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Western Reserve Life Assurance v. ADM Associates, LLC

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
The following questions are certified to the Rhode Island Supreme Court: 1) if the owner and beneficiary of an annuity with a death benefit is a...

Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted in an action in which the Eleventh Circuit held that: 1) certain promises made by an employer...

Richards v. Ernst & Young, LLP

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's denial of defendant's motion to compel arbitration of state wage and hour claims asserted by the former employee plaintiff is...

Karmely v. Wertheimer

Banking Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of a complaint challenging the foreclosure of collateral for nonpayment of a loan is vacated and remanded, where in two respects the...

In Re: Nortel Networks, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The bankruptcy court's determination that the various debtors did not agree to arbitrate their disputes about allocating funds obtained from...

Eastman v. First Data Corporation

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts
The petition for permission to appeal the district court's order denying class certification pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) is...

Avidity Partners, LLC v. State of California

Agriculture, Contracts
Summary judgment for defendant-state in a breach of contract action arising out of the performance of an agreement between the parties whereby...

Adams v. MHC Colony Park Limited Partnership

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for nuisance, breach of contract and negligence, against defendant mobile home park owner, alleging that defendant failed to properly...

Jaffe v. Samsung Electronics Company

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent, International Law
The bankruptcy court's order recognizing a German insolvency proceeding as a foreign main proceeding and a separate order granting...

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. v. Acacia Research Corporation

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of defendants' five patents,...