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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was passed by the United States Congress in 1986, and was intended to help reduce the hacking of computer systems as well as to address federal computer related offenses.  The Act, as it was implemented, was intended to govern cases with a compelling federal interest, where computers of the

As a business owner, limited liability should be one of your primary concerns. With limited liability, an owner’s personal assets are safe from the suits against the business entity. The advantage of limited liability is a clear reduction of risk on the part of an owner or shareholder. Historically, limited liability was available only in

In Metrobank v. Cannatello, 2012 IL App (1st) 110529 (January 9, 2012), the First District Appellate Court adopted a definitive standard for “personal service” in foreclosure cases.  Section 5/15-1508(e)[1] of the Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law (“IMFL”) provides that a personal deficiency judgment may be entered for any balance of money that may be found due

Section 1983 action based upon a series of police encounters between the Ramirez family and City of Chicago police officers.  Specifically, the complaint alleged that the multiple interactions over a three year period of time between Plaintiffs and officers assigned to the 8th District, Area One Detective Division and the Special Operations Section were a

The National Labor Relations Board’s recent efforts to increase awareness of protected concerted activity raise the potential threat of non-union employees being afforded union protections under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. On June 18, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) launched a new website designed to increase public awareness of the

The signing of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act promised sweeping changes and more protection for consumers.  Almost two years later has consumer litigation boomed as was expected? After the signing of Dodd-Frank into law, many financial companies feared that the sweeping changes it promised would alter the way they did business

In Shirley v. Jed Capital, LLC[1], the district court decided that an ownership interest in an LLC can qualify as an investment contract. This decision may signify that an increasing number of transactions will become reviewable under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933. In Jed Capital, Christopher Shirley filed a suit against Jed Capital,