Our Tinley Park attorney Kevin O'Flaherty discusses the importance of written discovery in the preparation of depositions and trials.  Explained are the different stages of discovery which includes the appeal for the manufacturing of documents, inquiries and the admission of facts.  Also explored are common objections related to the inquiry of information and Illinois Rule 201 (K) Letters which resolve any objections and enforce a response to discovery requests. 

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Our Tinley Park civil defense attorneys discuss the process motions for summary judgment are created.  Motions for summary judgments are requests presented a court requesting a ruling on motions without trial.  We explain how judgments on these rulings are granted if there is an appropriate matter of law and no issue of material fact is present.

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In this video, our Cook County contract dispute attorneys explain some common defenses to breach of contract claims in Illinois contract litigation. We explain when a material breach of contract by the other party excuses your own performance under the contract.  We also explain the contract defenses of anticipatory repudiation, duress, unconscionability, mistake, and fraud.