John Hundley

Corporate Law Roundup Sharp Thinking No. 210 Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C. June 2022 “Dead” Corporation Can’t Claim Attorney-Client Privilege A dissolved corporation which is not engaging in winding up activities and has no active management may not assert the attorney-client privilege, a panel in the Appellate Court’s…

Sharp Thinking No. 209 Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C. May 2022 7th Circuit Extends New Standing Rules, But Open Dissent Develops By John T. Hundley, Sharp Thinking Editor In past issues of this newsletter, we’ve covered the new standing rules handed down by the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…

Focus On Contract Law Sharp Thinking No. 207 Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C. April 2022 COVID Case Highlights Impossibility, Related Issues By John T. Hundley, Sharp Thinking Editor A restaurant operator which attempted to have its rent obligations set aside under the doctrines of impossibility, impracticability and commercial frustration failed to…

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…

Focus On Contract Law Sharp Thinking No. 204 Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C. January 2022 Four New Cases Address Equitable Remedies By John T. Hundley, Sharp Thinking Editor As 2021 drew to a close, a spate of cases addressed the question of what equitable remedies are available in contractual contexts. …

Happy Holidays! Sharp Thinking No. 203 Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C. December 2021 Court Issues Key Decision On Judicial Estoppel By John T. Hundley, Sharp Thinking Editor The Appellate Court in Chicago has issued a potentially seminal decision involving application of judicial estoppel in Illinois. In Davis v. Pace Suburban…

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…

Real Estate Roundup Sharp Thinking No. 201 Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C. October 2021 Defective Tenancy By Entirety Creates Joint Tenancy A defective attempt to create a tenancy by the entirety results in a joint tenancy, not a tenancy in common, a panel of the Appellate Court in Chicago has ruled.…

Mortgage Law Roundup Sharp Thinking No. 200 Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C. September 2021 Foreclosure Fee Unconstitutional, High Court Rules Illinois’ special $50 fee for filing mortgage foreclosure cases is unconstitutional, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. Acting in Walker v. Chasteen, 2021 IL 126086, the high court characterized the…

Sharp Thinking No. 199 _ Perspectives on Developments in the Law from Sharp-Hundley, P.C. _August 2021 New Law Limits Restrictive Employment Covenants By Alexis Wiggley, alexis@sharp-hundley.com Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker this month approved legislation to expand the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (820 ILCS 90) to limit employers from creating and enforcing covenants not…

“Dead” Corporation Can’t Claim Attorney-Client Privilege

7th Circuit Extends New Standing Rules, But Open Dissent Develops

COVID Case Highlights Impossibility, Related Issues

8:1 Punitive Damages Ration OK In Egregious Cases

Four New Cases Address Equitable Remedies

Court Issues Key Decision On Judicial Estoppel

Court Limits Fiduciary Duty In Lawyer Context

Defective Tenancy By Entirely Creates Joint Tenancy

Foreclosure Fee Unconstitutional, High Court Rules

New Law Limits Restrictive Employment Covenants