all - Opinion Summaries

General Motors Corp. v. Keystone Auto. Indus., Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Transportation
Summary judgment for defendants on the issue of "likelihood of confusion" in a suit for trademark infringement and unfair competition is reversed...

Firestone v. Hoffman

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Evidence, Remedies, Tax Law
Judgment pursuant to a jury verdict for plaintiff in a loan dispute is reversed pursuant to claims of erroneous exclusion of evidence, where...

Mendoza v. Rast Produce Co., Inc.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
A commission merchant can be liable for the conversion of proceeds from the sale of farm products that he sells as a subagent for a grower.

Cobb v. Contract Transp., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The merger or transfer of assets is not always a precondition to successor liability under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Summary judgment...

Newport Beach Country Club, Inc. v. Founding Members of the Newport Beach Country Club

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
When a trial court judgment decides a case on two alternate grounds, and the appellate court affirms based on one ground, the judgment is binding...

Coleman v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, M&A, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
Summary judgment for defendant on claims alleging that it made negligent misrepresentations in its audit report on the annual financial statements of...

DeBold v. Case

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a bankruptcy case involving the allocation of settlement proceeds from a lawsuit between former partners of a failed joint venture, a decision...

Randall v. Sorrell

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Elections, Government Law
A decision by a court of appeals holding that a Vermont campaign finance statute's contribution limits were constitutional and that its expenditure...

Brown v. Liveops, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former officer and director of a corporation seeking advancement of attorneys' fees and expenses incurred in defending an...

Minnesota Invco of RSA #7, Inc. v. Midwest Wireless Holdings LLC

Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In an action brought by minority interest holders of a limited liability company seeking specific performance of a right of first refusal with regards...