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Summary Judgment
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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Prof. Thomas on Iqbal, Twombly, and “The New Summary Judgment Motion”
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professor Suja Thomas (Illinois) has posted her essay The New Summary Judgment Motion: The Motion to Dismiss Under Iqbal and Twombly on SSRN. Here's the abstract: Civil procedure scholars have extensively…
California Employment Law
More lessons from Nazir v. United
Alex already wrote about some procedural issues in this case. But there's a lot here to blog about. Here's my list of some of the lessons from this October 9,…
California Employment Law
California Summary Judgment: Some Technical Guidance.
Summary judgment can be an employer's best friend. But it can also be a minefield. There are many technical rules to be observed and, like a microcosm of law practice itself, the…
Labor Law Prof Blog
California Appeals Court Overturns “Objectionable” Employment Discrimination Decision
As reported by California Case Law (via a tip by friend of the blog, Jack Sargent), the imponderable case of Nazir v. United Airlines, Inc., No. A121651 (Cal. App. Ct.…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Particularly Shocking Judiciary Law 487 and Legal Malpractice Case
Were one to read each of the 150+ legal malpractice cases decisions filed each year, one would see a wide range of attorney-client problems. Some are frivolous and some very…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Court of Chancery Grants Summary Judgment on Removal of Manager of LLC
In R&R Capital, LLC v. Merritt, No. 3989-CC (Del. Ch. Sept. 3, 2009), read letter decision here, the Court: (i) granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on their claim that defendant…
Legal Profession Blog
One Claim Survives
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed "in large part" the grant of summary judgment against a former programmer/analyst for Covington & Burling who sued for failure to reasonably…
Reverse & Render
Making Special Exceptions to Summary Judgment Motions
Yet another summary judgment gone wrong. Sundance Resources, Inc. v. Ole Brook Energy Services, Inc. reminds me of my sixth grade math teacher; she used to deduct points from tests…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Court Takes Unusual Step and Requires “Senior Delaware Lawyers” Involved in Case to Work Out Discovery Plan and Summary Judgment Motion Practice
TowerHill Wealth Management v. The Bander Family Partnership, L.P., No. 3830-VCS (August 3, 2009), read letter decision here. Kevin Brady, a highly respected Delaware litigator, provided the synopsis for this…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
4th DCA: An order simply “granting” a summary judgment motion isn’t worth the paper it’s written on
Rust v. Brown, --- So.3d ----, 2009 WL 2031288 (Fla. 4th DCA Jul 15, 2009) It's not unusual for courts to enter orders simply "granting" a summary judgment motion. Which…