STATE EX REL. HURST v. FANATICS, INC.

No. 1-19-2159.

189 N.E.3d 498 (2021)

2021 IL App (1st) 192159

The STATE of Illinois EX REL. Matthew HURST and Sarraf Gentile LLP, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FANATICS, INC., Fanatics Retail Group, Inc.; Fanatics Retail Group Chicago, Inc.; Fanatics Retail Group North, Inc.; Fanatics Retail Group Fulfullment, Inc.; Dreams Retail Corporation; Fansedge, Inc., and Does 1-10, Defendants-Appellees (The State of Illinois, Intervenor-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Filed March 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Hurst , of Heffner Hurst, of Chicago, and Ronen Sarraf and Joseph Gentile , of Sarraf Gentile LLP, of Great Neck, New York, appellants.

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Frank H. Bieszczat , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellee the State of Illinois.

Gail H. Morse and Andrew D. Hoeg , of Jenner & Block LLP, of Chicago, for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 Relators-appellants, Matthew Hurst and Sarraf Gentile LLP, brought this qui tam action under the Illinois False Claims Act (Act) (740 ILCS 175/1 et seq. (West 2016)) against defendants Fanatics, Inc., and its subsidiaries (collectively referred...

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