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OneBeacon America Insurance Co. v. Commercial Union Assurance Co. of Canada

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a reinsurance dispute brought by a US company alleging that the Canadian company defendant is obligated to reinsure plaintiff for policies...

Schlessinger v. Valspar Corp.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a putative class action alleging breach of contract and unfair trade practices, contending that plaintiffs purchased furniture maintenance...

Rates Technology v. Speakeasy

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case where the parties entered into a settlement agreement after an accusation of infringement by the patent owner but prior to any litigation,...

Preston v. Marathon Oil Co.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a case dealing with the question of whether plaintiff owns patents related to the improvement of machinery used to extract methane gas from...

Georgia Malone & Co., Inc. v. Rieder

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a real estate company's suit for breach of contract and unjust enrichment, claiming that a rival brokerage firm was unjustly enriched when it...

United Teachers etc. v. L.A. Unified School Dist.

Education Law, Labor & Employment Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a dispute between a school district and a teacher's union arising out of the conversion of a public school to a charter school and the resulting...

Rockwood v. SKF USA Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In a suit based on a promissory estoppel theory, based on allegations that plaintiffs agreed to personally guarantee certain loans in reliance on...

Oddo Asset Mgmt. v. Barclays Bank PLC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a suit against Barclays Bank PLC and others, alleging aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference with contract that...

Fait v. New Faze Development, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case where the owner of a parcel of real property with a building on it demolishes the building to make way for new development, but was unable...

Kurtin v. Elieff

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case where the trial court held defendant liable for misstating his authority to bind a group of real estate businesses in the course of agreeing...