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In this article, our Peoria commercial litigation lawyers explain the potential ways to cancel, negate, otherwise get our of a contract.
While it's understood that parties are bound to a contract, there are special cases that would excuse a party from the terms of a contract. These include material breach by the other party, anticipatory repudiation, duress, unconscionability, impracticability, undue influence, fraud, and mistakes and are often other considerations that are discussed in the article that can make a contract illegal or unenforceable.
In this article, our Peoria commercial dispute attorneys explain motions to dismiss and discuss two kinds of motions to dismiss: 2-615 and 2-619.
The 2-615 motion is used to dismiss the a complaint based on improper statements of the cause of action. The 2-619 motion however, attempts to dismiss the claim because of an affirmative matter that can potentially easily defeat the claim.
In this article, our Peoria commercial litigation attorneys explain the Business Judgment Rule for corporate officer and director liability in Peoria.
During shareholder derivative lawsuits for breach of fiduciary duty, the Business Judgment Rule is an important defense to Peoria corporate officers, that provides a legal basis to dismiss such suits during the pleading stage and corporate officers and directors should familiarize themselves with this rule, its exceptions, and its application.