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Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a challenge to the district court's award of prejudgment interest in a patent infringement action, the appeal is dismissed where because the order...

Dhillon v. John Muir Health

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Health Law, Administrative Law
In a dispute between a physician and his hospital employer, involving the application of the general rule of Code Civ. Proc. section 904.1, when a...

Resh v. China Agritech, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a putative class action alleging that defendant and its managers and directors violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the district court's...

US EEOC v. McClane Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
On remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, in an action challenging the EEOC's issuance of an administrative subpoena requesting 'pedigree information'...

Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA/CSS

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a complaint challenging Upstream surveillance, an electronic surveillance program operated by the National Security Agency pursuant to the Foreign...

Grappo v. McMills

Civil Procedure
In a pro se complaint which was glaringly deficient and should not have survived demurrer but somehow managed to obtain a default judgment, the trial...

Spak v. Phillips

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit against a police officer for malicious prosecution in violation of the Fourth Amendment, under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the district court's...

Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law, International Law
In an employer's Texas state court action against a former employee who resided in Canada, alleging that defendant had begun working for a competitor...

TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action filed in the District Court for the District of Delaware against petitioner, a competitor that is organized under...

Broadway Grill, Inc. v. Visa, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In an appeal involving provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) to ensure that large class action cases are heard in federal court, 28...