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Bagdasarian Productions, LLC v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law
In a contract dispute between a movie studio and the owners of Alvin and the Chipmunks, the plaintiffs' interlocutory appeal of a district court order...

Abacus Federal Savings Bank v. ADT Security Services, Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a bank's action against two security services companies to recover damages under tort and contract theories for losses incurred during a burglary...

Macey v. Carolina Casualty Insurance Co.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Insurance Law
In a management liability insurance policy coverage dispute, the district court's grant of summary judgment to the insurer is vacated and the case...

VanDesande v. US

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by an employee of the US Postal Service (USPS) alleging that the government breached a settlement agreement to resolve her Title VII...

People v. International Fidelity Insurance Co.

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law
In an action by a surety on a bail bond to have forfeiture discharged and the bond exonerated, the district court's order denying a motion to vacate...

Willard v. AT&T Communications of California, Inc.

Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
In a suit challenging a telephone company's pricing for a service that suppressed names, addresses, and telephone numbers from the White Pages...

Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. v. CoTherix, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech
In a case in which a Japanese drug maker sued its American licensee, alleging a conspiracy between the licensee and the company that acquired it to...

The Minesen Company v. McHugh

Contracts, Government Contracts, Military Law
In a breach-of-contract dispute between the operator of an inn on an army base and the United States Army's Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Fund, in...

RealPro, Inc. v. Smith Residual Co., LLC

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a real estate broker's action to recover a commission from the sellers of land, the trial court's dismissal of the action after sustaining a...

Katz v. Pershing, LLC

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law
In a suit in which the owner of a brokerage account alleged that the owner of an Internet-based platform, that gives subscribing financial...