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Summary Judgment
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California Employment Law Update
Proskauer Wins Summary Judgment on Behalf of Paramount in Breach of Contract, Discrimination Case
The plaintiff was an Australian citizen working as an associate attorney for the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP on a work visa. In October 2009, Paramount extended to…
Chicago IP Litigation
Summary Judgment Granted Based Upon Failure to Comply With Rule 56.1
International Tax Advisors, Inc. v. Tax Law Assocs., LLC, No. 08 C 2222, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Feb. 15, 2011) (Valdez, Mag. J.) Judge Valdez denied plaintiffs' (collectively "ITA") motion…
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
SemCrude Decision Delineates the Process for Analyzing Motions for Continuance vs. Motions for Summary Judgment
Summary In an 24 page decision signed June 20, 2011, Judge Shannon of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court partially granted several parties’ motions for a continuance opposing several motions for summary…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Exclusion of evidence containing belated damages estimates upheld as sanction for violation of automatic disclosure obligations
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
In Dynegy Marketing & Trade v. Multiut Corp., 2011 WL 3347848 (7th Cir. Aug. 4, 2011), plaintiff supplier sued defendants, a distributor and its owner, for unpaid invoices for…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
New article argues for application of state summary judgment standards in diversity cases under Stevens’ view in Shady Grove
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
In Shady Grove, the Rules Enabling Act, and the Application of State Summary Judgment Standards in Federal Diversity Cases, forthcoming in St. John’s Law Review, Professor Matthew Lyon of Lincoln…
Legal Profession Blog
Meat Samosa Litigation Continues
The New Jersey Appellate Division has reversed in part the grant of summary judgment to a caterer defendant on the following allegations:Plaintiffs, sixteen Hindu vegetarians, appeal from an order of…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Fun Photo “Evidence” in a Summary Judgment Brief
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
In the ongoing lawsuit between Ross Perot, Jr. and Mark Cuban for mismanagement of the Dallas Mavericks, we have a new addition to fun motions to show our students. Cuban's…
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
Decision in DBSI Delays Motion for Summary Judgment
Summary In an 11 page opinion published May 27, 2011, Judge Walsh granted a motion under F.R.C.P. 56(d) and quoted another opinion which says “where the facts are in possession…
Reverse & Render
Summary Judgment Affidavits: Form vs. Substance
The difference between defects in the form of an affidavit versus defects in substance is not always clear and the appellate courts have not always agreed on what is substantive…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Imposes Fees as Condition to Supplementing Record on Remand
Wimbledon Fund LP v. SV Special Situations Fund LP, C.A. No. 4780-VCS (Del. Ch. Feb. 4, 2011), read opinion here. See prior decisions in this matter summarized on this blog here.…