Civil Procedure

A group of lenders that financed Kerzner Intl's $2.5 billion mortgage filed legal action in the US, in a bid to stop Brookfield Asset Management's takeover of Atlantis and the One&Only Ocean Club...

Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN Noisy gates draw complaints Homeowners near the entry of a gated subdivision off Airport Road say in a lawsuit that the gates are disturbing them. Michael A. Martinez and...

Byline: Steve Terrell Gov. Susana Martinez's nomination of Gregg Marcantel to be secretary of the Department of Corrections apparently hit a snag Monday when Sen. Linda Lopez, who chairs the committee responsible for...

MANORVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Officer James Greco, a 17-year veteran of the Nassau County Department of Corrections, has been denied his retirement status by the Sheriff of Nassau County....

Tokyo, Jan 30, 2012 - (JCN) - SANYO Electric Co. Ltd has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Sharp Corp. in the Tokyo District Court. SANYO is seeking permanent injunctions and compensatory damages for...

A health club employee suing for unpaid overtime was not bound by an arbitration clause in his employee handbook, the 5th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment. The plaintiff worked as a sales...

A retailer that printed the month of a credit card's expiration on a customer's receipt isn't liable for a "willful" violation of federal consumer protection law, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in affirming...

The Federal Trade Commission plans to both update its investigative process and clarify how it handles allegations of attorney misconduct, the agency has announced, seeking public comment on both issues. The proposed changes...

Liquid expands as the temperature increases. That simple law of physics is at the heart of a consumer class action that alleges Chevron is cheating California consumers by selling motor fuel at an...

The settlement also includes APP's agreement to dismiss its appeal of the August 2010 federal district court decision holding that MDCO's application for Hatch Waxman patent term extension of the Angiomax composition of...

An ERISA plaintiff was not required to show that he was a plan participant for the purpose of establishing subject matter jurisdiction in his lawsuit challenging the termination of his long-term disability benefits,...

For overweight consumers looking to lose weight fast, the use of lap band surgery as a quick and easy way to a new life can be tempting. But in some cases, it's deadly....

It's not just making it rain millions. For example, Jeffrey D. Forchelli, managing partner of the Uniondale law firm Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, Cohn & Terrana, presented a common scenario of how...

A computer company sued for selling a defective product could enforce an arbitration clause in its customer agreement, even though the designated arbitrator was no longer available to hear disputes, the 3rd Circuit...

The Medicines Company (MDCO) has settled the lawsuits filed in the US district court for the district of Delaware relating to the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) filed by APP Pharmaceuticals, LLC (APP)...

A state law that regulates what slaughterhouses must do with pigs that cannot walk is preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The federal law, passed in...

Hard-up diamond peddlers fake a robbery complete with gun-toting Hassidic Jews. A pastor plans the execution of a disabled parishioner. A mortician stages an imaginary death of an imaginary man, using cow parts...

The estate of a client could not proceed with a legal malpractice lawsuit commenced by the client before her death, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment. The client received workers'...

NEW YORK -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in New York City, is investigating the Board of Directors of Venoco, Inc. ("Venoco" or the "Company") (NYSE: VQ) for...