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Appeals court: Sellers can't enforce covenant restrictions on land after selling to forest preserve district

By Dan Churney | Wednesday, Jul 18, 2018 @ 11:15pm

An appeals panel has affirmed a lower court’s decision the sellers of land to a west suburban forest preserve district gave up their rights to enforce a covenant to block ComEd from stringing power lines across that land, when they granted the Illinois Department of Natural Resources power to override covenant restrictions.
Malibu Media loses porn piracy case vs Doe after no downloaded materials found on Doe's computer

By Dan Churney | Friday, Feb 12, 2016 @ 3:07pm

A Chicago federal magistrate judge laid low a lawsuit by Malibu Media - a litigious online skin flick distributor - which alleged an internet pirate infringed its copyright by downloading two dozen movies without permission, saying Malibu failed to present computer forensics evidence backing its claim.