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Strong v. Beydoun

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a case regarding an attorney's attempt to collect split fees from a client, dismissal is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff entered into a fee sharing...

US v. Capital Tax Corp.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit by the government under CERCLA to recover costs incurred in cleaning up hazardous waste, summary judgment for plaintiff is vacated and...

Niemi v. NHK Springs Co., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Trade Secrets, Transportation
In a suit for misappropriation of trade secret, breach of contract, and promissory estoppel involving a method of manufacturing stabilizer bars for...

Sokol Holdings, Inc. v. BMB Munai, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a contract issue in which corporate plaintiff alleged that defendants wrongfully induced counterparty, with whom plaintiffs contracted, to breach...

Pannebecker v. Liberty Life Assurance Co.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case challenging denial of disability benefits, a judgment upholding denial of benefits is affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in...

Delmarava Power & Light Co. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a suit over the assignment of claims against the United States for breach of a contract to remove and dispose of spent nuclear waste, summary...

Dimon v. County of Los Angeles

Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case brought by a deputy probation officer employed by defendant-county alleging violation of various provisions of the Labor Code and Wage...

Brehm v. 21st Century Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In insuree-plaintiff's claim to recover medical expenses from insurer-defendant after serious injuries sustained in a traffic accident, dismissal of...

Abena v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an ERISA suit seeking continuation of long-term disability payments, summary judgment for defendants on the basis that plaintiff's claim was...

ExcelStor Tech., Inc. v. Papst Licensing GMBH & Co. KG

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action claiming fraud and breach of contract arising out of an agreement to license a patent for the manufacture of hard disk drives, dismissal...