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Former CFO expected to collect more than $2 million from sale of company
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The settlement effectively means the named, individual plaintiffs will gain nothing from the so-called derivative action on behalf of investment partnerships, so there is no longer any justification for a judgment that would net a group of lawyers, which could include a sitting Cook County judge, $15 million in fees, the defendants argue.
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Current Cook County Judge Patrick Sherlock and his ex-law partner could be poised to receive more than $2 million for their work on a lawsuit that dates back to 2001, unless another Cook County judge agrees to revisit his decision to give a group of plaintiffs' lawyers, including Sherlock's father-in-law, nearly $15M in fees.
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Plaintiffs' lawyers say they should get 30% of $80M award. Defendants say those lawyers' clients are actually only getting $1.9M
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One Cook County judge sits in the position to potentially award another Cook County judge millions of dollars in attorney fees for the other judge’s prior legal work on an 18-year-old case. Now, a group of business partners have asked the judge to reject a deal they say would allow attorneys suing them to sidestep a court order giving the partners access to the information they need to challenge the other judge’s windfall fee request.
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Peter Carey, former law partner of Cook County Circuit Judge Patrick Sherlock, is being sued, accused of conspiring with his daughter and others to convert two years of legal work into a multi-million-dollar payday on the other side of a court fight among former real estate business partners that has stretched over nearly two decades.
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The following joint action-related cases were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on Jan. 17. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
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The following joint action-related cases were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on Jan. 18. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
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A federal judge has cut up much of a man's lawsuit against a fitness club, saying he can't sue the club over unintentional erroneous charges the club later refunded.
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A dispute between two air conditioning manufacturers over a CTA contract won’t continue in federal court after a judge in Chicago relinquished jurisdiction and dismissed the action, allowing it to be filed again in state court.
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A contract dispute between a state agency that manages pension funds for many Illinois local governments and retirees and a software vendor was moved into federal district court when the vendor added a counterclaim alleging copyright infringement.
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A startup company seems to believe its new technology can revolutionize the credit card transaction business, by allowing users to substitute a selfie for a signature when authorizing a purchase. And a Chicago businessman who invested in the venture believes he is being wrongly denied his cut of what he expects to be a windfall once the tech lands in the hands of the world’s largest processors of electronic payments.
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Following a 2014 episode requiring intervention from federal authorities, a pilot filed suit against an airline passenger alleging assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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