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 […]
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 matter waiver of the attorney-client privilege that was announced in the Illinois Supreme […]
TDR recently secured a dismissal with prejudice of all claims brought against its clients in a hotly contested seven-figure breach of fiduciary duty case pending in the Circuit Court of Cook County. TDR’s clients were sued for breach of fiduciary and related claims by their purported joint venture partner. The purported partner alleged that TDR’s […]
TDR secured a significant victory in the Illinois Supreme Court, which today issued an important decision concerning a matter of first impression in Illinois: whether the extrajudicial (i.e., out of court) disclosure to a third party of attorney-client communications waives the attorney-client privilege over private, undisclosed attorney-client communications concerning the same “subject matter.” In a […]
TDR partner Gino L. DiVito has prepared a color-coded guide comparing the new Illinois Rules of Evidence with the Federal Rules of Evidence and providing commentary on the new rules. DiVito is a member of the Special Supreme Court Committee on Illinois Evidence, the body that formulated the rules and presented them to the Supreme […]
On February 7, 2012, the Illinois Supreme Court granted leave to the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), including its Chicago Chapter, the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), and the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (“IDC”) to file amicus briefs in support of TDR client Westfield’s pending appeal. […]
On January 18, 2012, the Illinois Supreme Court granted the motion of TDR’s client, John Crane Inc. (JCI), for a supervisory order and ordered the appellate court to consider JCI’s appeal on the merits. In the process, the Supreme Court vacated two earlier decisions by the Illinois Appellate Court that had refused to adjudicate JCI’s […]
On December 9, 2011, TDR partners Gino DiVito and Mark Horwitch obtained a complete defense victory on behalf of the managing partner of an investment partnership sued by six of the partnerships minority partners for breach of fiduciary duty. At the American Arbitration Association hearing, the claimants requested almost $1 million in compensatory damages, plus […]
Today the Illinois Supreme Court granted the petition for leave to appeal of TDR client Westfield America, Inc. and its affiliates to review an important decision of the Illinois Appellate Court concerning waivers of the attorney-client privilege in Illinois. Westfield is a well-known owner and operator of high end shopping malls throughout the United States […]
JAMS, REF# 1340007267
JAMS, REF# 1340007267
Docket No. 09-0266, Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District.
Docket Nos. 105342, 105348, 105349 (Ill. Nov. 20, 2008)
SBA Bar News At its annual black-tie gala at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago, the Illinois Bar Foundation gave the 2008 Distinguished Award for Excellence to TDR partner Gino DiVito. This award is given annually to a single attorney in the State of Illinois. Mr. DiVito received the award in recognition of his many […]
Illinois Appellate Court (2007)
Chicago Tribune Editorial encourages the Illinois legislature’s adoption of a new criminal code, recommended by a panel led by partner and former Illinois Appellate Judge Gino DiVito and former Governor Jim Thompson.