Practice Area: Corporate & Business Law

Pretzel & Stouffer attorneys Kayla Condeni and Donald Patrick Eckler published a column in the IDC Quarterly on the judicial estoppel doctrine and recent cases addressing it.  The article is linked here.

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Jim Sipchen recently forced a settlement of a copyright infringement suit for less than what it cost the plaintiff to file the lawsuit in the first place. The suit was brought by an Indiana attorney against a non-profit organization that promotes the health of single mothers and their babies. The plaintiff, who is notorious for …

Jim Sipchen, obtained summary judgment on behalf of a client sued on a personal guarantee. The client had formerly been a co-owner of a restaurant, who had been ousted from the business by its majority shareholder, but at the time the business was formed had signed a number of personal guarantees relating to a number …