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Iowa Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. v. MF Global, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging material misstatements and omissions in a prospectus and registration statement of defendant, and asserting claims under section...

McCann v. Iroquois Mem'l Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a hospital employees' suit against the hospital, its Board of Trustees, its Chief Executive Officer, and another employee, for violation of the...

UFCW Local 1776 v. Eli Lilly & Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law
In a putative class action against Eli Lilly, manufacturer of the drug Zyprexa, asserting a civil RICO violation predicated on mail fraud, conspiracy...

Bennett v. Islamic Repub. of Iran

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In proceedings arising from a deadly bombing in Jerusalem, wherein plaintiffs sought to satisfy a default judgment against the Islamic Republic of...

Coons v. Indus. Knife Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's suit under various state law product liability theories, for suffering a serious hand injury while changing an industrial paper-cutting...

Ecuadorian Plaintiffs v. Chevron Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, International Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law
In an action alleging that defendant-Chevron polluted the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest over the course of several decades while engaging in oil...

Tri-Star Elec. Int'l, Inc. v. Preci-Dip Durtal, SA

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit, district court's denial of the motion to dismiss for lack of standing under Federal Rule of Civil procedure 12(b)(1) is...

International Women's Day March Planning Comm. v. San Antonio

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a First Amendment challenge to the City of San Antonio's imposition of fees on the organizers of marches on its streets, as a means of ensuring...

In re: Paolo

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Tax Law
A debtor's appeal of a district court's decision to abstain from deciding a tax dispute with the government as an adjunct to the debtor's personal...

Rafael Rodriguez Barril, Inc. v. Conbraco Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a contract dispute, district court's finding that a forum selection clause in the contract was not displaced by Puerto Rico's Sales Representatives...