This handbook is a guide to the system of jurisprudence administered in courts of equity. The maxims of equity that are essential to understanding jurisdiction and proper pleading as well as the practical application of special remedies are explored through chapters covering topics including specific performance; rescission and reformation; interpleader; prosecuting securities fraud class actions; actions in accounting; quo warranto, mandamus, and prohibition; guardians and receivers; administrative review; restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and fiduciary duties; constructive trusts; litigation to set aside a fraudulent transfer; subrogation; and principles of contempt. The handbook contains multiple sample petitions, complaints, forms, and orders.
Chapter 1 — Guideposts in Chancery: The Maxims of Equity
F. Kevin Murnighan, Carey White Boland Murnighan & Murray, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 2 — Principles of Contempt
Don R. Sampen and Joseph J. Ferrini, Clausen Miller P.C., Chicago
Chapter 3 — Specific Performance
Barton O’Brien, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Rescission and Reformation
Hugh S. Balsam and Jonathan B. Turpin, Locke Lord LLP, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Interpleader
Alex B. Mahler and Caitlin D. Sinclair, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Prosecuting Securities Fraud Class Actions
Alexander J. Sweatman, Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Chicago
Chapter 7 — Actions in Accounting
Richard L. Whitman, Sr., The Whitman Law Office, Monmouth
Chapter 8 — Quo Warranto, Mandamus, and Prohibition
Don R. Sampen and Joseph J. Ferrini, Clausen Miller P.C., Chicago
Chapter 9 — Guardians and Receivers
Jillian S. Cole and Jackson Willenborg, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Administrative Review
Owen E. MacBride, ArentFox Schiff LLP, Chicago
Chapter 11 — Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets, and Fiduciary Duties: The Foundation To Safeguard Competitive Business Advantage
Elizabeth E. Babbitt, Courtney Kabbes, and Allison M. Lovell, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chicago
Chapter 12 — Constructive Trusts
William H. Hrabak, Jr., Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec and Hoff, Ltd., Burr Ridge
Chapter 13 — Litigating the Suit To Set Aside a Fraudulent Transfer
Andrew R. Schwartz, Schwartz Law Group, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 14 — Subrogation
George D. Pilja, Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff PC, Chicago, and Matthew D. Freiman, SubroIQ, Pittsburg, PA
