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In re Lehman Bros. Sec. and ERISA Litig.

Class Actions
In an ERISA class action, brought by a putative class of former participants in an employee stock ownership plan invested exclusively in Lehman...

Ebner v. Fresh, Inc.

Product Liability
In a class action, alleging that Fresh, Inc. deceived consumers about the quantity of lip balm in its Sugar Lip Treatment product line, the district...

Raynor v. Pugh

Constitutional Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, brought by an inmate at Virginia's Sussex II State prison alleging that defendant officials violated his Eighth...

Dubinsky v. Mormart, LLC

Commercial Law, Construction, Contracts, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action by investors in a refinancing venture for a real estate development claiming misrepresentations by the developer that the project was...

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
Denial of several nonresident defendants' motions to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed where: 1) by...

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
Denial of several nonresident defendants' motions to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed where: 1) by...

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
Denial of several nonresident defendants' motions to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed where: 1) by...

Crews & Assocs., Inc. v. U.S.

Attorney's Fees, Judgement Enforcement, Professional Malpractice
Appeal of a disqualification order for an attorney in a suit involving stolen client funds is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the...

Cooper v. IBM Personal Pension Plan

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiffs in a class-action suit alleging age discrimination under ERISA in the structure of a pension plan is reversed where the plan...

Wise v. Wachovia Sec., LLC

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
Refusal to set aside the decision of a panel of arbitrators in a dispute over fraudulent investment advice is affirmed where the plaintiffs did not...