Mealey's (December 14, 2018, 10:40 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A motion to dismiss filed by an investment bank and its agent was denied Dec. 13 by an Illinois federal judge, who rejected as premature the defendants’ claim that the information in dispute is factual and not subject to copyright protection (UIRC-GSA Holdings Inc. v. William Blair & Company, et al., No. 15-9518, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210499)....