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Wyeth & Elan Pharma Int'l Ltd.v. Kappos

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case involving plaintiffs' patent applications involving inventions that treat Alzheimer's disease, district court's ruling that plaintiffs were...

United Steel, Paper & Forestry Int'l. Union v. ConocoPhillips Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking compensation for defendant's alleged denial of employees' meal breaks, denial of class certification is reversed where the...

Myers v. Central Fla. Invs., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a battery and sexual harassment action, partial judgment for plaintiff and for defendants is affirmed where: 1) defendants failed to show that the...

In re: Prempro Prods. Liab. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action concerning an allegedly defective hormone replacement drug, the district court's orders denying plaintiffs' motion to...

Fink v. Shemtov

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Sanctions
In an underlying suit for breach of contract and fraud, trial court's order declaring plaintiff a vexatious litigant under Code of Civil Proc. section...

Priceline.com Inc. v. City of Anaheim

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Tax Law
In plaintiff's petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the City of Anaheim to litigate tax assessment proceedings without the assistance of...

Junkin v. Golden W. Foreclosure

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's action seeking damages for wrongful foreclosure and usurious interest against defendants, including a fellow investor, judgment in...

Great Clips, Inc. v. Hair Cuttery of Greater Boston, LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark dispute between companies in the hair care industry involving a settlement agreement entered into nineteen years ago in which their...

Wisconsin Alumni Research Found. v. Xenon Pharm., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a contract case involving an exclusive license to commercialize a jointly patented enzyme that can lower cholesterol levels, judgment of the...

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Washington

Civil Procedure, Indian Law
In a motion by an Indian tribe pursuant to a prior consent decree seeking a determination that the tribe possessed fishing rights in a certain area,...