Legal Opinion

Strabala v. Zhang

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided November 18, 2016No. 15 C 1228PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Honorable Thomas M. Durkin, United States District Judge

Plaintiff Jay Marshall Strabala brought this action against Defendants Qiao Zhang and Zhou Shimiao (referred to collectively as “Defendants” and individually as “Zhang” and “Zhou”)1 alleging defamation and intentional interference with his business. The parties are former partners in an architectural services firm called 2DEFINE Architecture (“2DEFINE”). For reasons that are very much in dispute, the partnership soured and litigation ensued, first in China where the partnership was centered, and then in…

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