• Compagnie Des Grands Htels D'Afrique S.A. v. Starwood Capital Group Global I LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-2631

    District court erred in interpreting agency liability under Delaware law, where a parent could incur agency liability for a subsidiary's wrongful acts post-acquisition.

  • Huber v. Simon's Agency, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David B. Shaver, Surdyk Dowd & Turner, Dayton, OH for appellant.
    for defendant: Yitzchak Zelman, Ari H. Marcus, Marcus & Zelman, Asbury Park, NJ for appellee.

    Case Number: 22-2483

    Incurring costs to understand confusing collection letter was sufficient to confer Article III standing without the need to rely on the informational injury doctrine, but further factfinding was needed to determine if other potential class members suffered the same harm.

  • Hickey v. Univ. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward W. Ciolko, Nicholas Colella, Jamisen A. Etzel, Gary F. Lynch, Lynch Carpenter, Pittsburgh, PA; Jeffrey A. Klafter, Seth R. Lesser, Klafter Lesser, Rye Brook, NY; Eric Poulin, Poulin, Willey & Anastopoulo, Charleston, SC; Roy T. Willey, IV, Anastopoulo Law Firm, Charleston, SC; Stuart A. Carpey, Plymouth Meeting, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: James C. Martin, Colin E. Wrabley, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA; Gerard A. Dever, Roberta D. Liebenberg, Fine Kaplan & Black, Philadelphia, PA; Burt M. Rublin, Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: 21-2013

    Former students' allegations that the universities had retained their tuition and fees in full after transitioning to remote learning and canceling campus events during the pandemic supported a reasonable inference that the parties had impliedly contracted for in-person education and supported a claim for unjust enrichment.

  • Hickey v. Univ. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary F. Lynch, Lynch Carpenter, Pittsburgh, PA; Jeffrey A. Klafter, Seth R. Lesser, Klafter Lesser, Rye Brook, NY; Eric Poulin, Poulin, Willey & Anastopoulo, Charleston, SC; Roy T. Willey, IV, Anastopoulo Law Firm, Charleston, SC; Stuart A. Carpey, Plymouth Meeting, PA; Edward W. Ciolko, Nicholas Colella, Jamisen A. Etzel, Gary F. Lynch, Lynch Carpenter, Pittsburgh, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: James C. Martin, Colin E. Wrabley, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh, PA; Gerard A. Dever, Roberta D. Liebenberg, Fine Kaplan & Black, Philadelphia, PA; Burt M. Rublin, Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: 21-2013

    College students plausibly stated breach of implied contract claim from universities' switch to online learning due to COVID-19 pandemic where marketing materials emphasized benefits of on-campus instruction from attending each university.

  • Xi v. Haugen

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Rudovsky, Jonathan H. Feinberg, Susan M. Lin Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Patrick Toomey, Ashley Gorski, Sarah Taitz, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Jonathan Hafetz, Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ for appellants.
    for defendant: Leif Overvold, Brian M. Boynton, H. Thomas Byron III, Sharon Swingle, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC for appellees.

    Case Number: 21-2798

    "Clearly established" threshold inapplicable to discretionary function exception analysis under FTCA because the government lacked discretion to violate constitutional rights.

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  • Houston Cas. Co. v. Truist Fin. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D70180

    The court affirmed the district court's order granting summary judgment in a matter regarding a stock purchase agreement that expressly forbade payout in instances of liability litigation. Although appellant argued that the terms were ambiguous, the court disagreed and found that the language was clear and concise.

  • United States v. Hurd

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-1084

    The court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying appellant's motion for compassionate release.

  • Glen v. Trip Advisor LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Entertainment and Leisure | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69941

    Court dismissed appellant's claim under the Helms-Burton Act arguing that he was the beneficiary of property seized during the Castro Regime.

  • In Re: Zohar III Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. David Dean, Norman L. Pernick, Patrick J. Reilley, Cole Schotz, Wilmington, DE; Michael G. Farag, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, CA; Monica K. Loseman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Denver, CO; Michael L. Nadler, Akiva Shapiro, Randy M. Mastro, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph M. Barry, Michael R. Nestor, Shane M. Reil, James L. Patton, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69922

    Management services company not entitled to transaction fee where proviso requiring liquidity event to satisfy client's outstanding liabilities was included in the section defining liquidity events and therefore constituted a condition to payment of the fee.

  • In re: Resolute Energy Corp. Sec. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-08
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69709

    Failure to explain alleged "actual value" of company shares or how the company's stockholders could have achieved that value in a merger transaction was fatal to fraud/breach of fiduciary duty claim.