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Taurus IP, LLC v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In two cases arising from plaintiff's allegations that defendants' external websites infringed plaintiff's '658 patent relating to a computer system...

Ellis v. Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Sanctions
The trial court's orders in a class action suit imposing monetary sanctions against plaintiff's counsel, awarding her no attorney fees, and awarding...

National Organization of Veterans Advocates, Inc. v. Shinseki

Government Law, Sanctions, Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In a dispute arising from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) decision to issue an immediately-effective new rule (2011 rule) that eliminated...

Islamic Shura Council of Southern California v. FBI

Civil Procedure, Sanctions
The district court's orders granting the plaintiff's motion for sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(c) and awarding fees are reversed,...

Zalaski v. City of Hartford

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Judgment for defendant on plaintiffs' claim that defendant violated their First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights when he arrested them at a...

SEC v. Razmilovic

Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Securities Law
In an SEC civil enforcement action, judgment entering default against defendant for noncompliance with an order to appear for his deposition in the...

US v. Sterling

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Sanctions
In a criminal case involving a former CIA agent who has been indicted for the unauthorized retention and disclosure of national defense information,...

Crews v. Willows Unified School District

Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Government Law, Media Law, Sanctions
The trial court's order for payment of attorney fees and costs by plaintiff, a newspaper publisher, to defendant-district that complied with a...

Interstate Specialty Marketing, Inc. v. ICRA Sapphire, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The trial court erred by imposing sanctions against plaintiff's attorney under Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7, where: 1) section 128.7 clearly...

Alexsam, Inc. v. IDT Corporation

Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
Judgment that certain of defendant's systems infringed claims of plaintiff's patent related to a system for activating multifunction cards using a...