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MCGURN v. BELL MICROPRODUCTS, INC.

Contracts, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In Massachusetts, silence in response to an offer may constitute an acceptance under certain circumstances however, here, the summary judgment record...

US v. HANDAKAS

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts
Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and conspiracy to launder money counts held to be constitutionally infirm, because the "honest services" provision of...

QUANTUM MGMT. GROUP, LTD. v. UNIV. OF CHICAGO HOSPS.

Contracts, Health Law
Where contract to design, establish, and operate a managed health care program provided that two profitable months were a condition precedent to one...

SOUTH ATLANTIC LTD. P'SHIP OF TENN., LP v. RIESE

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In consolidated appeals arising out of a failed business relationship between real estate developers who assert myriad claims against one another,...

ASSOCIATED INT-L INS. CO. v. BLYTHE

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
For purposes of omnibus clause in automobile liability policy, the "use" of a motor vehicle does not require that the user, or the user's agent, be...

ELDA ARNHOLD AND BYZANTIO, L.L.C. v. OCEAN ATLANTIC WOODLAND CORP.

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
A one-day delay in buyer's performance of a real estate transaction that was the subject of a settlement agreement, in which the parties made time of...

COPELAND v. BASKIN ROBBINS U.S.A.

Commercial Law, Contracts
A party may sue for breach of a contract to negotiate an agreement.

BEISER v. WEYLER

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
An arbitration agreement that falls under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards "relates to" the plaintiff's...

ROSS BROS. CONSTR. CO., INC. v. INT-L STEEL SERVS., INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Invoices and mechanic's lien affidavit attached to the complaint evidenced that the plaintiff sought relief under three separate purchase orders,...

WEISS v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Where the plain meaning of an "advertising injury" was defined in subject insurance policy as "piracy" and "unfair competition," the term did not...