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HERRMANN HOLDINGS LTD. v. LUCENT TECH., INC.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In alleging that a corporation failed to use its "reasonable best efforts" to file a registration statement covering plaintiff's shares, as required...

HYATT INT'L CORP. v. COCO

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Specific personal jurisdiction existed over an Italian defendant under Illinois and constitutional law, in a dispute over a hotel development...

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMM'N v. LUCE, FORWARD, HAMILTON & SCRIPPS

Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Employers may require employees to sign agreements to arbitrate Title VII claims, as a condition of their employment. Because plaintiff did not engage...

CAFFEY v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
State-law tort and contract claims, including the tort of bad faith by an insurer, are preempted by ERISA where they seek judicial remedies for a plan...

GULF GUARANTY LIFE INS. CO. v. CONNECTICUT GEN. LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
An insurer's dispute over arbitrator selection did not amount to a waiver of the right to arbitrate, and claims relating to the alleged breach of the...

DIAMOND OFFSHORE CO. v. A&B BUILDERS, INC.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff failed to show that a drilling rig was "attached" to and "erected" on the seabed of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), and thus did not...

TEXAS FARM BUREAU MUT. INS. CO. v. SEARS

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
To find that an insurance company owed its at-will independent agent a common law duty of ordinary care, in investigating the agent's alleged...

CONSTR. MGMT. & INSPECTION, INC. v. CAPROCK COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A tortious interference claimant failed to demonstrate an intentional and improper interference that induced or caused disruption in business...

DEMOS v. CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

Contracts, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
City employees were salaried executive or administrative employees exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, and as government employees were subject...

ADKINS v. LABOR READY, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
An arbitration agreement in an employment application was enforceable, and all claims alleging violations of federal and West Virginia labor laws were...