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ECKHARDT v. IDEA FACTORY, LLC

1-21-0813.

193 N.E.3d 182 (2021)

2021 IL App (1st) 210813

Thomas Donovan ECKHARDT Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The IDEA FACTORY, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, d/b/a Big Table Media, and Scripps Networks, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, d/b/a HGTV, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Filed September 30, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Hogan , of McCabe & Hogan, P.C., of Palatine, for appellant.

Steven A. Levy , of Goldberg Kohn Ltd., of Chicago, and Josh H. Escovedo , of Weintraub Tobin Law Corp., of Sacramento, California, for appellee The Idea Factory, LLC.

Steven P. Mandell , Brian D. Saucier , and George V. Desh , of Mandell Menkes LLC, of Chicago, for other appellee.

OPINION

¶ 1 In this appeal, we determine whether a contract's forum selection clause— where a television production company engaged an individual to appear as an "On-Camera Personality" and "Renovation Expert" for a "reality" show about renovating houses—...

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