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The Legal Intelligencer

Deep Meadows Civic Ass'n v. Trusello, PICS Case No. 16-0752 (Pa. Commw. June 3, 2016) Covey, J. (15 pages).

A homeowner's property was not subject to a homeowners' association where the bylaws of the association were not publicly recorded and there was no reference in the owner's chain of title that the property would be subject to a HOA. Order of the trial court affirmed.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Conditions Precedent and the Need for Unambiguous Terms

In their Commercial Division Update, George Bundy Smith and Thomas J. Hall write: In light of the significant impact conditions precedent clauses can have, New York courts generally are strict in construing whether a contractual provision constitutes such a condition. When ambiguity creeps into the language, efforts to convince the court to construe it as a condition precedent may fail regardless of the availability of parol evidence, as several recent decisions demonstrate.
25 minute read

New York Law Journal

IP Cube Partners Co., Ltd. v. Telecommunication Systems, Inc.

Dismissal of Fraud, Misrepresentation Claims In Breach Suit Over Patents' Licensure Explained
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Morgan v. Sanford Brown Inst.

Court to Decide Whether Parties Agreed to Arbitrate Disputes
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Promoter Wins $8.5M Award Against Champion Boxer

A Miami-Dade jury found boxer Canelo Alvarez liable for $8.5 million in damages on an unjust enrichment claim filed by his former promoter.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Coventry Enterprises LLC v. Sanomedics International Holdings, Inc.

Note's Buyer Entitled to Judgment Over Breach, But Its Damages Depend on Disputed Facts
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co. v. Citadel Servs., Inc.

Insurer May Not Use Relation-Back Doctrine To Revive Subrogee Action Against Contractor
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Genger v. Genger

S.P.A. Found To Be Ex-Husband's Separate Property; Coin Toss of No Force, Effect
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ellwood City v. Heraeus Electro-Nite Co., PICS Case No. 16-0726 (C.P. Lawrence May 18, 2016) Hodge, J. (12 pages).

A faulty mathematical factor created a significant undercharge for electrical billing, which the municipality attempted to impose on a customer, who resisted based on a close reading of the municipal billing ordinance. Defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings was granted.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jury: Law Firm Owes Nothing to Spokesman for Family of Woman Slain by Police

A jury declared Friday that Atlanta's Cochran Firm does not owe anything to Markel Hutchins, a community activist and self-styled minister who acted as a spokesman for the family of Kathryn Johnston after the 96-year-old woman was slain by Atlanta police in 2006 during a botched drug raid.
7 minute read

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