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MOORE v. KULICKE & SOFFA INDUS., INC.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Under Pennsylvania trade secret law, only the burden of production is shifted when defendant raises independent development, and the ultimate burden...

UNITED PARCEL SERV., INC. v. FLORES-GALARZA

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Tax Law, Transportation
Puerto Rico's statutory regime, prohibiting an interstate air carrier from delivering certain packages without proof of excise tax payment, falls...

LINC EQUIP. SERVS., INC. v. SIGNAL MED. SERVS., INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies
In a claim arising from leased medical equipment which was damaged, under Illinois law the district court properly concluded that plaintiff is not...

NIGH v. KOONS BUICK PONTIAC GMC, INC.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Transportation
In an automobile sale where the dealer failed to disclose material charges, the District Court's determinations that the dealer violated the Truth In...

BBSERCO, INC. v. METRIX CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Under Iowa law, it was not error to submit both a breach of contract claim and a fraud claim to the jury. Evidence supported plaintiff's verdict as...

HENKEL CORP. v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEM. CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the circumstances, when a corporation acquired a business's product line and assumed its liabilities, the acquiring corporation did not also...

VESS v. CIBA-GEIGY CORP. USA

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
FRCP 9(b)'s particularity requirement applies to state law cause of action in a diversity case, and where fraud is not an essential element of a...

APJ ASSOCS., INC. v. N. AM. PHILIPS CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts
Fraud in the inducement claims are not actionable where plaintiff failed to show defendant made oral assurances with intent to deceive, and defendant...

WISCONSIN PROJECT ON NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL v. US DEP'T OF COMMERCE

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, International Trade
Exemption 3 of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. s 552(b)(3) (2000), permits the Department of Commerce to withhold from public disclosure...

LUIGINO'S, INC. v. PETERSON

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff failed to assert facts sufficient to show a causal link between any of defendant's alleged misdeeds and its claim for damages, thus summary...