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LIPMAN v. DYE

Civil Procedure, Contracts
After an underlying action for conversion was dismissed on the eve of trial, with no request by the parties that the court retain jurisdiction, a...

SCHEIBER v. DOLBY LAB., INC.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a suit to enforce a patent license agreement, a patent owner may not enforce a contract for payment of patent royalties beyond the expiration date...

AM. VANTAGE CO., INC. v. TABLE MOUNTAIN RANCHERIA

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Indian Law
An unincorporated Indian tribe is not a "citizen" of a state within the meaning of the federal diversity statute, thus an action based on a contract...

GORMAN v. AMERITRADE HOLDING CORP.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Cyberspace Law
District of Columbia courts may assert general jurisdiction over a provider of online brokerage services that is "doing business" in the District...

GRAIN DEALERS MUT. INS. CO. v. FARMERS ALLIANCE MUT. INS. CO.

Agriculture, Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The transportation of "fly ash" should be treated as a "business pursuit" under a farmowners-ranchowners insurance policy clause that excludes...

BROOK v. PEAK INT'L, LTD.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Although the American Arbitration Association erroneously deviated from the selection process outlined in an employment agreement, where the employee...

INT'L BHD. OF ELECT. WORKERS, LOCAL 176 v. BALMORAL RACING CLUB, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Because certain camera workers fell within the scope of a collective bargaining agreement, an employer must arbitrate a labor dispute arising out of...

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS GROUP, INC. v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Questions that a pharmaceutical company used in research surveys were not trade secrets, because they were readily ascertainable in public sources,...

BELL v CENDANT CORP

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Language of an Adviser Agreement arbitration clause clearly and unmistakably demonstrates that the parties intended for the arbitrator to determine...

SDJ INS. AGENCY, L.L.C. v. AM. NAT'L INS. CO.

Contracts
No genuine issues of material fact existed in appellants' breach of contract claim arising out of agency agreements; grant of summary judgment on a...