Northern District of Illinois Service and Proof of Service Rules

Third parties not named in the complaint cannot be named in active concert with defendants unless active concert is proven and they receive advance notice and opportunity to be heard.

Source text: Third parties not named in the complaint (e.g., Amazon, eBay, DHgate) cannot be named as in active concert or participation with the defendants unless their active concert or participation is proven and they receive advance notice and an opportunity to be heard before the Court enters any order against them. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d)(2); Lake Shore Asset Mgmt. Ltd. v. Commodity Futures Trading Comm’n., 511 F.3d 762 (7th Cir. 2007).

Parties must exchange settlement letters with opposing counsel prior to the settlement conference.

Source text: Plaintiff’s counsel must submit a settlement letter to Defendant’s counsel and the Court, describing the nature of the action, the theory of liability, Plaintiff’s demand and its reasoned basis, an itemization of damages, and Defendant’s counsel must submit a settlement letter to Plaintiff’s counsel and the Court in response to Plaintiff’s demand, describing the theory of defense and Defendant’s offer, including an explanation for it.