Stephen B. Diamond
Recent News About Stephen B. Diamond
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Lawyer can't get fees plus settlement cut in pro se action vs My Pillow over unpaid sales taxes: IL Sup Ct
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled an attorney collecting a settlement award from a lawsuit he pressed in his own name, ostensibly on behalf of the state of Illinois, against a business over alleged unpaid sales taxes, isn’t entitled also to collect additional legal fees. -
Nickel & Dime: eBay, online retailers warn SCOTUS could unleash lawsuit torrent vs sellers over taxes
Nickel & Dime: eBay, online retailers warn SCOTUS ruling could unleash torrent of lawsuits accusing sellers over taxes -
Appeals panel: Lawyer not allowed to keep $600K fee for qui tam unpaid sales tax suit vs My Pillow
A state appeals court has ruled a lawyer who had individually sued pillow maker My Pillow, ostensibly on behalf of the state of Illinois for unpaid taxes, is not allowed to keep roughly $600,000 in legal fees he had claimed as part of the litigation. -
Appeals court sides with California online retailer in tax suit, overturns $100K in fees in qui tam action
An appeals court found a California retailer is not liable for failure to collect Illinois use tax for catalog and Internet sales, and also threw out more than $100,000 in attorney’s fees a lower court had awarded the law firm that brought the qui tam action. -
Serial false-claims litigant loses case vs California wine company; no 'reckless disregard' for IL tax law
A Cook County Circuit Court judge has ruled in favor of a California wine company accused of violating the Illinois False Claims Act (IFCA), saying the facts don’t support a serial litigator's claim the company acted with “reckless disregard” of its obligation to collect state taxes on shipping and handling. -
Cook County judge tosses 200 qui tam suits vs out-of-town liquor retailers over unpaid taxes
CHICAGO – Lawful taxation — and the avoidance of such — is at the heart of an action taken Monday by Cook County Circuit Judge James Snyder, who dismissed more than 200 third-party lawsuits filed to collect sales tax on liquor sold to residents of Illinois from retailers elsewhere.