The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) applies to financial institutions who communicate with consumers via telephone, fax, text, or social media. The use of robocalls, auto dialers, and text messaging for telemarketing is permissible where a financial...

Uptier or liability management transactions (LMTs) are a controversial breed of funded debt transaction, the essence of which is to allow a borrower to evade certain secured lenders' sacred rights provisions and create a higher tier of new, supersenior...

In the last three years, courts have seen an increase in insurance cases involving a variety of claims, including business liability policy cases, hurricane-related cases, and homeowners policy cases Menlo Park, CA — Lex Machina, a LexisNexis...

Defendants, regional transportation authority and its advertising licensee, refused to display a poster for plaintiff advertiser. The advertiser alleged breach of contract, First and Fourteenth Amendment violations, and sought declaratory and injunctive...

A client sued a law firm and its attorneys for legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraudulent concealment. The client accused defendants of losing his right to seek redress from an unlicensed talent agent because defendants failed to timely...

A taxpayer filed suit for refund of $ 4,940, which had been seized from the plaintiff by state police under a defective warrant directing a search for bookmaking paraphernalia and levied upon by the Internal Revenue Service under an assessment for wagering...

Plaintiff sustained injuries when a fire pot and fuel gel purchased from defendant suddenly combusted and exploded.

Plaintiff filed an action against defendant for trademark and trade dress infringement, dilution, and related federal and state law claims. It alleges that defendant willfully infringed on plaintiff’s trademark rights by marketing and selling footwear...

Petitioner medical products company sued respondent patentee, seeking a judgment declaring that products it manufactured did not infringe the patentee's patents and that the patents were invalid. The district court found that the patentee had the...

Plaintiff designed a guitar incorporating defendant’s symbol, which he conceded was a derivative work within the meaning of 17 U.S.C.S. § 101 and showed it to defendant. Defendant soon began appearing in public with his own guitar of essentially...