partners Meredith Martin Addy and Daniel Konieczny successfully defended key patent claims against an invalidity challenge in an inter partes review proceeding concerning motion tracking technology with applications to the helmet mounted displays used in military aircraft.  On October 14, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark […]

10 TDR Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars

Share:Once again, SuperLawyers® Magazine has recognized nearly three-fourths of TDR partners for their high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Congratulations to: SuperLawyers•Karina Zabicki DeHayes•Gino L. DiVito•Mark H. Horwitch•Timothy A. Hudson•Christopher D. Liguori *•Michael I Rothstein•Caesar A. Tabet Rising Stars•John M. Fitzgerald *•Brian C. Haussmann•Daniel I. Konieczny * – First time honoree in this category […]

12 TDR Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars

Share:Karina DeHayes and Mark Horwitch Receive Special Recognition SuperLawyers® Magazine has recognized nearly three-fourths of TDR partners and one associate for their high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. In addition,  Karina DeHayes was named one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers and Mark Horwitch was named one of the Top 100 Illinois Lawyers. Congratulations to: SuperLawyers […]

11 TDR Partners Named as SuperLawyers or Rising Stars

Share: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 distinction reserved for the top 2.5% of Illinois lawyers who are under 40 or in practice for […]

TDR Successfully Represents the RTA Before the Illinois Supreme Court in Tax Litigation

Share: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 case that will determine the way that Illinois sales tax obligations are imposed on […]

TDR obtains dismissal of state and local tax controversy case involving sales tax on Internet sales

Share: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 was one of over 100 individual suits filed against Internet retailers from […]

TDR obtains favorable judgment on behalf of trustee in family trust dispute following bench trial

Share:On July 20, 2012, TDR partners Caesar Tabet and Daniel Konieczny obtained judgment on the merits in favor of their client, a trustee of several interrelated trusts, in a contentious family dispute over the management of the trusts.  The judgment is the culmination of four years of litigation that began when a co-trustee and a […]

TDR Secures 7th Circuit Victory in ERISA Class Action

Share: Today, the Seventh Circuit affirmed a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Nauman v. Abbott Labs. and Hospira, Inc. in favor of TDR client Hospira, Inc. and its former parent company, Abbott Laboratories, and awarded both companies their costs on appeal. In the lawsuit, originally filed […]

Five TDR Partners Named “Rising Stars” Among Top Young Lawyers in Illinois

Share:Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is pleased to announce that five of its partners have been named 2012 SuperLawyers® Illinois Rising Stars: Karina Zabicki DeHayes (first named a Rising Star in 2009 and again in 2010 and 2011); Michael J. Grant (first named a Rising Star in 2011); Mark H. Horwitch; Timothy A. Hudson (first named […]