Firm News
TDR Mourns Loss of Gino DiVito
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our co-founder, mentor, partner, and friend, Gino L. DiVito. Gino left a wide and lasting impact on the legal profession and on all who knew him. Gino grew up in a Chicago working-class family in a neighborhood where...
TDR Secures Dismissal Of All Claims In Consumer Fraud Action
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein helped secure a dismissal of all claims in a consumer fraud action in the Southern District of Illinois. Vineyard v. La Terra Fina USA, LLC is a putative class action in which the plaintiff alleged that a product distributor’s line of...
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein Celebrates 25 Years of Litigation Excellence
Chicago Roots. National Reach. Superior Results. This year, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein commemorates its 25th anniversary, celebrating a quarter century of achieving exceptional outcomes for our clients, growing and maintaining a thriving boutique litigation...
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...
Chicago Litigation Blog
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...
Publications
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...
Grinde Authors Article in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein associate Jeffrey L. Grinde, Jr. authored an article featured in the June 2025 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Grinde’s article is titled “Too Many Books, Too Little Time,” and discusses three books that young attorneys should read and...
DiVito Authors Part Five of Special Five-Part Series in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner Gino L. DiVito authored an article featured in the February 2024 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Gino’s article is titled “What I Learned from Teaching Trial Advocacy: The Closing Argument,” and is the final article in his...
DiVito Authors Part Four of Special Five-Part Series in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner Gino L. DiVito authored an article featured in the January 2024 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Gino’s article is titled “What I Learned From Teaching Trial Advocacy: The Cross-Examination,” and is the fourth part of his...
DiVito Authors Part Three of Special Five-Part Series in Illinois Bar Journal
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner Gino L. DiVito authored an article featured in the December 2023 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. Gino’s article is titled “What I Learned From Teaching Trial Advocacy: The Direct Examination,” and is the third part of his...
Events
ISBA Publishes Fitzgerald’s “Guide to Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act”
The Illinois State Bar Association has just published TDR partner John Fitzgerald’s Guide to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The Guide is available in both hard copy and electronic formats. The Guide is the first published book about the Illinois...
TDR Partner Quoted on Facebook BIPA Settlement
TDR partner John Fitzgerald was quoted in a news story by Law360 concerning Facebook’s $550 million settlement of class action litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. As Fitzgerald explained in the Law360 article, “This settlement shows that...
TDR Partner Quoted in Articles About Constitutional Litigation
TDR partner John Fitzgerald has been quoted in several news articles (Article 1) (Article 2) this past week concerning disputes arising under the Illinois Constitution, including TDRs representation of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association and...
Kate O’Brien Quoted in The Associated Press
TDR partner Kate O'Brien spoke to The Associated Press about recent rulings TDR secured for our client the United States Conference of Mayors in City of Evanston and United States Conference of Mayors v. Sessions. The lawsuit challenges the Attorney General's decision...
Tim Hudson Appointed to Advisory Committee on MIDP
The Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois have appointed Tim Hudson to serve on the Advisory Committee to the Court on the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Program ("MIDP"). On April 27, 2017, Chief Judge Ruben Castillo of...