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Am. Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Citibank, N.A.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, White Collar Crime
In a suit arising from an employee's embezzlement via altering and depositing checks in an account with defendant bank, summary judgment for defendant...

Bartel v. NBC Universal, Inc.

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a breach-of-contract suit by a producer fired by defendant after she had raised concerns about ethics violations in defendant's "To Catch a...

Winter v. Window Fashion Prof'ls

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a franchise agreement dispute, determination of arbitration provision's validity is affirmed over claims that the court erred in: 1) ruling on the...

Penguin Group v. Steinbeck

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Media Law
In an action under the Copyright Act, summary judgment for defendants, on the grounds that a notice purporting to terminate a 1938 agreement granting...

Asset Marketing v. Gagnon

Commercial Law, Contracts, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
In a software copyright and trade secret case, summary judgment for defendant on the grounds of an implied license to retain, use and modify the...

RLI Ins. Co. v. Conseco, Inc.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action to determine plaintiff's obligation to defend defendants under a liability insurance policy, summary judgment that plaintiff had no duty...

Facenda v. N.F.L. Films, Inc.

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law, Sports Law, Trademark
In a suit by the estate of a broadcaster claiming that defendant's use of the broadcaster's voice in a program about the video game "Madden NFL 06"...

Lewis v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Transportation
In a suit alleging breach of contract by defendant for failing to move plaintiffs' belongings by a date certain, dismissal for failure to comply with...

Umland v. PLANCO Fin. Servs., Inc.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In a putative class action alleging that defendant misclassified plaintiff as an independent contractor rather than an employee, and later deducted...

Univ. of Pittsburgh v. Townsend

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a university's suit claiming that defendants misappropriated plaintiff's rights and interests in a type of medical-scanning technology that the...