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NUNEZ v. B&B DREDGING, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
A land-based employee who is permanently assigned to work in the service of a vessel but who spends only 10% of his time working on board, does not...

DSAM GLOBAL VALUE FUND v. ALTRIS SOFTWARE, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Complaint containing allegations of a grossly-negligent audit did not sufficiently plead scienter under the heightened pleading required in the...

MEIER v. SUN INT'L HOTELS, LTD.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Acts of a corporation's subsidiaries in an agency capacity may be imputed to the corporation for personal jurisdiction purposes, thus a Florida...

PIPITONE v. BIOMATRIX, INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case alleging that product manufactured by defendant caused a salmonella infection after a physician injected it into plaintiff's knee, the...

GREEN v. FUND ASSET MGMT., L.P.

Banking Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Potential conflicts of interest in mutual fund fee arrangements are not per se violations of investment advisors' fiduciary duties under section 36(b)...

PARKHILL v. MINNESOTA MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Claims for breach of contract, breach of good faith and fiduciary duties, and under Minnesota Deceptive Trade Practices Act were barred by six-year...

GRAY v. GENLYTE GROUP, INC.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where jury returned a special verdict for the defendant-employer on sexual harassment claims, finding that the plaintiff had been subject to sexual...

ARGENTINE v. UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Because trusteeship imposed on local union was defective on procedural grounds, it lost its presumption of validity, and once defendant lost its...

US (TOTTEN) v. BOMBARDIER CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Public Utilities, Transportation
The Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 erects no per se bar preventing individuals from bringing suits under the False Claims Act against...

JERSEY v. JOHN MUIR MED. CTR.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Hospital's termination of at-will employee for bringing personal injury action against former patient who had assaulted employee during the course of...