by SFBBG | Aug 18, 2022 | Firm News, Bill Klein, Phillip J. Zisook
On August 9, 2022, SFBBG attorneys, Phil Zisook and Bill Klein, prevailed in an Illinois Appellate Court case where our clients were sued concerning a failed real estate transaction. The proposed transaction involved the transfer of three parcels of real estate...
by Phillip J. Zisook | Nov 8, 2021 | Insights, Phillip J. Zisook
Recent cases suggest an uptick in defamation lawsuits seeking damages for statements containing general criticisms of the plaintiff or highlighting certain negative personal traits. The theory is that such statements qualify as defamation per se for they impugn the...
by Phillip J. Zisook | Jul 15, 2021 | COVID-19 Updates, Insights, Phillip J. Zisook
You get a notice of deposition via email. The notice provides that the deposition will be taken remotely through a Zoom videoconference. The day of the deposition arrives and as your witness is testifying, you notice the red blinking light in the upper left corner of...
by Phillip J. Zisook | Jan 16, 2021 | Insights, Phillip J. Zisook
Most states have enacted anti-SLAPP statutes, to protect speech rights and provide an expedited process for the dismissal of SLAPPs with awards of attorney fees and costs to prevailing movants. Some states have broad anti-SLAPP statutes, whereas many are more...
by Phillip J. Zisook | Jul 10, 2020 | Insights, Phillip J. Zisook
The other day as I was taking my work-from-home morning walk, I explored a thought: Should racism be made a per se defamation category? Clearly, that’s not a solution to the enormous problem of societal and institutional racism spurring the current protests in...
by Phillip J. Zisook | Feb 4, 2020 | Insights, Phillip J. Zisook
On Nov. 25, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court denied petitions for writs of certiorari seeking review of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decision, allowing climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation case to proceed against the National Review,...
