• Harper & Row, Publrs. v. Nation Enters.

    Harper & Row, Publrs. v. Nation Enters. Supreme Court of the United States November 6, 1984, Argued ; May 20, 1985, Decided No. 83-1632 Opinion  [1073]   [*541]   [***595]   [**2221]  JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court. This case...

  • Kim v. Samsung SDS Am., Inc.

    Kim v. Samsung SDS Am., Inc. Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District October 22, 2019, Opinion Filed H044775 Opinion Following the termination of his employment at respondent Samsung SDS America, Inc. (Samsung), appellant Joohong Kim brought...

  • Ismail v. DS Smith PLC

    Ismail v. DS Smith PLC United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania June 19, 2019, Decided; June 19, 2019, Filed CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-2881 JLS Opinion REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION I. Relevant Procedural History On October 30, 2018...

  • Ramos v. Louisiana

    Ramos v. Louisiana Supreme Court of the United States October 7, 2019, Argued; April 20, 2020, Decided No. 18-5924. Opinion Justice Gorsuch announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II-A, III,...

  • Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.

    Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit March 17, 2020, Decided 2019-1419 Opinion  [*1368]  Lourie , Circuit Judge . Illumina, Inc. and Sequenom, Inc. (collectively, "Illumina") appeal...

  • Idenix Pharms. LLC v. Gilead Scis. Inc.

    Idenix Pharms. LLC v. Gilead Scis. Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit October 30, 2019, Decided 2018-1691 Opinion  [*1153]  Prost , Chief Judge . Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC and Universita Degli Studi Di Cagliari (collectively...

  • Helmerich & Payne Int'l Drilling Co. v. Schlumberger Tech. Corp.

    H&P and Omron Oilfield & Marine, Inc. entered into a license agreement concerning certain software developed for use in the oil industry. The license agreement granted H&P a right to use and modify the software in the conduct of H&P's...

  • Uffner v. La Reunion Francaise

    Defendants, La Reunion Francaise, S.A. ("La Reunion"), T.L. Dallas & Co. Ltd. ("T.L. Dallas"), and Schaeffer & Associates, Inc. ("Schaeffer"), issued and underwrote a marine policy for plaintiff Daniel L. Uffner,...

  • Supreme Court’s Stealth Revolution in Civil Procedure by Jim Wagstaffe

    The U.S. Supreme Court steadily and without fanfare has been revolutionizing multiple areas of civil procedure to provide litigants with a battleplan to win their cases. The stealth procedural weapons include personal jurisdiction, venue forum selection...
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  • C. N. v. Ridgewood Bd. of Educ.

    In the fall of the 1999 school year, school officials in the Ridgewood public school district in New Jersey administered a survey entitled "Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors" to students in the 7th through 12th grades. The survey...