Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) has been on corporate boardroom agendas for some time, but it has attracted more urgency in the last two years, fueled by a growing sense of unrest and a wider call for social justice during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Cassell v. Vanderbilt Univ. United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division January 5, 2018, Filed NO. 3:16-cv-02086 Opinion  [*1060]  MEMORANDUM OPINION Pending before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Dismiss...

Defendant was convicted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C.S. §§ 1961-1968, for conspiracy to conduct and participate in the affairs of an enterprise, engaged in interstate commerce, through a pattern...

Petitioners Charles Liu and Xin Wang solicited foreign nationals to invest in the construction of a cancer-treatment center, but, an SEC investigation revealed, misappropriated much of the funds in violation of the terms of a private offering memorandum...

Am. Bev. Ass'n v. City & Cty. of San Francisco United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit September 25, 2018, Argued and Submitted En Banc, Pasadena, California; January 31, 2019, Filed No. 16-16072, No. 16-16073 Opinion  [*753]  GRABER...

Garmin International, Inc., and Garmin USA, Inc. sought inter partes review of all 20 claims of a patent held by petitioner Cuozzo, asserting, among other things, that claim 17 was obvious in light of three prior patents. The Patent Office agreed to review...

Christopher and his mother, Laura J. Broadbent, went swimming at the family residence on April 13, 1984, their first day of swimming that year. Christopher was wearing "floaties," which are inflatable rings worn on the arms to assist a child...

Libellant fisherman shot a fin-back whale with a bomb-lance identifiable as belonging to him, which caused it to sink to the bottom of the ocean. A local custom existed in the community that when a whale resurfaced, the fisherman would be notified and...

The decedent was riding a bright orange bike, which had a reflector, through an intersection when the driver struck the decedent. There was evidence showing that the driver attempted to stop, causing the car to spin out of control, and to knock down a...

Plaintiff, a cellular telephone company, filed a motion for summary judgment on its claims under § 704 (47 U.S.C.S. § 332(c)(7)(B)) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, challenging the denial by defendant, the County of Madera, California...