On behalf of a limited liability company and several of its members, individually, Paul Simon Jr., and Adam Stockberger obtained dismissal with prejudice of claims filed in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri under Missouri’s Merchandising Practices...
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Bill Sauerwein recovers $1,403,265.33 for his client following appeal.
Bill Sauerwein recovers $1,403,265.33 for his client in a case filed in Western District of the Federal District of Missouri concerning the sales proceeds from several tracts of Boone County commercial real estate. The action by filed by an estate sought to declare...
Paul Simon, Jr. secured summary judgment for governmental entity on TIF act compliance
Paul Simon, Jr. has secured summary judgment on behalf of a governmental entity in a declaratory judgment action regarding the governmental entity’s compliance with the Missouri Tax Increment Finance Act.
Bill Sauerwein successful before Eighth Circuit
Bill Sauerwein succeeded on appeal before the Eighth Circuit on behalf of the FDIC and a purchaser of a bank’s assets in an action which involved the FDIC’s powers under FIRREA and the validity of title to financial assets transferred to the FDIC’s purchasers. After a...
Paul Simon, Jr. defending a law firm on RICO violations, legal malpractice and related claims
Paul Simon, Jr., John Hein and Adam Stockberger currently represent a law firm and one of its partners in a lawsuit pending in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. Plaintiffs, which include a special deputy receiver on behalf of certain...
The attorneys of Sauerwein Simon & Hein tour the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District
The attorneys of Sauerwein Simon & Hein P.C. enjoyed a private tour of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District in St. Louis on December 13, 2012.
Illinois legislature passes SB16 to address effect of In re Crane decision
In response to the now infamous In re Crane decision, the Illinois legislature yesterday passed SB 16. The relevant language appears at the end of the enrolled bill at the following link: SB0016 The bill will become law effective June 1, 2013, if signed by Governor...
Stewart Schneider and Trent Bond obtained Summary Judgment
Stewart Schneider and Trent Bond were awarded Summary Judgment on behalf of a Bank client, in a Judgment declaring the Bank’s deed of trust to be in a first lien position. Central to the case was whether or not a Quit Claim Deed at issue, which was signed during the...
New Missouri Court of Appeals Decision Regarding the Enforceability of Spousal Guarantees under Regulation B of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Commercial lenders in Missouri should be aware of a recent Missouri Court of Appeals opinion regarding the enforceability of spousal guarantees under Regulation B of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (the “ECOA”). The case, titled Frontenac Bank v. T.R. Hughes, Inc....
Bill Sauerwein obtains favorable opinion from Western District on “Party in Possession” exception to Title Insurance coverage
In Missouri’s first appellate opinion interpreting the “party in possession” exception to a standard title insurance policy, the Western District Court of Appeals held that the provision is unambiguous and that the standard exception to title insurance coverage...