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In re Merrill Lynch Trust Co. FSB

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought against a Merrill Lynch employee and affiliates raising claims related to an irrevocable life insurance trust, a petition for...

In re H&R Block Fin. Advisors, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by two investors against their investment advisor and his firm after losing a substantial investment in the Enron debacle,...

Zeiler v. Deitsch

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Order vacating arbitral awards made by a panel of Jewish rabbis where a panel member resigned, is reversed as: 1) the arbitration panel was entitled...

Anderson v. Comcast, Corp.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action seeking to recover fees charged by a cable company for unnecessary equipment rentals, grant of defendant's motion to compel...

Dependable Highway Express, Inc. v. Navigators Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade, Transportation
An order staying plaintiff's domestic contract dispute against an insurer pending resolution of arbitration proceedings in England is reversed as: 1)...

Marriage of Laurenti

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In family law matter, order requiring appellant to pay all fees billed by a court-appointed evaluator who was disqualified from further service is...

Shroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action suit alleging plaintiffs suffered injuries as a result of the 2004 merger between Cingular Wireless and AT&T, an order...

Dist. Council No. 16 of the Int'l Union of Painters & Allied Trades v. B & B Glass, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In construction industry labor litigation brought by a union against a Texas company, grant of the company's motion to dismiss the union's petition to...

Clark v. First Union Sec., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
Trial court ruling that the putative class and class action causes of action brought by plaintiffs were to be heard in the trial court and not in...

Rosensweig v. Morgan Stanley & Co.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In suit arising from plaintiff's termination as a securities broker at defendant firm, orders confirming award of an arbitration panel in plaintiff's...