13 Cited authorities

  1. Avery v. State Farm

    216 Ill. 2d 100 (Ill. 2005)   Cited 752 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding claims of non-Illinois plaintiffs insufficient where the only connection to Illinois is the headquarters of the defendant and the fact that a scheme "was disseminated" from Illinois
  2. Oliveira v. Amoco Oil Co.

    201 Ill. 2d 134 (Ill. 2002)   Cited 336 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that those who "know the truth" do not have a valid ICFA claim
  3. Lake Co. Grading v. Adv. Mech. Contract

    275 Ill. App. 3d 452 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995)   Cited 136 times
    Finding no error in the trial court's decision to allow defendant to assert setoff as an affirmative defense, despite the fact that it should properly have been labeled a counterclaim
  4. Athey Products Corp. v. Harris Bank Roselle

    89 F.3d 430 (7th Cir. 1996)   Cited 132 times
    Holding that a pharmacy benefit manager ("PBM") did not act with fraudulent intent when it promised to pay commissions to a company that facilitated contracts between PBMs and organizations seeking administrators for prescription benefit plans in connection with a third-party contract being pursued by the PBM and the company, thus precluding the company's recovery under Illinois law on an unjust enrichment claim that was predicated on the allegedly fraudulent nature of the PBM's promise
  5. Shaw v. Hyatt Intern. Corp.

    461 F.3d 899 (7th Cir. 2006)   Cited 49 times
    Affirming dismissal of ICFA claim where plaintiff sought merely "to enforce an unfulfilled contractual promise"
  6. Sklodowski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

    358 Ill. App. 3d 696 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005)   Cited 39 times
    Rejecting Consumer Fraud Act claim based on failure to "promptly" return escrow funds as promised in contract
  7. Frye v. L'Oreal USA, Inc.

    583 F. Supp. 2d 954 (N.D. Ill. 2008)   Cited 27 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Suggesting that an ICFA plaintiff could plead actual damage by alleging "that she would have purchased cheaper lipstick"
  8. Langendorf v. Conseco Senior Health Insurance Company

    590 F. Supp. 2d 1020 (N.D. Ill. 2008)   Cited 7 times
    Distinguishing Gehrett and dismissing deceptive practices claim where deceptive practice was the same conduct forming the basis for a breach of contract claim
  9. Scarsdale Builders v. Ryland Group

    911 F. Supp. 337 (N.D. Ill. 1996)   Cited 17 times
    In Scarsdale Builders, Judge Shadur undertook an extensive analysis of the question of whether, where the litigation involves two businesses, injury to consumers in general is required.
  10. Xydakis v. Target, Inc.

    333 F. Supp. 2d 686 (N.D. Ill. 2004)   Cited 7 times
    Indicating that the Illinois legislature "made it clear that only parties actually harmed by * * * a violation [of the Consumer Fraud Act] could bring a private action"
  11. Section 815 ILCS 505/2

    815 ILCS 505/2   Cited 1,386 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting "[u]nfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices"