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McDermott Will & Emery v. Super. Ct.

Evidence, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In defendants' petition for a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate both its order finding real-party-in-interest did not waive the...

Covertech Fabricating Inc v. TVM Building Products Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark dispute in which no written contract designates ownership, involving the paradigm through which common law ownership of an unregistered...

US v. Diaz

Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 922(g) is affirmed, over defendant's...

Coventry Health Care of Mo., Inc. v. Nevils

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Constitutional Law
In an insurance class action arising in the context of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (FEHBA) authorization of the Office of...

Banks v. MSPB

Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
In a case in which petitioner asserted that her resignation was involuntary and therefore constituted a constructive removal, her petition for review...

Zarda v. Altitude Express

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by a skydiver who alleges that he was fired from his job as a skydiving instructor because of his sexual orientation, asserting that...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haeger

Constitutional Law, Attorney's Fees, Product Liability, Sanctions, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal of sanctions awarded by the district court when defendant's bad faith behavior was discovered after the settlement of an underlying...

In re Marriage of Huntley

Family Law
In a wife's challenge of the trial court's denial of her motion to divide unadjudicated community property under Family Code section 2556, the...

Rembrandt Wireless Techs. LP v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving patents patents that relate to a system and method of communication in which multiple modulation methods are used...

Phil-Insul Corp. v. Airlite Plastics Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In an infringement action involving a patent which relates to insulating concrete forms (ICFs) that are used in the construction of buildings, the...