Litigation Law Roundup Sharp  Thinking No. 211    Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.    July 2022 Notice In Forfeiture Action Merely A Statutory Requirement In an in rem forfeiture action, “the lack of notice, even if that lack of notice amounted to a due process violation, [cannot] deprive the circuit court of…

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Litigation Law Roundup Sharp  Thinking No. 206    Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.    March 2022  Laches Bars Challenge To Void Judgment We previously have noted a trend, particularly in the Appellate Court’s Second District, to use the doctrine of laches to limit the principle that a void judgment may be attacked…

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Litigation Law Roundup Sharp  Thinking No.  205   Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.   February 2022   8:1 Punitive Damages Ratio OK In Egregious Cases             A ratio of punitive to compensatory damages in the high single-digit range is appropriate “when the defendant’s conduct is particularly egregious and the plaintiff’s harm arose from…

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Happy Thanksgiving! Sharp  Thinking No. 202         Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.          November 2021  Court Limits Fiduciary Duty In Lawyer Context By John T. Hundley, Sharp Thinking Editor A lawyer who functioned as president of a small law firm, who did not own a stake…

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Litigation Law Roundup Sharp  Thinking No. 196         Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.         May 2021  Lawyer Liability Under RICO Made More Difficult The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has made significantly more difficult the task of tagging law firms with liability under the Racketeer Influenced…

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Litigation Law Roundup Sharp Thinking No. 194     Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.     March 2021  Gratuitous Transfers Don’t Violate Citation Statute Gratuitous transfers for the benefit of the judgment debtor by citation respondents during the pendency of a citation to discover assets do not violate the restraining provisions of the…

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Sharp Thinking No. 192  ___   Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.   __   January 2021 7th Circuit Hands Down New Rules On Standing By John T. Hundley, Sharp Thinking Editor Dramatic changes in litigation under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 et seq. (FDCPA) – and probably in federal…

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Litigation Law Roundup Sharp  Thinking No. 189   Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.   October 2020  Court Tells Standards For E-Filing Error Decisions The Appellate Court in Chicago has given guidance on what constitutes “good cause shown” in seeking relief when a court clerk’s rejection of an e-filing makes a document untimely. Acting…

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Litigation Law Roundup Sharp   Thinking No. 185   Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.   July 2020 Court Limits Specific Jurisdiction Doctrine An Illinois court may not exercise specific personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants on behalf of out-of-state plaintiffs where the claims at issue do not “arise out of,” or “relate to,” the defendants’…

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SharpThinking No. 183    Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C.     June 2020 Appellate Court Tells Privilege Waiver Rules By John T. Hundley, 618-242-0200, john@sharp-hundley.com             Selby v. O’Dea, 2020 IL App (1st) 181951, discussed on other points in Sharp Thinking No. 182 (May 2020), looks to…

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