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Business Law Case Summaries
- Lowe's Home Ctrs., LLC v. Dep't of Revenue Lowe's Home Centers sought reimbursement of state sales taxes and Business and Occupation…
- Ass'n of Wash. Bus. v. Dep't of Ecology At issue was the promulgation of a novel rule by the Washington Department of Ecology addressing…
- Veritas Steel, LLC v. Lunda Construction Co. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's grant…
California Supreme Court Case Summaries
- United Educators of San Francisco, AFT/CFT v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board In this case addressing whether the limitation under Cal. Unemp. Ins. Code 1253.3 that public school…
- Mathews v. Becerra The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeal affirming the judgment of the trial…
- San Diegans for Open Government v. Public Facilities Financing Authority of the City of San Diego The Supreme Court remanded this matter questioning whether Cal. Govt. Code 1092 gave Plaintiff, a…
Class Actions Case Summaries
- Flecha v. Medicredit, Inc. Plaintiff filed a putative class action alleging that Medicredit's collection letter made a false…
- Hamama v. Adducci The federal government entered final removal orders against about 1,000 Iraqi nationals in 2017,…
- Cacho v. Eurostar, Inc. Plaintiffs filed suit against their former employer, Eurostar, alleging that the company violated…
Commercial Law Case Summaries
- Hinrichs v. DOW Chemical Co. The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's…
- Wells Fargo, N.A. v. Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. HomeBanc, in the residential mortgage loan business, obtained financing from Bear Stearns under 2005…
- In re: Avandia Marketing, Sales and Products Liability Litigation Health benefit plans sued GSK, the manufacturer of the prescription drug Avandia, under state…
Construction Law Case Summaries
- Friends of Columbia Gorge v. Energy Fac. Siting Coun. In Friends of Columbia Gorge v. Energy Fac. Siting Coun., 365 Or 371, 446 P3d 53 (2019), the Oregon…
- Lett v. City of Chicago Lett worked as an investigator for Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability. In 2016,…
- US f/u/b of Modern Mosaic, Ltd v. Turner Construction Co. Modern filed suit against Turner, alleging claims arising from a subcontract outlining Modern's…
Consumer Law Case Summaries
- Frost v. ADT Elizabeth Frost died in an accidental house fire. At the time, ADT provided security monitoring…
- Van Hoven v. Buckles & Buckles, P.L.C. Van Hoven, a Michigan attorney, defaulted on a credit card debt. The Buckles law firm, collecting…
- Williams v. First Advantage Background Services Corp. Defendant appealed the district court's denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in…
Contracts Case Summaries
- Chavez v. Arizona Automobile Ins. Co. While driving a car insured by Arizona Automobile Insurance Company, Marlena Whicker rear-ended a…
- Frost v. ADT Elizabeth Frost died in an accidental house fire. At the time, ADT provided security monitoring…
- Ex parte Sonya C. Edwards and Edwards Law, LLC. Sonya C. Edwards and Edwards Law, LLC (collectively, "Edwards"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme…
Injury Law Case Summaries
- Chavez v. Arizona Automobile Ins. Co. While driving a car insured by Arizona Automobile Insurance Company, Marlena Whicker rear-ended a…
- Frost v. ADT Elizabeth Frost died in an accidental house fire. At the time, ADT provided security monitoring…
- GEICO Insurance Co. v. Evans GEICO Insurance Company appealed a trial court judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs Johnson…
Insurance Law Case Summaries
- Chavez v. Arizona Automobile Ins. Co. While driving a car insured by Arizona Automobile Insurance Company, Marlena Whicker rear-ended a…
- GEICO Insurance Co. v. Evans GEICO Insurance Company appealed a trial court judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs Johnson…
- Li v. Department of Justice In 2010 San Diego Sherriff's Deputy Collier died following an accident while on duty. Collier owned…
Intellectual Property Case Summaries
- Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. v. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, LP EIG, publisher of "Oil Daily," filed suit alleging numerous instances of copyright infringement and…
- Eko Brands, LLC v. Adrian Rivera Maynez Enterprises, Inc. ARM's 320 patent describes an adaptor for use with Keurig® single-brew coffee machines or…
- Genentech, Inc. v. Hospira, Inc. Genentech's patent is directed to methods of purifying antibodies and other proteins containing a…
Labor & Employment Law Case Summaries
- Amezcua v. L.A. County Civil Service Commission The Court of Appeal affirmed the district court's judgment denying a petition for writ of mandate…
- Meyer v. McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc. Plaintiff, an employee of 4T Construction, filed suit against McKenzie under both negligence-based…
- Holland v. Arch Coal, Inc. The DC Circuit held that the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (Coal Act) required…
Professional Malpractice & Ethics Case Summaries
- Ex parte Sonya C. Edwards and Edwards Law, LLC. Sonya C. Edwards and Edwards Law, LLC (collectively, "Edwards"), petitioned the Alabama Supreme…
- In re Rademacher v. Greschler Plaintiff Carol Rademacher challenged a district court's ruling that she impliedly waived her…
- Delaware Bd. of Med. Licensure & Discipline v. Grossinger The Delaware Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (the "Board") reprimanded Dr. Bruce…
Real Estate & Property Law Case Summaries
- Oak Grove Marketplace, LLC v. Lamar County School District The lessee of commercially used Sixteenth Section Land sought to prevent the leasing school board…
- Friends of Columbia Gorge v. Energy Fac. Siting Coun. In Friends of Columbia Gorge v. Energy Fac. Siting Coun., 365 Or 371, 446 P3d 53 (2019), the Oregon…
- City of Little Rock v. Alexander Apartments, LLC The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the circuit court's order…
Securities Law Case Summaries
- Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander In 2014, the Supreme Court held that a claim for breach of the duty of prudence imposed on plan…
- Jalbert v. U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting the Securities and Exchange…
- SEC v. Stanford International Bank The Fifth Circuit treated the Petition for Rehearing En Banc as a petition for panel rehearing,…
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries
- United States v. Soto-Barraza The Ninth Circuit affirmed defendants' convictions for first degree murder of a Border Patrol agent,…
- Medina Tovar v. Zuchowski USCIS permissibly construed the statutory phrase "accompanying, or following to join" in 8 U.S.C.…
- L. F. v. Lake Washington School District #414 The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the school district in…
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries
- Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC Ritzen sued Jackson in Tennessee state court for breach of contract. Jackson filed for Chapter 11…
- Retirement Plans Committee of IBM v. Jander In 2014, the Supreme Court held that a claim for breach of the duty of prudence imposed on plan…
- Peter v. NantKwest, Inc. The Patent Act provides two methods for challenging an adverse decision by the Patent and Trademark…
