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William K. Kane
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Chicago
191 North Wacker Drive
Suite 3100
Chicago, IL 60606-1901

T 312.416.6211
F 312.416.6251

Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2005
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1993
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2004
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 1990
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar, 1986
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1986
  • Illinois, 1986

Education

  • J.D., John Marshall Law School, 1986
  • B.S., Business Administration-Finance, Miami University, 1982

William K. Kane

Bill Kane focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and government controversy. He represents clients in state and federal courts in business disputes related to contracts, business torts and competition cases involving trade secrets, noncompetition agreements, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, unfair competition and antitrust. Mr. Kane has significant experience in representing clients who require emergency legal assistance in obtaining injunctive relief as a result of unfair business competition and/or trade secret theft by business competitors or former company executives. He conducts internal corporate investigations and provides corporate counseling and advice. Mr. Kane’s practice also includes representing corporate officers who are the subject of parallel civil and criminal proceedings.

Following his admission to the bar, Mr. Kane was an Assistant Illinois Attorney General from 1986 to 1991, where he represented state agencies and members of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government before administrative boards and in state and federal court.

Mr. Kane’s representative experience includes:

  • Represented a private company against former company executives in prosecuting one of the first civil claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
  • Defended a mutual fund portfolio manager against multimillion-dollar claims of trade secret theft related to alleged proprietary capital models.
  • Represented a private equity firm in a multimillion-dollar dispute related to a M&A transaction with a European public company.
  • Defended a publicly traded national electronics retailer against multimillion-dollar civil RICO and fraud claims.

Mr. Kane is a member of the American Bar Association sections on Antitrust, International Law and Litigation and the Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations.

His civic activities include:

  • Director: Children’s Memorial Hospital Foundation - Chicago
  • Director: Chicago’s Cabrini Connections Mentor Program
  • Member: Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Events
6/18/2013 The Hedge Fund Industry in 2013: A New Financial and Regulatory Landscape

Executive Alert / Newsletters
12/7/2011 The Illinois Supreme Court Reaffirms Legal Test for Restrictive Covenants