Attorney Carmen D. Caruso will be a speaker for the Franchisee Litigation Perspective session at the 2019 International Franchise Association’s Legal Symposium on May 6. The session will focus on considerations for franchisee lawyers from the new case walking in the...
Attorney Carmen D. Caruso, principal of Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm in Chicago is honored to be named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, the Trial Lawyer Honorary Society based in New York City. The Litigation Counsel of America is an invitation-only trial...
Attorney Carmen D. Caruso will be a speaker at the Specialty Seminar, “New Opportunities Await – Uncover A Diamond in the Rough” at the 2019 International Franchise Association’s Annual Convention on February 25. The seminar looks at the unique opportunity to spur...
We are proud to announce that Carmen D. Caruso has been selected a 2019 Illinois Super Lawyer. Carmen has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a top rated attorney in Franchise and Dealership for 14 years. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from...
Carmen D. Caruso addressed a meeting of over 300 McDonald’s franchise owners gathered in Tampa, Florida, who are seeking to work with McDonald’s to positively impact the system for the benefit of all franchisees, McDonald’s company, its shareholders, and ultimately...
Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm has obtained a confidential settlement agreement for a Muslim-American franchisee that immigrated from Pakistan and alleged violations of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. Section 1981. The settlement will allow the franchisee to remain in...
Carmen Caruso and Xiaoyin Cao of Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm have won a $3.5 million increase to the price a local real estate developer will pay their clients to acquire approximately 400 acres of undeveloped real estate in Kissimmee, Florida. Carmen D. Caruso Law...
Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm prevailed in a recent confidential arbitration proceeding, convincing a panel of three arbitrators in Nashville, Tennessee in a six-day hearing that a prominent manufacturer breached a dealership agreement by terminating its dealer for...
Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm obtained a cash settlement for a prominent Chicago Rabbi after his synagogue failed to pay him the deferred earnings it has promised to pay in a written plan. The synagogue had failed to keep up with changes in the tax laws, creating a...
Nationally recognized franchise and dealership trial lawyer, Carmen D. Caruso will lead Franchisees in a discussion of “Class actions or Other Means to Resolve System-Wide Disputes” at the inaugural Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA) Legal Symposium set for...
The American Bar Association Section of Litigation is republishing a webinar Carmen D. Caruso recently hosted on jury selection and jury argument in divisive cases in our divisive times. Read the full article here.
On March 22, 2018, Balestriere Fariello of New York and Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm in Chicago filed a defamation lawsuit against William (“Bill”) James O’Reilly, the former host of The O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Network, LLC, on behalf of Plaintiff Laurie Dhue, a...