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Mar 24, 2020

Tax Deficiency – Innocent Spouse Relief

Petitioner Rick E. Jacobsen’s former wife Tina M. Lemmens embezzled over $400,000 from her employer, income that was not reported on the couple’s jointly filed income taxes.

Mar 24, 2020

FMLA Violation

Buddy Phillips (now deceased) injured his ribs while playing with his grandchildren.

Mar 23, 2020

Plea Colloquy

Grayson Enterprises, Inc., is a roofing company that does business under the trade name Gire Roofing.

Mar 23, 2020

Equitable Tolling

DeWayne Perry, serving a long sentence for murder, suffers from aphasia, which impairs his ability to speak, write, and understand words.

Mar 23, 2020

Medicaid Contractors – Outstanding Bills

Plaintiffs are consultants who provide services to nursing homes and long‐term care facilities.

Mar 23, 2020

Due Process Violation

On July 28, 2016, two men entered a Sprint store with a gun, threatened and zip‐tied all witnesses, grabbed some merchandise, and fled the store in two vehicles.

Mar 23, 2020

Bankruptcy – Reclamation Claim

This is an appeal from an adversary proceeding in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and concerns a trade creditor’s right to reclaim goods it sold to the debtor on the eve of bankruptcy.

Mar 23, 2020

Sentencing Guidelines

From 2011 through 2016, Roy Collins was the executive director of the Kankakee Valley Park District (“the Park District”), which is a municipal entity that serves residents of Aroma Park and Kankakee Townships, Illinois.

Mar 23, 2020

Trademark Infringement – Personal Jurisdiction

Charles Curry brought this action pro se in the district court, alleging that Revolution Laboratories, LLC (“Revolution”), Rev Labs Management, Inc. (“Management”), and Joshua and Barry Nussbaum (collectively the “defendants”) had infringed and diluted his trademark, violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act, violated the Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practice[...]

Mar 23, 2020

Sentencing Guidelines

After Roberto Guzman-Ramirez pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, he was sentenced to 72 months’ imprisonment.

Mar 20, 2020

Weekly Case Digests – March 16, 2020 – March 20, 2020

Weekly Case Digests – March 16, 2020 – March 20, 2020

Mar 18, 2020

Attorney Disciplinary Hearing

We review a stipulation filed pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Robert W. Horsch.

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