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Sokol Holdings, Inc. v. BMB Munai, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a contract issue in which corporate plaintiff alleged that defendants wrongfully induced counterparty, with whom plaintiffs contracted, to breach...

3M Co. v. Amtex Sec., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
When a motion to compel arbitration and a motion for a stay are brought separately, they should be treated individually and the resulting order...

White v. Mayflower Transit

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In a dispute over a cross country move gone bad, removal to federal court, an order confirming arbitration award for the moving company, and dismissal...

Winter v. Window Fashion Prof'ls

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a franchise agreement dispute, determination of arbitration provision's validity is affirmed over claims that the court erred in: 1) ruling on the...

Ameritech Corp. v. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, Local 21

Communications Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit arising from a series of arbitrations over a collective-bargaining agreement, denial of a motion to enforce an arbitration award is reversed...

Dornbirer v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Insurance Law
In an arbitration over a health insurance claim, arbitration award in favor of defendant-insurer is affirmed where the arbitrator's disclosure was...

Pleasants v. Am. Express Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action alleging that American Express defendants violated the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) by issuing preloaded, stored-value cards...

Oglala Sioux Tribe v. C & W Enters.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Indian Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a construction contract dispute involving a federally recognized Native American tribe, an order enjoining a South Dakota state court from...

Exelon Generation Co., LLC v. Local 15, Intl. Bhd. of Elec. Workers, AFL-CIO

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a declaratory judgment action seeking a determination that disputes over plaintiff's changes to medical benefits for retirees were not within the...

Adams v. Monumental Gen. Cas., Co.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a lawsuit filed by plaintiff-insured truck owner against defendant-insurer for a refund of portion of her premium because she paid the loan early,...