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Frazier v. CitiFinancial Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's appeal from a district court's order confirming an arbitration award in favor of defendant bank and its subsequent order denying her...

Ventress v. Japan Airlines

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff-flight engineer's action under various whistleblower protection laws against an airline, judgment on the pleadings for one defendant and...

Baker & Taylor, Inc. v. Alphacraze.com Corp.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an action alleging breach of contract, breach of guaranty, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, and fraudulent conveyance arising from contracts and...

Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Int'l. Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an antitrust class action, the Second Circuit's reversal of the district court's order vacating an arbitration panel's order allowing for class...

Pearson Dental Supplies, Inc. v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Court of appeal's reversal of trial court's decision in concluding that an arbitrator's error in plainly misapplying the relevant tolling statute was...

In Re: Sherman

Bankruptcy Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Judgement Enforcement
Bankruptcy court's denial of discharge of the $983,000 debt based on its finding that the debtor appropriated the victims' property for his own...

Pokorny v. Quixtar, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action claiming that defendants operated an illegal pyramid scheme in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act...

Hill v. Ricoh Americas Corp.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff was terminated from his position in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and Kansas common law prohibiting...

Harrington v. Atlantic Sounding Co.

Admiralty, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a personal injury action arising out of injuries sustained by plaintiff-seaman, the district court's order denying defendants' motion to dismiss...

Kashner Davidson Sec. Corp. v. Mscisz

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
In plaintiffs' challenge to the district court's remand order and its electronic order denying their Rule 60(b) motion, the district court's decision...