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March 01, 2023

Hudsonview Co. v. Jenkins

Hudsonview Co. v. Jenkins Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County June 4, 1996, Decided 96-303 Opinion  [*389]   [**742]  Michael D. Stallman, J.  [*390]  Does a landlord waive its right to maintain an illegal use eviction proceeding by accepting rent...

March 01, 2023

Feld Motor Sports, Inc. v. Traxxas, L.P.

Feld Motor Sports, Inc. v. Traxxas, L.P. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit June 30, 2017, Filed No. 16-40686 Opinion  [*593]  CARL E. STEWART, Chief Judge: Traxxas, LP ("Traxxas") appeals the district court's order rendering judgment...

March 01, 2023

2022 Pat. App. LEXIS 5786

2022 Pat. App. LEXIS 5786 Patent Trial and Appeal Board Representative Orders, Decisions and Notices November 21, 2022, Decided IPR2021-00917, Paper 31 ; Patent 7,933,431 B2 USPTO Bd of Patent Appeals & Interferences; Patent Trial & Appeal Bd Decs. Opinion...

January 30, 2023

Law Firms Pivot Away from Billable Hour to Meet Shifting Client Demands

In-house legal counsel are strong-arming their law firm panels into offering alternative fee structures in a bid to reduce costs and increase clarity. LONDON, UK — Today, LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of legal information...

October 07, 2021

Chattanooga Prof'l Baseball Llc v. Nat'l Cas. Co.

Chattanooga Prof'l Baseball Llc v. Nat'l Cas. Co. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 11, 2021, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California; October 1, 2021, Filed No. 20-17422 Opinion MEMORANDUM 2 Owners and operators of several...

July 09, 2021

Univ. of Houston Sys. v. Jim Olive Photography

Univ. of Houston Sys. v. Jim Olive Photography Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston June 11, 2019, Opinion Issued NO. 01-18-00534-CV Opinion  [*363]  In this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of a plea to the jurisdiction, we...

March 11, 2021

Salon XL Color & Design Grp., LLC v. W. Bend Mut. Ins. Co.

Salon XL Color & Design Grp., LLC v. W. Bend Mut. Ins. Co. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division February 4, 2021, Decided; February 4, 2021, Filed Civil Case No. 20-11719 Opinion OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN...

February 09, 2021

Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc.

Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit January 30, 2015, Argued; July 2, 2015, Decided; January 25, 2016, Amended Nos. 13-4478-cv, 13-4481-cv Opinion  [*531]  John M. Walker, Jr. , Circuit Judge : Plaintiffs...

January 11, 2021

Seaborne-Worsley v. Mintiens

Respondent Jeffrey Mintiens backed his truck out of a parking space and struck a car in which Petitioner Victoria Worsley seated. Petitioner’s husband had driven the couple to the restaurant and left the car and his wife stopped in a travel lane perpendicular...

January 11, 2021

Dunn v. United States

Petitioner's testimony before a grand jury in June 1976 implicated one Musgrave in various drug-related offenses, and an indictment of Musgrave followed. On September 30, 1976, petitioner recanted his testimony in an oral statement made under oath in the office...

December 11, 2020

Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak

Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak Supreme Court of the United States July 24, 2020, Decided No. 19A1070. Opinion  [*2603]   [**1129]  Application for injunctive relief presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court denied. Dissent by:  ALITO;...

November 11, 2020

Insights from the Media Buzz of the 2020 Election

When it comes to the 2020 election season, the Grateful Dead said it best: “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” From the jam-packed Democratic primaries that fielded more than 25 candidates to the campaign trail transformed by a global pandemic...

October 12, 2020

Waldbaum v. Fairchild Publ'ns

Eric Waldbaum filed suit against Fairchild Publications, Inc. (Fairchild) after Waldbaum was dismissed as president and chief executive officer of a diversified consumer cooperative that, during Waldbaum’s tenure, ranked as the second largest cooperative...

August 13, 2020

D'Agostino v. ev3, Inc.

D'Agostino v. ev3, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit December 23, 2016, Decided No. 16-1126 Opinion  [*3]  KAYATTA, Circuit Judge . This qui tam action makes its second appearance before us. Last year, we held that the district court...

August 13, 2020

Breest v Haggis

Breest v Haggis Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department December 26, 2019, Decided; December 26, 2019, Entered 161137/17, 9783 Opinion  [**323]   [*83]  Defendant appeals  [***2]  from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Robert...

January 17, 2020

Balzac v. Porto Rico

Defendant was convicted for misdemeanor criminal libel. He was the editor of a daily newspaper published in Puerto Rico. He challenged the decision on the ground that he was denied the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.

October 18, 2019

KEWANEE v. BICRON

Petitioner was a leading manufacturer of a type of synthetic crystal, which was useful in the detection of ionizing radiation. Before termination with petitioner, respondents executed, as a condition of employment, at least one agreement each requiring them not...

August 20, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court Weighs-in on State-Legal Cannabis Businesses

Business owners, including attorneys, know how important the federal tax deduction for “ordinary and necessary” business expenses is to their profitability and survival. The less money a business pays in taxes, the more profits it has with which to...

May 21, 2019

Hanke v. Hanke

On August 1, 1990, Mr. and Ms. Hanke were divorced by a judgment of the Circuit Court for Harford County. Mary Elizabeth Hanke was granted custody of their child. Dan Wolf Hanke was awarded overnight visitation rights. Ms. Hanke appealed. Ms. Hanke's concern...

October 23, 2018

David Joins Goliath: Is Your Small Law Firm Ready for a Merger?

Over the last few years, law firms have merged in record numbers, and 2018 has been no exception. The trend has been most prevalent in Big Law, but also holds true for small law firms seeking to expand their footprint and maximize resources through combinations...

August 25, 2018

United States Naval Inst. v. Charter Communs., Inc.

Naval, as the assignee of the author's copyright in Red October , entered into a licensing agreement with Berkley in September 1984 (the "Agreement"), granting Berkley the exclusive license to publish a paperback edition of the Book "not sooner...

August 24, 2018

Waddle v. Elrod

Regent Investments 1, LLC ("Regent") sued octogenarian Earline Waddle, and her niece, Lorene Elrod. According to the allegations of the complaint, Regent contracted to purchase from Ms. Waddle approximately four acres of real property located at 2268...

August 24, 2018

Louis W. Epstein Family P'ship v. KMart Corp.

Appellant landowner planned to develop its property, which plans included erection of traffic control devices. This proposal required moving a sign owned by appellee store and alter ingress to property of appellees, store and easement holder. The store and easement...

August 24, 2018

Lige Dickson Co. v. Union Oil Co.

Plaintiff alleged that he had an oral contract to buy asphalt at a fixed price from defendant. Plaintiff entered into contracts in reliance on the oral agreement. Defendant then raised the asphalt prices, causing plaintiff financial losses. Plaintiff filed an action...

May 30, 2023

Thar’ He Blows: Wind, Water, and the Atlantic Hurricane Season

Learn more about “anti-concurrent causation” clauses in this commentary about wind-water disputes, brought to you by coverage expert Randy Maniloff. Read now » Related Content ISO's Flood Exclusion Amendments and Hurricane Ian Claims...

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