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Injunction
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Media Law Prof Blog
Update in the Wikileaks Case
The judge in the "Wikileaks" case has dissolved a preliminary injunction he issued last month, and is allowing Wikileaks.org to return to the 'net after he was bombarded legally by…
Chicago IP Litigation
Injunctions Post-eBay
Brian Higgins's Maryland IP Law Blog post about the progeny of In re Seagate, 497 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2007), inspired me to do follow up posts identifying Northern District…
Chicago IP Litigation
Violating Injunctions is a “Big Deal”
Am. Fam. Mutual Ins. Co. v. Roth, No. 05 C 3839 & 3869, 2008 WL 168693 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 15, 2008) (Guzman, J.). Judge Guzman adopted Magistrate Judge Cole's Report…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
“Ancillary” Jurisdiction Cert Petition
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
I thought you might be interested in reading the cert petition in PT Pertamina v. Karaha Bodas Co. out of the Second Circuit. One of the questions presented is "whether…
Chicago IP Litigation
Blawg Review of the Year Nominations and Blawg Review #141
I enjoyed my first opportunity to host Blawg Review (a weekly review of the best of the legal blog world hosted by a different blog each week) -- click here…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Addresses Competing Duties and Rights of Same Person Who Plays 3 Roles: Creditor; Director and Shareholder
Cox v. Crawford–Emery, (Del. Ch., Nov. 30, 2007), read letter opinion here. This letter opinion denied a request for injunctive relief and denied the request to appoint a custodian pursuant to Section…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Defers Fiduciary Duty Claims Until SEC Rules on Federal Claims; Companion Case Compares TRO v. Preliminary Injunction Requirements
CBOT Holdings, Inc. v. Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 2007 WL 2296355 (Del. Ch., Aug. 3, 2007), read opinion here. Please note that a separate decision between the same parties…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
An insurer could be entitled to freeze legitimate settlement funds if the insured was engaged in fraudulent activity against the insurer in an unrelated claim.
A Provincial Motor Vehicle Insurer ("ICBC") was required to pay an insured $200,000 for a legitimate insurance claim. ICBC discovered that the insured brought a fraudulent claim after the occurence…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
A second bite under Parsons
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Under the Anti-Injunction Act's relitigation exception, a federal court can enjoin a pending state-court proceeding if that proceeding involves an issue that the federal court has previously resolved. In Parsons…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Upholds Northwest Flight Attendant Labor Injunction
In a complicated decision involving the intersection of the Bankruptcy Code, the Railway Labor Act (RLA), and the Norris-LaGuardia Act, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a preliminary…