Business Law
(United States Federal Circuit) - Affirming the dismissal of complaints for lack of standing because the co-owner of the patent at issue was not a party to the actions and the co-owner's ownership interests in the patent had not been transferred to the plaintiff in a...
Business Law
(United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirming, on issue preclusion grounds, the dismissal of an action challenging the constitutionality of a California Family Code section finding gestational surrogacy contracts enforceable because subsequent state court decisions on the...
Business Law
(United States Ninth Circuit) - A lawsuit brought against insurance underwriters denying coverage for the loss of a sailing yacht resulted in a decision holding that the insurance application was not a contract, but the policy was, and it was subject to the Federal...
Business Law
(United States First Circuit) - Affirming a bankruptcy court decision that the rejection of an executory contract left the plaintiff with only a pre-petition damages claim in lieu of any obligation by the debtor to further perform under a trademark license...
Business Law
(United States Federal Circuit) - Affirming Court of Federal Claims determinations that the termination of a contract for fuel delivery was properly terminated by the Defense Logistics Agency due to default, but vacating their determination that a termination for...
Business Law
(United States Ninth Circuit) - Certifying two questions of state law to the California Supreme Court asking whether lenders exempted from California Constitutional restrictions are still subject to the California Civil Code prohibition on compound interest without an...