A lawsuit resulted from a contract between Vulcan Metals to purchase and Simmons Mfg. to sell vacuum cleaners. The district court denied Vulcan Metals’ claim regarding Simmons’ alleged misrepresentations, granted judgment on the notes, and...

Motionless Keyboard Company (MKC) owns the '477 and '322 patents . The '477 patent , entitled "Ergonomic Keyboard Input Device," claims an ergonomic keyboard designed to accommodate the architecture of the human hand. According to...

I am not sure if this is the correct Practice Area. We are considering the rights of persons with Exclusive Rights of Burial in the case of, for example, the cemetery being disposed of or security being enforced and so forth. We cannot seem to find...

Picard v. Citibank, N.A. (In re Bernard L. Madoff Inv. Secs. LLC) United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit March 12, 2021, Argued in Tandem; August 30, 2021, Decided Docket Nos. 20-1333, 20-1334 Opinion  [*178]  WESLEY, Circuit Judge : These...

United States ex rel. LaCorte v. Wagner United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit June 8, 1999, Argued ; July 16, 1999, Decided No. 98-2629 Opinion  [*190]  OPINION WILKINSON, Chief Judge: Ramona Wagner and Jeanine Dehner seek to intervene...

Dennis v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York November 26, 2018, Decided; November 26, 2018, Filed 16-cv-6496 (LAK) Opinion  [*406]  MEMORANDUM OPINION Lewis A. Kaplan , District Judge .  [*407]...

Take a look at the attorney roster of Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb and you’ll see a diverse mix of legal professionals. As attorney D.G. Pantazis explains, that’s because the firm members pride themselves on bringing together...

Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Three October 9, 2019, Opinion Filed B283218 Opinion  [**800]  EGERTON, J. —Does “regular rate of compensation” for calculating meal or rest break premium...

Polygram Records, Inc. v. Superior Court Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Two July 24, 1985 No. A029779 Opinion  [*545]   [**253]  This case poses the question, among others, whether a joke may give rise to a cause of...

How should holiday pay be calculated for furloughed employees taking annual leave during the furlough period, who normally earn low basic pay plus variable amounts of commission and have holiday pay calculated with reference to earnings in a 12 month...