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Nemet Chevrolet, Ltd. v. Consumeraffairs.com, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an online-automobile dealer's action against a defendant-website company that allows consumers to comment on the quality of businesses, goods, and...

Jasmine Networks, Inc. v. Sup. Ct.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In plaintiff's action under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act claiming that the defendants misappropriated certain trade secrets belonging to...

Vascular Solutions, Inc. v. Marine Polymer Tech., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's product disparagement claim against defendant, jury's verdict for the plaintiff and award of $4.5 million in damages for lost profits...

Zermeno v. Precis, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiffs' unfair competition action against defendants-healthcare discount program providers, trial court's judgment in favor of the defendants...

Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Chester, Willcox & Saxbe

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Judgement Enforcement, Product Liability
In an action brought by a class member who had participated in tobacco litigation in Florida as part of nationwide tobacco litigation in the late...

American Meat Inst. v. Leeman

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action by the plaintiffs-American Meat Institute and National Meat Association seeking a declaration that the consumer warnings required by the...

i4i Ltd. P'ship v. Microsoft Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In plaintiff-i4i's patent infringement action against Microsoft alleging that the patented custom XML editor in certain versions of Microsoft Word...

Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Gov't v. Hotels.com, LP

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In an action against Hotels.com and various other online travel companies claiming that they are violating local tax ordinances by failing to pay a...

Konkol v. Diebold, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a class action securities-fraud lawsuit against Diebold, Inc., brought by investors alleging that between 2003 and 2005 Diebold engaged in a series...

Mahnke v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In proceedings arising from the loss of insureds' home from a fire, insureds' petition for writ of mandate challenging a trial court's grant of the...