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City and County of San Francisco v. Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Rejection of plaintiff's assertion that the court had jurisdiction to compel defendant-union to participate in arbitration of a labor dispute, as...

Eternity Investments, Inc. v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In dispute over payment owed to plaintiff-home improvement company, arbitration award in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where defendant did not bring...

NASD Dispute Resolution, Inc. v. Judicial Council of the State of California

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Securities Law
In the context of an appeal which the parties agreed was moot because the underlying dispute was resolved in other litigation, a judgment dismissing...

Matthau v. Superior Ct. (William Morris Agency, LLC)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law
In dispute over commissions on profit participation payments between the William Morris Agency and the son of late-actor Walter Matthau, grant of...

Stein v. KPMG, LLP

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Tax Law
Exercise of ancillary jurisdiction in a criminal tax fraud prosecution over a state law contractual claim for attorneys' fees, and denial of a motion...

Wagner Constr. Co. v. Pac. Mech. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
Where parties have agreed to arbitrate any dispute arising out of their contract, the affirmative defense that the statute of limitations has run is...

EFund Capital v. Pless

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In case involving, in part, a shareholder derivative suit, order denying defendants' motion to compel arbitration is reversed as, under California...

Am. Laser Vision, P.A. v. Laser Vision Institute, L.L.C.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Remedies
An arbitration award in favor of an ophthalmology company on its complaint against a service company which helped run its clinics is affirmed where...

NetJets Aviation, Inc. v. Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Div.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a matter arising from plaintiff-employer's termination of a pilot after it learned that he had made a video depicting his shooting a rifle at a DVD...