Thornwood, Inc. v. Jenner & Block

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• holding that the claims were based on alleged breaches of fiduciary duty which were explicitly released, and thus the claims were barred by the release
• holding that an aiding-and-abetting-fraud plaintiff must allege that: “(1) the party whom the defendant aids must perform a wrongful act which causes an injury; (2
• finding plaintiff did not know of fraud claims when signing release because it did not become aware of defendant’s fraudulent conduct until almost four years after signing the release
• finding no ratification because even if the plaintiff had retained some benefit under the settlement agreement, he timely sought to rescind the settlement agreement and its related releases upon discovering the alleged fraud
• listing Illinois law elements of aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty
• release of “claims related to” breach of fiduciary duty applied to claims of fraud and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty

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