federal court rules

• Federal District Court Rules Against SEC in First Insider Trading Case Involving Credit Default Swaps

Developments of Note Federal District Court Rules Against SEC in First Insider Trading Case Involving Credit Default Swaps House Passes Dodd-Fran...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Summary Judgment And Summary Trial: Factors Affecting Availability Of Summary Disposition In IP Disputes Under The New Federal Court Rules.

The majority of IP litigation in Canada occurs in the Federal Court of Canada. Faced with the escalating cost of litigation, the Federal Court, like m...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• U.S. Federal Court Rules Filmmakers Lied About Raelians

Undisclosed damages to include return of film footage LAS VEGAS, Sept. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A California federal court has found that two vocal critics of the Raelian Movement (www.rael.org) fabricated stories about the organization. The court awarded undisclosed damages to the Raelians, including the return of film footage.

• U.S. Newswire
• September 23, 2011

• Federal Court Rules NLRB's Union Posting Rule Unlawful

See our update on the notice-posting rule: D.C. Circuit Enjoins NLRB's Posting Rule, Pending Appellate Proceedings. The National Labor Relations B...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• ; Federal Court Rules Louisiana May Name Just 1 On Form

A federal appellate court decision in Louisiana this week on a birth-certificate dispute may catapult the issue of gay adoption before the U.S. Supreme Court. We would definitely welcome this case going to the U.S. Supreme Court," said Mathew D. Staver, founder and chairman of the traditional-values legal defense firm Liberty Counsel.

• The Washington Times
• April 15, 2011

• Federal appeals court rules that North Carolina county's sectarian prayer practice violates constitution, but the battle may go on.

In a major win for church-state separation, a federal appeals court has struck down a North Carolina county's policy of relying almost exclusively on ...

• Church & State
• Vol. 64 Nbr. 8, September 2011

• Yazmin Suit Properly Removed to Federal Court, Rules 7th Circuit

A product liability plaintiff couldn't prevent removal to federal court by joining a local defendant in an effort to eliminate diversity jurisdiction, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment. The plaintiff is an Illinois resident who filed a product liability suit against Bayer in state court. She alleged that she suffered injuries as a result of taking Yazmin, a prescription oral contraceptive manufactured by a German affiliate of Bayer.

• Lawyers USA
• May 31, 2011

• California Enacts New E-Discovery Rules That Mirror Federal Court E-Discovery Rules - With One Exception.

On June 29, 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law the Electronic Discovery Act ("California EDA"). The California EDA took i...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2009, January 2009

• Federal Appeals Court Rules Tribal Issuer's Trust Indenture Is A Void 'Management Contract'

A case of interest to holders of bonds issued by Indian tribes to finance gaming facilities continues to wend its way through the courts.  On Septembe...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Federal Court Rules in Favor of Osage Nation

The Osage Nation is expected to file $310 million in damages regarding the Bureau of Indian Affairs' failure to collect oil royalties for more than a quarter century. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., ruled on Dec. 29 that the BIA failed to collect oil royalties from 1974 to 2000. In addition, the court determined that the Osage Nation's estimates of the U.S. government's failure to properly credit interest income to the Osage tribal trust account from 1973 to 1992 were reasonable.

• The Journal Record
• January 13, 2011