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Standing
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Antitrust Law Blog
Two Recent Circuit Court of Appeals Decisions Addressing Standing Under The Antitrust Laws
In a Fourth Circuit opinion, the court upheld the standing to sue of a plaintiff (former owner of WordPerfect) assertedly injured by defendant as a means to inflict harm to…
Class Action & Mass Torts
Class Members Lacked Standing
The Texas Supreme Court issued one opinion other than the new decision in Frank's Casing with today's orders. In DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Inman (No. 03-1189) (written by Justice Hecht, joined by…
Illinois Legal Malpractice Blog
Failure to List Legal Malpractice Lawsuit as an Asset In a Bankruptcy Leads to Dismissal of Lawsuit
In a recent article in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin a decision by the Illinois Appellate Court was discussed dealing with the failure to schedule legal malpractice claims in a bankruptcy…
ImmigrationProf Blog
State Action: Challenge to Oklahoma Law Dismissed Again and New Lawsuit Challenging Arizona Law Filed
Litigation continues over state efforts to enter the immigration regulation scene.Here is news from Oklahoma. A federal district court has again dismissed a challenge to the Oklahoma immigration statute. As…
Chicago IP Litigation
Prior Standing Ruling is Preclusive Absent License Revisions
Abbott Labs. V. Church & Dwight, Inc., No. 07 C 3428, 2007 WL 3120007 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 23, 2007) (Kennelly, J.). Judge Kennelly denied defendant Church & Dwight's ("C&D") 28…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Supreme Court Gives Shareholders Second Chance and Reversed Trial Court for Converting Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Rule 56 Motion without Adequate Notice or Reasonable Opportunity to Reply
In Appriva Shareholder Litigation Company, LLC v. EV3, Inc., et al., (Del. Supr., Nov. 1, 2007), read opinion here, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed two decisions of the Superior Court …
The Contingency
Standing Around and Talking Big
Blawgletter recalls a story about people who got tickets from a police officer for committing a variation on vagrancy -- in the officer's words, "standing around and talking big". Ask…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit’s Application of Blue Chip and Reves Tests
In a recent opinion, the Eleventh Circuit offers some observations on both the Blue Chip standing test and the definition of a security under the Reves test. In Financial Security…
inversecondemnation.com
▪ Superferry EIS Case Summary pt. II: Throwing Open The Barn Door After the Horses Have Been Let Out
When does a person or organization have enough legal interest in an issue such that it can be a plaintiff in lawsuit? Are there any systematic checks in place to…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Donor’s Charitable Intent and Its Enforceability in Court
Evelyn Brody (Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology) has recently published her article entitled From the Dead Hand to the Living Dead: The Conundrum of…