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Hurlic v. S. California Gas Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against defendant-company and its pension plan alleging that company's amendment of the plan violated both ERISA and the California Fair...

Koninklijke Philips Elecs., N.V. v. KXD Tech., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Sanctions, Trademark
In an action alleging that defendants had infringed plaintiff-Philips's registered trademark and had knowingly offered counterfeited Philips goods for...

Theme Promotions, Inc. v. News Am. Mktg. FSI

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a case involving, inter alia, whether right of first refusal agreements between a publisher of advertising tools and packaged goods companies...

Barr v. Lafon

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In an action brought by high school students in Tennessee desiring to express their southern heritage by wearing clothing depicting the Confederate...

US v. City of New York

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In a qui tam False Claims Act action challenging a local law requiring non-resident city employee-plaintiffs to pay a fee equivalent to the municipal...

Joyce v. Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a suit by shareholders of a telecommunications company alleging that defendant, while advising the company during its acquisition by another...

In Re: Holland

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
A dispute in a bankruptcy case over which state's law should determine whether real property owned by debtor should be exempted from the bankruptcy...

King v. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a malicious prosecution suit alleging that defendant fired plaintiff without probable cause to believe that she had stolen train tickets, denial of...

In Re Cygnus Telecomm. Tech., LLC, Patent Litig.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secrets
In a patent dispute over computerized callback systems designed to lower the cost of overseas telephone calls, summary judgment of invalidity and...

Disabled Action of Pennsylvania v. S.E. Pennsylvania Transp. Auth.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Construction, Government Law, Transportation
In a challenge under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act to defendant's alteration of two Philadelphia subway...