Commercial Settlement Report: November 2025 - ADR Systems

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ADR Systems has released its Commercial Settlement Report for November 2025, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month. Review the report now.

Case Types, Neutrals & Claims

This month’s report features contract, employment, fiduciary duty and partnership dispute cases settled by Hon. Mitchell L. Hoffman, (Ret.), Hon. Michael J. Hogan, (Ret.)Hon. Lisa R. Curcio, (Ret.), Hon. Kay M. Hanlon, (Ret.) and Hon. Patrick J. Sherlock, (Ret.). In these cases, our neutrals navigated issues stemming from enterprise resource system (ERP) installation, the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (“IWPCA”), cyber theft and business valuations.

Confidentiality

All cases mentioned in this report remain confidential. Only a brief description of the case, practice area and neutral involved will be mentioned. Besides case information, the report provides easy access to information about our neutrals. You can download the settlement report and click on a neutral’s photo to read their biography.

Value of this Resource

ADR Systems began to produce monthly Commercial Settlement Reports in 2022 to provide plaintiff and defense counsel with greater insight into the breadth of commercial matters that our neutrals routinely resolve. Each case at ADR Systems is unique, yet counsel often see similarities between cases they are litigating and those whose anonymous claims we have featured in our monthly reports. We hope that after making such connections, they will contact us at adrsystems.com and mediate their next dispute with our neutrals.

All neutrals at ADR Systems are retired judges and seasoned attorneys with decades of litigation, judicial and ADR experience. Learn more about our neutrals and the numerous types of cases they are qualified to resolve.

Download ADR Systems’ Commercial Settlement Report for November 2025.

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ADR Systems – Commercial Settlement Report, November 2025. A blue gradient background with the ADR Systems logo on the left. The report lists five settlements. Each entry includes a circular headshot beside the text, but the alt text does not identify the individuals shown. Breach of Fiduciary Duty – Settled dispute involving claims of substantial cyber-theft allegedly due to failure of fundamental security procedures and fraud protection controls. Name listed: Hon. Lisa R. Curcio, (Ret.). Contract – Settled dispute involving alleged breach of contractual obligations, including failure to deliver a functional enterprise resource system (ERP) and training. Name listed: Hon. Mitchell L. Hoffman, (Ret.). Employment – Settled dispute involving claims that defendant violated the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act by allegedly concealing revenue to avoid commission payments. Name listed: Hon. Michael J. Hogan, (Ret.). Partnership Dispute – Settled dispute involving alleged breach of promissory notes and guaranty related to dissolution of business co-ownership and counterclaims regarding valuation. Name listed: Hon. Kay M. Hanlon, (Ret.). Partnership Dispute – Settled dispute involving conflicting company ownership percentages and alleged underpayment in a company buyout. Name listed: Hon. Patrick J. Sherlock, (Ret.). Footer text states that cases remain confidential and only brief descriptions, practice areas, and neutral names are provided.

 

 

 

 

I want to thank you on behalf of my client and me, and especially thank Judge Casciato, who did such an excellent job getting our case settled during a remote Zoom mediation. I always recommend ADR Systems and your great mediators to attorneys who ask me. In fact, in my judgment, your firm put alternative dispute resolution (ADR) on the map in Illinois. ADR Systems provides a cost-effective means of resolving lawsuits in a mutually satisfactory manner. Keep up the excellent work!  

Mark P. Standa, Esq.Mark P. Standa, P.C.
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