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Parks v. MBNA Am. Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a class action lawsuit against MBNA America Bank, N.A., for its purportedly unlawful business practices under Bus. & Prof. Code section 17200,...

Fruitt v. Astrue

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a motion for attorney's fees following the district court's reversal of the Social Security Commissioner's denial of benefits to plaintiff, the...

WildEarth Guardians v. Nat'l. Park Serv.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the National Park Service's proposal to reduce the elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park, denial of a hunting and...

Columbia Venture, LLC v. Dewberry & Davis, LLC

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against an independent contractor hired by FEMA to reassess flood elevation maps of an area, alleging professional malpractice and...

Envision Healthcare, Inc. v. PreferredOne Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance company's third-party suit for indemnification against a wholesale insurance broker in Minnesota state court, arising from a lawsuit...

In re: Managed Care Litig.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts
In plaintiff's appeal from a district court's order enjoining plaintiff from pursuing a breach of contract claim against defendant that resulted in a...

Fred Beverages, Inc. v. Fred's Capital Mgmt. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In plaintiff's action seeking to cancel a trademark in International Class 32 on the ground of abandonment, the decision of the Trademark Trial and...

Taltech Ltd. v. Esquel Enter. Ltd.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's suit against its competitor seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of a patent, which is drawn to seams including thermal...

Hernandez v. Tanninen

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII racial discrimination action, plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a decision finding that any attorney-client or...

Ron Burns Constr. Co. Inc. v. Moore

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
Trial court's denial of plaintiff's motion for attorney fees and a motion for relief from default is reversed where: 1) plaintiff's counsel's reliance...