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In re: Mut. Funds Inv. Litig.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Cashed-out former employees remain "participants" in defined contribution retirement plans for purposes of section 502(a)(2) of ERISA when they seek...

In re: CBI Holding Co., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In bankruptcy proceedings wherein plaintiff (the court appointed disbursing agent of a Plan of Reorganization) brought claims against...

Wilkins v. DeReyes

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiffs' arrests and prosecutions after they became suspects in a 1996 investigation of a quadruple...

Kutten v. Bank of America, N.A.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's class action claims as preempted by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs...

In re BCBG Overtime Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a consolidated appeal reviewing a trial court's grant of a motion to strike allegations in a purported class action suit, the court of appeals...

Kao Holdings, LP v. Young

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit against a limited partnership for damages, alleging that it owned the apartments where plaintiff was living when she fell in the laundry...

Leland v. Brandal

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the context of health care liability claims and Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code section 74.351(c), when elements of a timely filed expert report...

Agudas Chasidei Chabad of US v. Russian Federation

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by plaintiff in order regain possession of certain religious books, manuscripts, and documents taken by the Russian government...

Taylor v. Sturgell

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Trade Secrets
In a case involving two friends' and antique aircraft enthusiasts' separate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests asking the FAA for copies of...

Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law, International Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In an interpleader action commenced to determine the ownership of property allegedly stolen by Ferdinand Marcos when he was the President of the...