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Kirkwood v. California State Auto Inter-Insurance Bureau

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action involving appraisal of cash value of lost property under an open policy of fire insurance, Ins. Code. sections 2071 and 2051, denial by...

Erlich v. Ouellette, LaBonte, Roberge and Allen, P.A.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a diversity action involving when state-law causes of action against an auditor and an actuary accrued, dismissal by district court of action as...

City of Pontiac Gen. Emps. Ret. Sys. v. MBIA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a class action dispute alleging securities fraud, SEC Rule 10b, decision by District Court dismissing proposed class action as barred by the...

Wherry v. Award, Inc.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a gender discrimination and sexual harassment complaint, denial of petition to arbitrate the complaint pursuant to several arbitration provisions...

Hess v. Cohen and Slamowitz, LLP

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action seeking damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act's (FDCPA) civil liability provisions, 15 USC section 1692k, the district...

Williamson v. Mazda Motor of Am., Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
The 1989 version of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 does not preempt state tort suits claiming that manufacturers should have installed...

Mundy v. Pro-Thro Enterprises

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection Law, Landlord Tenant Law
In a Disabled Person Act (DPA) claim alleging that defendant failed to provide plaintiff full and equal access to its business location, the trial...

Safaie v. Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, False Advertising
In a petition for writ of mandate, brought by plaintiffs to recertify a class of individuals who purchased whirlpool bathtubs from defendants, the...

Sacks v. SEC

Administrative Law, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
In a petition for review of an order of the SEC challenging the application of an SEC rule prohibiting non-attorneys who have been banned from the...

Lahoti v. Vericheck, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark and cyberlaw case, the district court's finding on remand, that appellant violated the Lanham Act, the Anticybersquatting Consumer...