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Megan E. Ryan

TDR Wins Appeal Cementing Earlier Trial Victory

On April 24, 2025, the Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court issued a decision affirming in all respects the firm’s recent trial victory in the case Wood River, LLC v. SFA Holdings, Inc. The case involved the guaranty of a commercial lease for the Carson Pirie Scott department store formerly located at the Yorktown […]

TDR Obtains Voluntary Dismissal of BIPA Lawsuit

On January 5, 2025, TDR attorneys secured voluntary dismissal–without settlement–of a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois accusing our client of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). The dismissal ended the lawsuit at an early stage and exonerated our client as to the claims […]

Federal Court Grants Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Enforce Settlement Agreement

On May 8, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted our client’s motion for preliminary injunction to enforce a settlement agreement that our client had entered into in a previously resolved matter. The preliminary injunction order required the defendant to withdraw its complaint of patent infringement it made to Amazon, […]

TDR Wins Early Dismissal of Consumer Fraud Class Action Lawsuit

On June 3, 2022, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois issued an opinion granting TDR’s motion to dismiss and dismissing a putative consumer fraud class action with prejudice. In the underlying lawsuit, the plaintiff alleged that numerous air conditioning models sold by TDR’s client contained a common design defect that […]