Perhaps the most common business torts that you are likely to encounter, other than breach of contract theories, fall under the general heading of fraud. Fraud is a general term that, in practical application, has many different names -- i.e. fraud in the inducement, fraudulent misrepresentation, and common law fraud, just to name a few. The various theories of fraud can often accompany a wide variety of business Read More
Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury & Business Litigation: Business and Commercial Litigation — Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Self-Dealing
It has long been one of the touchstones of business and commercial litigation that corporate actors (such as, for instance, CEO's, Presidents, Managers, and the like) are absolutely prohibited from what is known as "self-dealing." Self-dealing is a concept that takes on something of a life of its own on a case-by-case basis. For purposes of providing some frame of reference, the Illinois First District Court of Read More
