Share: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 […]
Share: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. […]
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 […]
Share:TDR attorneys John M. Fitzgerald and Brian C. Haussmann have recently been promoted to partner. Both are commercial litigators who have made important contributions to TDR cases, the firm, and the bar during their tenure at the firm. Fitzgerald joined the firm in 2006. He has represented many large corporations, small businesses, and individuals successfully […]
Share: On December 12, 2011, TDR won summary judgment on behalf of our client in an insurance coverage lawsuit. Our client, the owner and operator of multiple special events facilities in the Chicagoland area, was sued by its insurer in the Circuit Court for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit in Will County, Illinois. The insurer sought […]
Share: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 […]
Share:Case No. 04-cv-07199 (N.D. Ill.)
Share:JAMS, REF# 1340007267
Share:JAMS, REF# 1340007267
Share:Docket No. 09-0266, Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District.
Share:Docket No. 09 CH 3225, Circuit Court of Cook County.
Share:Docket No. 08 CH 40219, Circuit Court of Cook County
Share:TDR client Hospira, Inc. retained us to represent it in connection with multiple lawsuits arising from an explosion of an industrial freeze dryer called a lyophilizer at its facility in North Chicago, Illinois. TDR represented Hospira in its lawsuit against the machine’s manufacturer to recover for the property and business interruption damages it sustained as […]
Share:N.D. Ill. Hon. Jeffrey Cole (September 30, 2008)