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Fraudulent Concealment Settlement Agreements

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Fraudulent Concealment and/or Equitable Estoppel Tolled the Statute of Repose in a Legal Malpractice Claim

Brief Summary - The plaintiff, Comprehensive Marketing, Inc. ("plaintiff"), filed a lawsuit against its former attorneys ("defendants") for legal malpractice related to legal advice the defendants provided regarding opt-out...more

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Illinois Appellate Court Holds Legal Malpractice Claim is Barred by Statute of Repose, Rejects Plaintiff's Tolling Argument

Brief Summary An Illinois appellate court held that the statute of repose barred a plaintiff's legal malpractice claim, and that the plaintiff's claim of fraudulent concealment to toll the statute failed. The court also...more

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Landscaping Co. Gets Clipped: Malpractice Action Time-Barred and Fraudulent Concealment Claim Rejected

An Illinois appellate court held that plaintiffs' malpractice action was time-barred because plaintiffs knew, or reasonably should have known, of their wrongfully caused damages more than two years before they filed. The...more

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