Representative Experience Archive
Amundsen Davis successfully defended a news publication against intrusive subpoenas demanding reporters’ source information by filing comprehensive objections, which the court upheld.
Amundsen Davis represents construction clients (including in renewable energy) in the defense of petitions for the enforcement of administrative subpoenas under the Prevailing Wage Act brought by the Illinois Department of Labor in Illinois circuit courts.
Erica Stamper successfully received summary judgment from Indiana federal court. The matter, a class action lawsuit alleging that the insured, a debt adjustment services operation, targeted financially troubled customers and extracted fees for worthless services, did not fall within coverage for personal injury, accidental event, or advertising injury.
Amundsen Davis defended the interests of temporary staffing agencies in a case brought by the Illinois Attorney General’s Antitrust Division alleging no-poaching and wage-fixing agreements in a supposed violation of the Illinois Antitrust Act.
Erica Stamper received summary judgment from an Indiana federal court which found no duty for her client, the insurer, to defend where the underlying complaint alleged wrongful death against a real estate company stemming from a breach of its obligation to properly list a home as a rental; the failure of which was not an “occurrence” nor a “personal and advertising injury”.
Amundsen Davis serves multiple ongoing relationships as ERISA counsel for Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), including providing ongoing advice and counsel on plan compliance and fiduciary duties, as well as preparing plan documents and participant communications.
Defended a steel fabricator in a personal injury action where the plaintiff fell from a steel beam at some height and was rendered quadriplegic. We advised our client to settle for an amount that was nominal compared to the verdict.
The client desired to withdraw from the New Urbanist development and develop the property as a conventional development.
Amundsen Davis obtained a defense verdict for a hospital in an emergency department case involving alleged wrongful death from a delay in triage, diagnosis, and treatment of a patient with a vertebral artery dissection and brain aneurysm.
Amundsen Davis represented an ESOP plan sponsor through multiple ESOP loan refinance transactions, including drafting and review of all loan documentation.