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Justice Willett delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice Green, Justice Lehrmann, Justice Boyd, Justice Devine, and Justice Brown joined. Verbis legis tenaciter inhaerendum. “Hold tight to the words of the law.” This maxim, fittingly the lead epigraph to Reading Law,1 captures the foremost t

19-1769(L) Sullivan v. UBS AG United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit August Term 2023 Argued: April 30, 2024 Decided: August 22, 2025 Nos. 19-1769(L), 19-2012(XAP) STEPHEN SULLIVAN, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, WHITE OAK FUND LP, FRONTPOINT PARTNERS TRADING FUND, L.P., FRONTPOINT AU

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION Frank J. Bailey, United States Bankruptcy Judge I. Overview The matter before the Court is a motion by D. Ethan Jeffrey (“Jeffrey”), who is the third-party defendant and the former chapter 11 trustee of the bankruptcy estate of Jefferson Development Partners, LLC (the “Debtor”), to dismiss a third-party complaint brought by Whittenton Holdings, LLC. (‘Whittenton”). W

DYK, Circuit Judge. Plaintiffs Intellectual Ventures I LLC and Intellectual Ventures II LLC (collectively, “Intellectual Ventures”) asserted infringement of claims of three patents against defendants Capital One Bank (USA), NA, Capital One Financial Corporation, and Capital One, NA (collectively, “Capital One”). The three patents were U.S. Patent Nos. 8,083,137, 7,603,382, and 7

MEMORANDUM OPINION PAUL W. GRIMM, District Judge. Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants Intellectual Ventures I LLC and Intellectual Ventures II LLC (together, “Intellectual Ventures companies” or “IV”), two companies whose “businesses include purchasing important inventions from individual inventors and institutions and then licensing the inventions to those who need them,” bring patent infringement c

MEMORANDUM OPINION SHARON LOVELACE BLACKBURN, District Judge. This case is before the court on the Motion for Partial Dismissal filed by ap-pellee Jefferson County, Alabama, (doc. 4),1 and Motion to Consolidate, (doc. 14), *616and Motion to Strike, (doc. 15), filed by appellants — Andrew Bennett; Roderick V.

Memorandum Opinion on the Automatic Stay and the Assured Action THOMAS B. BENNETT, Bankruptcy Judge. I. Introduction Creative lawyering has its merits. Sometimes, it allows one to solve what previously had been an intractable legal issue. Other times, it is a bane masking problems inherent in what creativity’s means is attempting to accomplish. This is a case of the second s

Memorandum Opinion on Application of Stays of 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) & 11 U.S.C. § 922(a) to Proposed Lawsuit Regarding Cooper Green Mercy Hospital THOMAS B. BENNETT, Bankruptcy Judge. Before the Court are requests for (1) a determination with respect to Jefferson County’s hospital property, Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, that the automatic stays of 11 U.S.C. §§ 362(a) and 922(a) (collectively, “th

Memorandum Opinion (as amended with respect to Footnote 9) THOMAS B. BENNETT, Bankruptcy Judge. I. Overview: The Parties, Positions Taken, Relief Requested, and Outcome This Court is confronted by motions filed by The Bank of New York Mellon, as the Indenture Trustee for holders of warrants (Indenture Trustee) issued by Jefferson County, Alabama (here

17-944-cv Sonterra Capital Master Fund Ltd. v. UBS AG 1 2 United States Court of Appeals 3 for the Second Circuit 4 5 August Term, 2019 6 7 (Argued: February 5, 2020 Decided: April 1, 2020) 8 9 Docket No. 17-944-cv 10 _____________________________________ 11 12 SONTERRA CAPITAL MASTER FUND LTD., CALIFORNIA STATE 13 TE

CRAIN, J. |2In this suit to enforce a construction contract, the defendant appeals the trial court’s denial of a motion to continue the trial, the sustaining of an objection to the use of a deposition at the trial, and the quantum of damages awarded; while the plaintiff appeals the denial of its claim for certain costs incurred by its subcontractor. We affirm the rulings on the motion to continue the trial and the objection to

469 B.R. 92 (2012) In re JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, a political subdivision of the State of Alabama Debtor. No. 11-05736-TBB. United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division. March 4, 2012. *94 Ann E. Acker, Chicago, IL, Laura E. Appleby, New York, NY, Stephen B. Porterfield, Birmingham, AL, James Spiotto, Chicago, IL, fo

In an alleged price-fixing conspiracy, each overt act that is part of the violation and that injures the plaintiff starts the statutory period running again, regardless of the plaintiff's knowledge of the alleged illegality at much earlier times. Plaintiffs may only recover damages based on acts falling within the statutory period, and not based on previous acts. Merced Irrigation Dist. v. Barclays Bank PLC ,

465 B.R. 243 (2012) In re JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, a political subdivision of the State of Alabama, Debtor. No. 11-05736-TBB. United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division. January 6, 2012. *248 Patrick Darby, Christopher L. Hawkins, James Blake Bailey, Jennifer Harris Henderson, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Jay

OPINION & ORDER SIDNEY H. STEIN, U.S. District Judge. Table of Contents I. Background... 537 A. Summary of CHF LIBOR... 537 B. Relationship between CHF LIBOR and Swiss Franc Derivatives.. .537 C. The Parties and the Types of Swiss Franc Deriv

IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Jeffrey M. Mandler and Nuclear : Imaging Systems, Inc., : Petitioners : : v. : : Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : No. 483 F.R. 2014 Respondent : Jeffrey M. Mandler and Cardi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 20-cv-3010 (APM) ) GOOGLE LLC,

Hart v. First Oak Wealth Mgmt., LLC, 2025 NCBC 11 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION MECKLENBURG COUNTY 21CVS015763-590 STEVEN C. HART, Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND OPINION ON MOTIONS FIRST OAK WEALTH FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC; DWM ADVISORS,

MEMORANDUM OPINION REGGIE B. WALTON, United States District Judge This civil case, which involves a myriad of claims and counterclaims asserted by multiple parties, including two former friends and business associates, is nearing its resolution, following the first half of a bifurcatéd jury trial on the issue of liability with respect to each claim and coun

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) HEADFIRST BASEBALL LLC, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) ROBERT ELWOOD, ) )