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Norris v. Securities and Exchange Comm'n

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
An arbitrator's decision affirming the petitioner's removal from his position as an SEC trial attorney is vacated, where: 1) there was no evidence...

Enmon v. Prospect Capital Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Sanctions
In a case in which a law firm was sanctioned for acting in bad faith and engaging in frivolous and vexatious litigation by opposing an arbitration,...

Sutter v. Oxford Health Plans LLC

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute over a health plan's alleged failure to make prompt and accurate reimbursement payments to participating physicians, a district court's...

Grey v. American Management Services

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by an investment manager asserting various causes of action against his former employer, which action was ordered to an arbitration that...

Promega Corp. v. Life Technologies Corp.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent license dispute that the defendant sought to have arbitrated, the district court's order compelling arbitration is affirmed, where: 1) the...

Thomas v. Westlake

Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Elder Law, Securities Law
In a suit against an investment advisor and related defendants for churning the account of an elderly client, an order denying the defendants'...

Lindemann v. Hume

Construction, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In a multi-party dispute over the sale of an allegedly defective home by a real estate trust acting on behalf of the actor Nicolas Cage, it is held...

Coneff v. AT&T Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action against a mobile phone provider brought by residents of eight different states, the district court's denial of a motion to...

Aggarao v. MOL Ship Management Co., Ltd.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
In a suit by a Filipino seaman for injuries sustained on a ship in the Chesapeake Bay, the district court's ruling on dismissal for improper venue is:...

Quilloin v. Tenet HealthSystem Philadelphia, Inc.

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a nurse's collective action against her hospital employer asserting claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as well as several...