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California Housing Fin. Agency v. Hanover/Cal. Mgmt. & Accounting Ctr., Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In suit making allegations of fraud and of having a financial interest in a government contract, verdict for plaintiff is affirmed as any potential...

Universal Guar. Life Ins. Co. v. Coughlin

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
Bankruptcy court decision that a loan was not secured by the bankrupt hospital's accounts receivable is reversed where there was no contradiction or...

In re: Napster, Inc. Copyright Litig.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Copyright, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property
In a civil case in which outright disclosure of attorney-client communications is sought under the crime-fraud exception: 1) both parties have a right...

Suburban Mortgage Assocs., Inc. v. US Dep't of Housing & Urban Dev.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute between a commercial mortgage lender and a government agency over an insurance contract, district court's denial of the government's...

Mountain Pure, LLC v. Bank of Am., N.A.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In a suit alleging breach of contract and promissory estoppel against Bank of America, summary judgment for the bank is affirmed in part, but reversed...

McAninch v. Wintermute

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Securities Law
In a breach of contract action brought by former bank directors against their insurer, an insurer may not avoid its duty to indemnify under a D&O...

Lowdermilk v. US Bank Nat'l Assoc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), when the plaintiff has pled damages less than the jurisdictional amount, in order to remove the...

Hudson Sav. Bank v. US

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an interpleader action brought by a bank to determine the proper disbursement of a foreclosure surplus fund encumbered by tax liens, dismissal is...

Davis v. Yageo Corp.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection
In consolidated cases arising out of a corporate dispute between majority and minority shareholders over the minority right to elect certain directors...

Kreditverein der Bank Austria v. Nejezchleba

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal from an order staying proceedings involving foreign banks' efforts to collect on certain loans to appellant, pending a calculation of...