625 results for 'nos:"Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits"'.
J. Lamberth enters judgment in favor of the Patent and Trademark Office in a case which saw the federal circuit hold that the office may assert prosecution laches as an affirmative defense in civil actions brought by patentees to obtain patents. In light of that decision, the patentee has not sufficiently demonstrated that he had a legitimate, affirmative reason for delaying his assertion of numerous patents, nor that his prosecution conduct was not an abuse of the patent office's patent examination system.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Lamberth, Filed On: May 16, 2024, Case #: 1:05cv2310, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Administrative Law, Patent
J. Howell grants default judgment to the family members of servicemembers killed or injured in a 1996 Hezbollah bombing at a Saudi apartment complex in their action alleging that the Islamic Republic of Iran materially supported Hezbollah and directed the attack. The family members and servicemembers have provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate that Iran is not immune from suit and is liable for damages totaling $68,500,000.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Howell, Filed On: May 16, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv793, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: International Law, Terrorism
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J. Brailsford grants the government's motion to dismiss an immigrant's motion seeking judicial review of the denial of his application for a nonimmigrant U-visa and denial of his inadmissibility waiver application. The court lacks jurisdiction to review his inadmissibility, therefore he is ineligible to obtain a visa.
Court: USDC Idaho, Judge: Brailsford, Filed On: May 14, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv291, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Immigration
J. Lin dismisses the patient's class action accusing the hospital of installing and implementing browser plugins on its website that allowed third-parties to access the patient's information, which became apparent when the patient saw numerous targeted advertisements on Facebook related to the treatments she sought through the hospital for her medical conditions. The patient does not allege if she provided her medical information through the hospital's private patient portal or its general website. Other courts have found that websites do not contain the same level of expected privacy as a patient portal.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Lin, Filed On: May 13, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv1159, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Privacy, Class Action
J. Cooper denies the elections watchdog group's motion to compel production of internal communications and documents regarding the Federal Elections Commission's deliberations on key votes in the watchdog's pursuit of a finding that a Political Action Committee failed to organize, register and report as required under the law. The commission has produced its administrative record, but this motion has been construed as a motion to complete or supplement that record. The commission has, however, shown that omitted documents are protected by the deliberative-process privilege.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Cooper, Filed On: May 10, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv35, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Administrative Law, Discovery, Privilege
J. Boyle grants Meta Platforms’ motion to dismiss federal privacy law violation allegations brought by a class of North Carolina drivers. Members of the class claim that Meta illegally accessed private driver’s license and vehicle information from the state’s motor vehicle website, then used the data to target them for advertising. However, while the website contains said information, it is publicly accessible.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Boyle, Filed On: May 10, 2024, Case #: 5:23cv509, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Corporations, Privacy, Technology
J. Deavers denies, in part, the law firm's motion to quash, ruling attorney-client privilege does not prevent disclosure of communications between itself and witnesses involved in the Ohio State University sexual abuse scandal because the documents do not involve legal advice, but were part of a factfinding investigation about former university physician, Dr. Richard Strauss.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: Deavers, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 2:19mc38, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Discovery, Privilege
J. Dick grants, in part, a request by an insurer to deposit $325,000 in annuity proceeds into the court’s registry and be dismissed from the case on grounds it is a disinterested stakeholder. The insurer's requested $9,400 in attorney fees is reduced to $6,500, as the requested amount is excessive. The insurer will then be dismissed from the case.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Dick, Filed On: May 7, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv601, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Civil Procedure, Insurance, Attorney Fees
J. Engelmayer denies the mother's petition for the return of her son, age 11, to Chile. While the child's habitual residence for his entire life has been Chile, the child unequivocally does not want to return to Chile, despite his higher standard of living with his mother. He has consistently articulated feelings of depression and desperation in connection with his life in Chile, and feels happier living with his father in New York where he is doing well in school and developing close friends. While the child is not at risk of grave harm if he returns to Chile, the balance of circumstances favors retention in the U.S.
Court: USDC Southern District of New York, Judge: Engelmayer, Filed On: May 7, 2024, Case #: 1:24cv1379, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Family Law, International Law
J. Milazzo grants a group of insurers’ request for a preliminary injunction, barring New Orleans’ aviation board from prosecuting arbitration claims against them related to a design contract dispute over the construction of the new terminal facility at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The irreparable harm the insurers would suffer if forced to arbitrate claims without an arbitration agreement outweighs any harm the city’s aviation board would suffer in potential litigation costs.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: Milazzo, Filed On: May 6, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv5806, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Arbitration, Contract
J. Sammartino partially grants CoreCivic's motion to stay in a case accusing it of violating California's labor laws with respect to detainees' voluntary work and coercing detainees to perform uncompensated work in violation of both state and federal law. The limited stay only applies to dispositive motions regarding state law claims potentially subject to the constitutional defense at issue in a case pending before the 9th Circuit. However, discovery related to the state law claims will not be stayed, as this case has already been going on for nearly seven years.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Sammartino, Filed On: May 6, 2024, Case #: 3:17cv1112, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Discovery, Labor
J. Rodriguez denies a compounding pharmacy’s motion to dismiss for want of prosecution after it was sued under the False Claims Act for allegedly falsely inflating prices in bills to the federal government. The pharmacy argued that the U.S. has excessively extended its “intervention deadline” since the original complaint was filed in 2014, but the False Claims Act requires the government to “diligently ... investigate” claims made under the Act, and the delays — rather than reflecting “significant periods of total inactivity” — have instead reflected the government’s efforts to investigate other companies, which are necessary here “because all the defendants were alleged to have participated in the same scheme.”
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Rodriguez, Filed On: May 3, 2024, Case #: 5:14cv212, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Government, Due Process, False Claims