373 results for 'court:"USDC Massachusetts"'.
J. Robertson grants, in part, two individuals' motion to compel FedEx to produce documents in their class labor action. FedEx fails to show the production of certain compliance documents is unduly burdensome, while the production of driver disqualification documents for an additional 100 opt-ins is relevant.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Robertson, Filed On: May 22, 2023, Case #: 3:17cv30116, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Discovery, Class Action, Labor
J. Stearns refuses to dismiss a city's contract action against a school services company for its alleged failure to adequately staff buses for two school years. The city sufficiently pleads its claims for breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, negligent
misrepresentation and violations of the Massachusetts Fair Business Practices Act.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Stearns, Filed On: May 19, 2023, Case #: 1:23cv10460, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Education, Transportation, Contract
J. Talwani grants the owners of a metaverse default judgment against their former chief marketing officer who allegedly took their company's money and schemed to take control of the company's assets. The owners provided sufficient evidence to show the individual took $564,000 from their non-fungible token sale and, thus, are entitled to that amount of damages, plus post-judgment interest.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Talwani, Filed On: May 19, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv11464, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Damages, Conversion
J. Sorokin grants the government's motion for a preliminary injunction in its antitrust case against the partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue. The government, along with several states, commonwealths and the District of Columbia, has shown the "'unprecedented'" partnership between the airlines, the Northeast Alliance, allowed them to "transform[] themselves from competitors to collaborators" and violates the Sherman Act.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Sorokin, Filed On: May 19, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv11558, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: Antitrust, Aviation
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J. Cabell denies, in part, a mayor's motion for summary judgment on an individual's claims related to a city's refusal to grant him certain permits to develop a subdivision. Genuine issues of fact remain concerning the individual's claim for interference with contractual or economic relations.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Cabell, Filed On: May 18, 2023, Case #: 1:16cv11575, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Real Estate, Zoning, Contract
J. Gorton denies class certification to two students' on their claims related to a university's refusal to return tuition or fees paid for a semester in 2020 when it closed its on-campus facilities and offered only online classes. There are subjective and individualized questions due, in part, to the students' faulty damages model, which includes a proposed actual value of online, post-COVID education that cannot be applied to a class.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Gorton, Filed On: May 17, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv11021, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Education, Covid-19, Class Action
J. Talwani finds for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and others on an environmental group's challenge to the approval of an offshore wind energy project off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. The group fails to show the agencies violated the Endangered Species Act or the National Environmental Policy Act when they issued the biological opinion and final environmental impact statement for the project.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Talwani, Filed On: May 17, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv11390, NOS: Environmental Matters - Other Suits, Categories: Energy, Environment, Water
J. Gorton transfers three pharmaceutical companies' action seeking a declaration they are not infringing on another company's vaccine-related patents to the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. There is no proof the pharmaceutical companies filed their claims in bad faith, and the Eastern District of Virginia has personal jurisdiction.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Gorton, Filed On: May 16, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv11202, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Patent, Jurisdiction