(December 1, 2017, 4:34 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on Nov. 29 partially granted a motion filed by property investors who were unable to obtain a mortgage to dismiss a counterclaim by a seller for breach of contract for liquidated damages, finding that a liquidated damages provision in a modification to a purchase agreement was unenforceable (Randall Ewing, et al. v. 1645 W. Farragut LLC, No. 16-cv-9930, N.D. Ill., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 196197)....