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Theme Promotions, Inc. v. News Am. Mktg. FSI

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a case involving, inter alia, whether right of first refusal agreements between a publisher of advertising tools and packaged goods companies...

DSW, Inc. v. Shoe Pavilion, Inc.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a suit alleging infringement of two patents for storing and displaying footwear for customer self-service, summary judgment of non-infringement of...

Yabsley v. Cingular Wireless, LLC

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, False Advertising
In a claim that defendant-Cingular engaged in unfair competition in violation of Business and Professions Code section 17200 and misleading...

Loeb v. Best Buy Co., Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an age discrimination suit brought against employer-Best Buy, summary judgment for Best Buy is affirmed where, assuming plaintiff made a prima...

Baude v. Heath

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
In a commerce-clause challenge to Indiana's regulations on direct wine shipments, an injunction against enforcement of the contested provisions is...

Californians For Disability Rights v. Mervyn's LLC

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
In a case brought by plaintiff-organization representing disabled individuals against defendant-retailer Mervyn's for maintaining narrow pathways...

Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Whole Foods Mkt., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
Denial of the FTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the merger of the Whole Foods and Wild Oats supermarket chains is reversed and...

Rickher v. Home Depot, Inc.

Class Actions, Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
In a class-action suit alleging that defendant's sale of damage waivers for tool rentals violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business...

Budget Blinds, Inc. v. White

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies, Trademark
In a suit arising from alleged violations of a settlement agreement covering a trademark dispute between competing sellers of window blinds, vacatur...

Clayworth v. Pfizer, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech
In a matter of first impression in California antitrust law, the court of appeals rules that the pass-on defense is available to defendants accused of...