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In re: Horizon Healthcare

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law
In a putative class action arising out of the theft from a health insurer of two laptop computers containing sensitive personal information, alleging...

Syed v. M-I, LLC

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action filed under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and presenting question of first impression in the federal courts of appeals, the district...

Kabran v. Sharp Memorial Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit against a hospital, alleging plaintiff was mishandled by an occupational therapist which caused spinal shock and bleeding and in turn caused...

In re: World Trade Center Lower Manhattan Disaster Site Litigation

Injury & Tort Law
In a consolidated appeal involving claims for personal injuries sustained by eighteen workers who participated in the large‐scale cleanup operations...

Restivo v. Hessemann

Injury & Tort Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil suit brought by plaintiffs who were wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of a teenage girl, alleging malicious prosecution and...

Trikona Advisers Limited v. Chugh

Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Corp. Governance
In a complaint alleging breach of fiduciary duty by defendant, a former partner and fifty percent owner of plaintiff corporation, the district court's...

Chen v. L.A. Truck Centers

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit filed by Chinese nationals against a California tour bus distributor, seeking to recover in strict products liability for injuries and...

Trikona Advisers Limited v. Chugh

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Corp. Governance, Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a complaint alleging breach of fiduciary duty by defendant, a former partner and fifty percent owner of plaintiff corporation, the district court's...

Schwern v. Plunkett

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a case to resolve the lingering uncertainty about the Court's jurisdiction to hear immediate appeals from denials of Oregon anti-SLAPP (strategic...

US ex rel. Kelly v. Serco, Inc.

Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an action under the False Claims Act, alleging that plaintiff's former employer submitted fraudulent claims for payment to the United States for...