BAE Systems v. Lucent Technologies
Oct 13, 2009
Bench trial in Boston's business litigation division in suit originally filed in 2003 brought by the former lessee and sublessor of a large commercial property. Sublessors terminated their lease, and plaintiffs allege a multi-million dollar loss a...
Oct 12, 2009
CLICK HERE TO WATCH A FREE CLIP FROM MONDAY'S HEARINGHearing on defendant's motion to dismiss. Shareholders asserted breach of fiduciary duty and waste claims against Bank of America for consummating a merger with Merrill Lynch and for failing to...
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Oct 7, 2009
15-day negligence jury trial. Christian Chalita was a 16-year old who passed out while exercising on a treadmill and died of cardiac arrest at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy, an elite training program for aspiring professional athletes at IMG Aca...
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Oct 5, 2009
3-week jury trial in Broward County's complex litigation division. U.S. Global claimed that it was entitled to receive a 20% commission for selling up to 50% of Progress Energy's interests in coal-derived synthetic fuel (synfuel) facilities, but w...
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Sorci v. Ford Motor Company
Sep 29, 2009
Products liability challenge to allegedly defective automobile seats.According to the plaintiff, a pickup truck rear-ended the plaintiff's Ford Probe while trying to pass at 3:30 am on a dry road. The Probe left the road, hit a rock, and overturn...
Sep 29, 2009
Medicaid wholesale pricing (AWP) fraud suit brought by Kentucky's attorney general. Kentucky claimed that AstraZeneca misstated the wholesale price on its drugs by 20-30%, which cost Kentucky's Medicaid program $16M. The jury awarded $14.7M in da...
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Sep 28, 2009
Hearing on motion for summary judgment in advancement of attorney fees.Plaintiff, the former president of IAP Worldwide (a company that provides aviation services for the State Dept and other federal government agencies) sought from IAP the advanc...
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Sep 24, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO: En banc hearing in suit challenging local statute banning possession of firearms on county property.
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USA v. State of Washington (Samish Tribe)
Sep 22, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO: En banc hearing in suit disputing fishing rights as provided for by various Native American treaties with the federal government.
Sep 22, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO: En banc appeal in firearms and narcotics possession criminal case.
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Sep 21, 2009
A series of proceedings involving lawsuits combined into the federal multi-district Zyprexa liability litigation. The September 21, 2009, hearing involved two issues: the finality of any judgment entered (whether the court would retain jurisdictio...
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Sep 21, 2009
Plaintiff suffered two fractures of his right leg and ankle on October 19, 2007, after he fell while attempting to move aluminum deck chairs that had been improperly loaded with a forklift onto a flat bed trailer that the plaintiff had brought to ...
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