By: Annemargaret Connolly and Thomas D. Goslin , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Climate change is arguably the most high-profile and rapidly evolving environmental issue facing the global business community today. Governments of nearly every nation...

By: Deonne Cunningham , Lead Counsel, North America Business (Wholesale), Direct Energy This article outlines the various steps that are required for acquiring or constructing a new natural gas facility and/or pipeline infrastructure project. YOU...

The son signed promissory notes which were unpaid. Upon delinquency, the bank agreed to combine the notes and extend the time for payment on the condition that the father co-sign the promissory note for the combined amounts of the delinquent notes. The...

Plaintiff-appellant Donald Anderson, who later died of silicosis while this case was on appeal, was an employee of Tri-Kote, Inc. (“Tri-Kote”), which had a contract with Marathon Petroleum Company (“Marathon”) to clean the inside...

The disputed uniform policy adopted by defendant Forney Independent School District ("District") required students to wear solid color polo-type shirts with collars, oxford-type shirts, or blouses with collars in one of four colors (white, yellow...

By: Dwight Smith , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. Bank financing can take several forms, including commercial loans, repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing transactions, all of which are subject to regulation at the federal and...

The daughter claimed she was entitled to a share of the decedent's estate as a forced heir due to her mother's putative marriage. Defendants' pleas of res adjudicata were rejected, but the court upheld the doctrine of res adjudicata, as the...

Plaintiffs challenged the California Health and Safety Code § 25982, a provision that bans the sale of products made from force-fed birds, such as foie gras. The panel rejected plaintiffs' express preemption argument - that California's sales...

Plaintiff football players filed an antitrust action against defendant clubs after their collective bargaining agreement expired. Plaintiffs moved for partial summary judgment on whether the Sherman Act protected defendants' continued imposition of...

Chaudhry v. Gallerizzo United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit December 1, 1998, Argued ; April 5, 1999, Decided No. 98-1024, No. 98-1595 Opinion  [*399]  OPINION MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs, Mohammad and Diana Chaudhry, filed the...