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Death Care Compliance Law
The NPS Civil Trial: our first glimpse of the legal arguments
By Bill Stalter
In anticipation of a February trial date, a group from the fiduciary bank defendants has filed a motion for summary judgment in the Federal court that will try the NPS…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (OCTOBER 13 TO 17, 2014)
Below are this week’s summaries. Topics include summary judgment in the limitation period context, property disputes involving religious organizations, family law, appellate jurisdiction for appeals from small damages awards, concurrent…
Blaneys Appeals
Court of Appeal Summaries (September 15 to 19, 2014)
Here are this week’s Court of Appeal Summaries. If you find this blog interesting, please feel free to spread the word. John Polyzogopoulos Blaney McMurtry LLP jpolyzogopoulos@blaney.com Tel: 416.593.2953 http://www.blaney.com/lawyers/john-polyzogopoulos…
InsureReinsure
UK: Court of Appeal upholds summary judgment order awarding damages for breach of settlement agreements
In the case of Starlight Shipping v Allianz Marine ([2014] EWCA Civ 1010), the appellant shipowners appealed a decision granting summary judgment to the Respondent Insurers for damages and declaratory…
EEOC Year-End Countdown
EEOC Signals More Widespread Use Of Summary Judgment Tool To Obtain Relief And Defeat Affirmative Defenses
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley On August 7, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma entered its decision in EEOC v. Midwest Regional Medical Center,…
Employment & Labor
EEOC Signals More Widespread Use Of Summary Judgment Tool To Obtain Relief And Defeat Affirmative Defenses
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley On August 7, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma entered its decision in EEOC v. Midwest Regional Medical Center,…
Reverse & Render
Conflicts in Summary Judgment Practice
I recently presented a continuing education seminar focusing on current issues in state summary judgment practice. As a result of that presentation, the Dallas Court of Appeals' holding in Bastida…
Notice of Appeal
The Supreme Court Confirms What We Already Knew: Speculation, Hearsay, and Inadmissible Evidence Will Not Preclude Entry of Summary Judgment
By Aric Jarrett
In SentinelC3, Inc. v. Hunt (No. 89317-9), the Washington Supreme Court unanimously held that a dissenting shareholder’s belief that the non-dissenting shareholders “concocted a plan” to force him out of…
Resolving Discovery Disputes
Discovery Plan Part 4 — The Year Before Trial
Somewhere in the back of your mind you are aware that discovery and Motions for Summary Judgment deadlines are looming. Yet, you really don't pay attention to them until they…
California Employment Law Update
Summary Judgment Was Properly Granted In Favor Of Employer In Off-The-Clock Overtime Case
By Tony Oncidi
Jong v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc., 226 Cal. App. 4th 391 (2014) Henry Jong, who worked as an hourly Outpatient Pharmacy Manager for Kaiser, claimed he was owed unpaid…