By: Timothy B. Howell and Alex Petrossian , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP The defined terms in any agreement are considered as the building blocks upon which the rest of the agreement is based, particularly when it comes to the negative covenants...

Plaintiffs Norma McCutcheon and Douglas R. Fuller were tenants of defendant United Homes Corporation ("United"). McCutcheon was injured when she fell down an unlighted flight of stairs leading from her apartment. Fuller was injured as he descended...

Appellant creators developed a television series, "Monty Python." Under a contract with a British broadcasting association, the creators retained strict creative control over the finished programs. The British broadcasting association licensed...

Respondent warden argued that a city police officer's probable cause for arrest without a warrant could be supported by sufficient factual information. He argued that a reviewing court should use less stringent standards for a police officer's...

United States v. Carrigan United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit November 7, 1986, Filed No. 86-2152 Opinion  [*601]  LOGAN, Circuit Judge. This is a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking vacation of a pretrial order directing that defendants...

Companies must disclose the information required by Rule 14a-101 (known as Schedule 14a) under the Exchange Act when filing a proxy statement. Use this template to draft a questionnaire that gathers the information required to be disclosed by directors...

MTR. OF NYC v ANTOINETTE R. Supreme Court of New York, Queens County April 21, 1995, Decided Index No. 005518/95 Opinion  [*1014]   [**1009]  Robert C. McGann, J. The issue presented at this special proceeding is whether  [*1015]  the respondent, a person...

In aid of the government's position in a different case, plaintiff U.S. Attorney General subpoenaed defendant, Internet search engine, to compile and produce a massive amount of information from the search engine's search index, and to turn over...

In Feb. 1982, plaintiff Hugh Schurtz purchased a 1982 BMW 320i from defendant BMW of Murray. The car carried a written warranty limiting defendant BMW of North America, Inc.'s responsibility to the repair or replacement of defective parts within three...

The Department of Pensions and Security of Alabam, a state participating in the Federal Government’s Aid to Families With Dependent Children Program (AFDC), issued a so-called “substitute father” regulation, which denied AFDC payments...