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Articles From Kenneth J. Ashman

The Chair’s corner By Kenneth J. Ashman Business and Securities Law, June 2012 A note from Section Chair Kenneth J. Ashman.
The Chair’s corner By Kenneth J. Ashman Business and Securities Law, April 2012 An introduction to the issue from Section Chair Kenneth Ashman.
The scarlet opinion By Kenneth J. Ashman Business and Securities Law, May 2011 Scarlet Opinions often take the form of a humorous chastising of an attorney, in a mixture of sarcasm and scorn, that other lawyers’ mailboxes zap from the Internet like frogs feasting on flies.
You say tomato, I say tomahto: Court holds Illinois Sureties Act applicable to guarantors By Kenneth J. Ashman & Bardia Fard Business and Securities Law, June 2010 The decision in JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Earth Foods, Inc. makes available to a guarantor those defenses previously only available to a surety under the Sureties Act, and the decision may have repercussions for similar statutes across the United States.
Establishing actual damages in legal malpractice cases By Kenneth J. Ashman & Neal D. Kitterlin General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, July 2009 What happens when the attorney has been retained to defend a lawsuit and, due to malpractice, misses a defense that results in a judgment being entered against the client? Assuming the client does not have the funds to pay the judgment, has the client suffered actual damages as a result of the attorney’s malpractice? A look at the recent case of Fox v. Seiden.
The misunderstood limited liability partnership: A comparison to limited liability companies By Kenneth J. Ashman & Bardia Fard Business and Securities Law, March 2009 A primer on certain similar and dissimilar features of LLPs and LLCs as organized under Illinois statute.

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