R.F. Technologies, Inc. et al v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP et al
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MEMORANDUM Order. Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 4/11/2017. Mailed notice (mc, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
R.F. TECHNOLOGIES, INC., an Illinois
Corporation, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
LeCLAIR RYAN, P.C., a Virginia
Professional Corporation, et al.,
Defendants.
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Case No. 17 C 1886
MEMORANDUM ORDER
At the April 7 status hearing in this action, this Court made several oral rulings that were
memorialized in this minute entry (Dkt. No. 16):
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Milton I. Shadur: Status hearing held on
4/7/2017. As indicated in open court, the Court strikes plaintiffs' amended
complaint. The plaintiffs' are directed to file a proper amendment to the
complaint by 4/21/2017. The court directs defendants Thomas O'Leary and
LeClair Ryan to deliver to chambers by 4/28/2017, a hard copy of their motion to
dismiss that was filed in state court. Status hearing set for 5/1/2017 at 9:00 a.m.
Mailed notice (wp, )
Instead of waiting until the latter part of this month to deliver to this Court's chambers the motion
to dismiss this action that had been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County before the case was
removed to this District Court, counsel for co-defendants Thomas O'Leary and LeClair Ryan, PC
swiftly provided the requested (and unexpectedly bulky) motion on the very next working day,
April 10.
That motion has painted an appalling picture of the conduct of the present co-plaintiffs,
R.F. Technologies, Inc. and its shareholder and chief executive officer Bob Noorian, in the
underlying action in which they were represented by the lawyers whom they are now suing on
malpractice charges in this case. This Court sees no reason to wait for the May 1 status hearing
date that was set by the April 7 minute entry, for plaintiffs and their counsel have a good deal of
explaining to do to support the maintenance of this action under the standards of subjective and
objective good faith demanded by Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b), which are applicable now that their
lawsuit has come to a federal forum. Accordingly a status hearing is set to be held at 8:45 a.m.
April 18, 2017.
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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date: April 11, 2017
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