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DAVID G. LARIMER, United States District Judge This action was brought by four property owners in Corning, New York ("Corning, NY"), against Corning Incorporated ("Corning"), asserting claims under the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et

509 F.3d 148 (2007) Sakwe Balintulo KHULUMANI, as personal representative of Saba Balintulo, Fanekaya Dabula, as personal representative of Lungile Dabula, Nokitsikaye Violet Dakuse, as personal representative of Tozi Skweyiya, Berlina Duda, as personal representative of Donald Duda, Mark Fransch, as personal representative of Anton Fransch, Sherif Mzwandile Gekiso, as personal representative of Ntombizodwa Annestina Nyongwana, Elsi Guga, as personal rep

*9 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge Pending before the Court is Defendants’ [18] Motion to Dismiss the Amended Class Action Complaint, brought pursuant Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6).

WILLIAM E. SMITH, Chief Judge. I. Introduction This case is one of many, look-alike lawsuits filed nationwide by current and former members of faculty and staff of private (mainly elite) universities in which it is alleged that the universities imprudently managed retirement accounts to the detriment of their employee-plan participants. Plaintiffs Diane G. Short, Samira Pardanani, Judith Daviau, and Joseph Barboza (

504 F.3d 254 (2007) Sakwe Balintulo KHULUMANI, as personal representative of Saba Balintulo, Fanekaya Dabula, as personal representative of Lungile Dabula, Nokitsikaye Violet Dakuse, as personal representative of Tozi Skweyiya, Berlina Duda, as personal representative of Donald Duda, Mark Fransch, as personal representative of Anton Fransch, Sherif Mzwandile Gekiso, as personal representative of Ntombizodwa Annestina Nyongwana, Elsi Guga, as personal rep

(2008) Maria CONNOR, Plaintiff, v. SUN TRUST BANK, Defendant. Civil Action No. 1:07-CV-0650-RLV. United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division. March 5, 2008. ORDER ROBERT L. VINING, JR., Senior District Judge. This action is brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"), 26 U.S.C. §§ 2601-19 (2000). Th

OPINION AND ORDER SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE: I. INTRODUCTION Verint Systems Inc. and Verint Americas Inc. (together “Verint”) assert that Red Box Recorders LTD. (“Red Box”) has infringed on seven patents — U.S. Patent Nos. 5,790,798; 6,510,220; 7,203,285; 7,774,-854; 8,189,763; RE43,324; and RE43,386 (collectively, the “Patents-in-Suit”) — obtained between 1998 and

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, dissenting. Today’s culture, as well as today’s economy, are founded on advances in science and technology. As the Industrial Revolution advanced, and recognizing the importance to the nation of technology-based industry, the Tariff Acts of 1922 and 1930 were enacted to provide additional support to domestic industries that dealt in new and creative commerce, by providing an efficient sa

636 F.Supp.2d 978 (2008) Kevin L. KEITHLEY and Tren Technologies Holdings, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. The HOMESTORE.COM, INC., et al., Defendants. No. C 03-4447 SI. United States District Court, N.D. California. November 19, 2008. *979 Scott Richard Mosko, Robert Francis McCauley, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &, Stanford Re

MEMORANDUM ORDER JOY FLOWERS CONTI, District Judge. Pending before the court is an emergency motion to stay (Doc. No. 394) filed by defendant United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”). UPS seeks to stay (Doc. No. 379) this court’s order requiring in camera review of certain documents (the “withheld documents”) pending appeal of that order to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circ

712 F.Supp.2d 84 (2010) MUENCH PHOTOGRAPHY, INC., Plaintiff, v. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHING COMPANY and R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Defendants. No. 09-CV-2669 (LAP). United States District Court, S.D. New York. May 4, 2010. *86 David Yael Atlas, Hernstadt Atlas, LLP, New York, NY, Maurice James Harmon, Harmon &

788 F.Supp.2d 127 (2011) PICTURE PATENTS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. AEROPOSTALE, INC., et al., Defendants, and International Business Machines Corporation, Defendant/Counterclaimant, v. Picture Patents, LLC and Intellinet, Inc., Counterclaim Defendants. No. 07 Civ. 5567(JGK). United States District Court, S.D. New York. April 18, 2011.

243 F.Supp.2d 418 (2003) AKEVA L.L.C., a North Carolina Corporation, Plaintiff, v. MIZUNO CORPORATION, a Japanese Corporation; and Mizuno USA, Inc., a George Corporation, Defendants. No. 1:00-CV-978. United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina. January 30, 2003. *419 William C. Connor, Scott Andrew Schaaf, Tuggle Duggins &a;

MEMORANDUM OPINION BERYL A. HOWELL, United States District Judge In the dark chapter of history that is World War II, Winston Churchill called the shipment of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews to the Nazi death camps in Poland and Germany “probably the greatest and most horrible crime ever committed in the history of the world.” First Am.

REYNA, Circuit Judge, concurring. The Constitution bestows on Congress the power to secure inventors’ “exclusive Right[s]” to their inventions. U.S. Const. Art. I, § 8. The utility of this power would, according to James Madison, “scarcely be questioned” as the rights to inventions “belong to the inventors.” The Federalist No. 43, p. 214 (L. Goldman ed. 2008) (J. Madison). In the years since Congress first

REYNA, Circuit Judge, concurring. The Constitution bestows on Congress the power to secure inventors’ “exclusive Right[s]” to their inventions. U.S. Const. Art. I, § 8. The utility of this power would, according to James Madison, “scarcely be questioned” as the rights to inventions *648“belong to the inventors.” The Federalist No. 43, p. 214 (L. Gol

DENNIS, Circuit Judge, dissenting: Because the majority opinion (1) disregards our holding in Robertson v. Alexander Grant & Co., 798 F.2d 868 (5th Cir.1986) to find that the insurance policy is governed by ERISA and (2) ignores the provisions of Louisiana Revised Statute section 22:230 and Louisiana jurisprudence on total disability policy definitions to conclude that Walter House does not qualify

783 F.Supp.2d 698 (2011) Kimberly EVANS, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. No. 10 Civ. 1838(GWG). United States District Court, S.D. New York. April 28, 2011. *699 Lewis Bart Insler, Insler & Hermann, LLP, Elmsford, NY, for Plaintiff. Susan D. Baird, U.S. Attorney's Office, Ne

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JAMES P. MORRISSEY, Plaintiff, v. No. 25-cv-1297 (TSC) MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Pro se Plaintiff James P. Morrissey alleges that his employer, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), failed to reasonably a

PROST, Circuit Judge. Apple Inc. appeals from an order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denying Apple’s request for a permanent injunction against Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”). See Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co.,