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Pittsburgh Logistics Sys., Inc. v. B. Keppel Trucking, LLC, PICS Case No. 17-0072 (Pa. Super. Jan. 6, 2017) Ransom, J. (8 pages).

By | January 20, 2017
An agreement to arbitrate was enforceable on the parties where it was a provision in an unsigned contract that was binding on the parties because it did not explicitly require a signature as the intent of the parties to be legally bound constituted sufficient consideration. Order of the trial court affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Mellon Gen. Contracting v. Rinaldi, PICS Case No. 17-0053 (C.P. Lackawanna Dec. 16, 2016) Nealon, J. (8 pages).

By | January 20, 2017
A nonsignatory to an arbitration clause attached to reconstruction contracts refused joinder to the arbitration proceeding, and then argued res judicata/collateral estoppel when the contractor filed suit against her. The court found that the issues of the two suits were not the same, and overruled the preliminary objections.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Liberman v. Corporacion Experienca Unica, S.A., PICS Case No. 17-0067 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 27, 2016) Robreno, J. (50 pages).

By | January 20, 2017
Corporate defendants were not entitled to summary judgment on plaintiffs' claim that defendants manipulated financial statements to avoid paying contractually-obligated income distributions to plaintiffs. Judgment on the pleadings denied, summary judgment granted in part and denied in part, motion to appoint receiver denied.
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New York Law Journal

Penberthy v. Chickering

By | January 20, 2017
Claim Debts Owed Under Settlement Were Not Discharged by Bankruptcy Are Deemed Estopped
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New York Law Journal

Application of Uhl

By | January 19, 2017
Petitioner Granted Summary Judgment Against Company in Turnover Proceeding
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Herbert v. Dryden Mut. Ins.

By | January 19, 2017
Insurer Found Obligated to Indemnify Home Owners for Damages in Personal Injury Suit
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gray v. Jung

By | January 19, 2017
Triable Issues of Seller's Competency to Enter Contract of Sale Bar Summary Judgment
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

ICICI Bank Ltd. v. Essar Global Fund Ltd.

By | January 19, 2017
'Non-Core' Proceeding Properly Removed, Is Denied Transfer to District of Delaware
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Paul McCartney Tries to Avoid Duran Duran's Copyright Fate

The Beatles singer is seeking to use an expiration provision in the Copyright Act to reclaim rights to numerous songs that currently belong to Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
10 minute read

Litigation Daily

All-Star Lawyers Duel in Dallas Over Who Owns the Oculus Rift

The best litigators tell stories. Two masters are at work this week spinning opposite tales in a Dallas federal courthouse in a huge intellectual property fight over virtual reality technology that could revolutionize the $90 billion video game industry.
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