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Paolini v. Albertson's Inc.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an action brought against former employer-Albertson's and a plan administrator challenging decisions regarding the company's stock-based incentive...

Green v. Dillard's, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by an African American couple against a retailer under 42 U.S.C. section 1981, summary judgment for the retailer is reversed and...

Highland Capital Mgmt. LP v. Leonard Schneider

Banking Law, Commercial Law
In answer to a certified question by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, eight promissory notes at issue in the case fall within the...

Wine & Spirits Retailers, Inc. v. State of Rhode Island

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a suit seeking to enjoin the enforcement of amendments to Rhode Island's statutory scheme banning franchisees and out-of-state residents from...

Boykin v. Van Buren Township Police Dep't

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action arising from circumstances where plaintiff was mistakenly identified by store employees as having shoplifted and subsequently arrested,...

Yoo v. Jho

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Remedies
In case involving a contract for the sale of a business dealing in counterfeit goods, judgment awarding partial rescission to plaintiff in an attempt...

Hood v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an assault and battery action against Wal-Mart and employees alleging plaintiff was assaulted when the employees grabbed his arm as he attempted to...

Rouse-Miami, LLC v. Bentley's Luggage Corp.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law
Summary judgment for lessee of retail space is affirmed where an indemnification clause in the lease did not apply to lessee's employees or the...

Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a class action suit by women employees against Wal-Mart alleging sexual discrimination under Title VII, certification of plaintiffs' class with...

Volkswagen of Am., Inc. v. Sud's of Peoria, Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Denial in part of a motion to stay district court proceedings pending arbitration in a breach of contract suit involving an auto dealership is...