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Doe v. Blair

Civil Procedure
In a civil procedure appeal, the district court's sua sponte remand of the underlying case to state court is reversed and remanded where the district...

Acorda Therapeutics Inc. v. Mylan Pharms. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Drugs & Biotech
In an appeal involving two separate actions brought under 35 U.S.C. section 271(e)(2) in the District of Delaware against generic drug manufacturer...

DeKalb Cty. Pension Fund v. Transocean Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a securities action, contending that defendants violated sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act (the Act) of 1934 and Securities...

Costello v. Buckley

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a suit seeking to collect money plaintiff allegedly loaned her boyfriend-defendant during their relationship, in which defendant retained his...

Halo Creative & Design Ltd. v. Comptoir Des Indes, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent, Trademark
In a suit brought by a furniture manufacturer in Hong Kong asserting Canadian defendants infringed their intellectual property and violated Illinois...

Providence Hall Associates Ltd. P’ship v. Wells Fargo Bank

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Banking Law
In a lender liability action, brought by plaintiff against defendant Wells Fargo following default on an interest-rate-swap transaction previously...

Klees-Wallace v. FCC

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal of an arbitration opinion and interim award of damages, which determined petitioner was deprived of certain procedural rights during her...

DeSaulles v. Community Hosp. of the Monterey Peninsula

Civil Procedure, Attorney's Fees
For purposes of determining the prevailing party's right to recover costs in any action or proceeding, when a defendant pays money to a plaintiff in...

S.B. v. Kindercare Learning Centers

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an injury and tort action, arising after another child tore a hair braid from plaintiff child’s scalp at defendant’s day care facility, the court:...

Melendres v. Maricopa Cnty.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions
In a civil rights action, brought against Maricopa County Sherrif Arpaio for the alleged racial profiling of Latino drivers and passengers, defendant...