Halal Guys Must Conduct 2nd Discovery Search In Dispute With Franchisee

Mealey's (July 7, 2020, 10:42 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Finding merit to a franchisee’s assertion of incomplete discovery responses from franchisor The Halal Guys Franchise Inc. (THG) due to the involvement of self-interested parties implicated in the contract dispute, an Illinois federal magistrate judge on July 1 granted the franchisee’s motion to compel a second search for responsive documents (H Guys LLC v. The Halal Guys Franchise Inc., No. 1:19-cv-04974, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115000)....