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Parks v. MBNA America Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
The National Bank Act of 1864 (13 Stat. 99) (NBA) preempts Civil Code section 1748.9, a California law requiring that certain disclosures accompany...

Starski v. Kirzhnev

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Sanctions, Commercial Law
In a commercial suit involving a $1.5 billion debt swap between the governments of Vietnam and the Russian Federation, claiming conversion, breach of...

Direct Shopping Network, LLC v. James

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation action arising out of defendants' statements regarding andesine jewelry products marketed and sold by plaintiff, claiming trade libel,...

US ex rel. Oberg v. Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Education Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a False Claims Act (FCA) case brought as a qui tam action, alleging defendant corporations organized by four states defrauded the US Department of...

Metabolic Research, Inc. v.Ferrell

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action seeking declaratory relief and punitive damages, arising out of a demand letter alleging false advertising claims regarding a natural...

Oliveira v. Kiesler

Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a suit brought by a widow against her stepsons, a law firm, a lawyer, and a paralegal, over an estate plan that purportedly divested her of the 50...

Oak Springs Villas v. Advanced Truss Systems, Inc.

Construction, Insurance Law, Civil Procedure
In an action by a nonsettling defendant, alleging the trial court's determination that a settlement between the plaintiff and other defendants in the...

Harris v. Rand

Civil Procedure
In a suit filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1332(a)(2), which provides for subject matter jurisdiction over actions between citizens of a state and...

Star Mark Mgmt., Inc. v. Koon Chun Hing Kee Soy & Sauce Factory, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Sanctions
In an appeal of imposed sanctions of $10,000 in fees and costs pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 against plaintiffs, their attorneys and firm, arising...

Elliott v. Archdiocese of New York

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit seeking monetary damages for personal injuries that plaintiff allegedly suffered as a result of defendant's sexual abuse of him beginning in...