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Delaware Business Court Insider

Firms Vie for Leadership Post in Tesla Derivative Litigation

Plaintiffs' attorneys are setting up for a battle in Delaware federal court over lead counsel status in derivative litigation challenging Tesla Inc.'s $2.6 billion bid to acquire an allegedly failing solar energy system installer SolarCity Corp.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Firms Vie for Leadership Post in Tesla Derivative Litigation

Plaintiffs' attorneys are setting up for a battle in Delaware federal court over lead counsel status in derivative litigation challenging Tesla Inc.'s $2.6 billion bid to acquire an allegedly failing solar energy system installer SolarCity Corp.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Triable Issues Found in Bridge Crash Between Lawyer-Cyclist and Pedestrian

State Supreme Court Justice Reginald Boddie denied the city's motion for summary dismissal of the personal injury lawsuit brought against the city by attorney-cyclist Donald Olenick over a crash between him and a pedestrian on the Brooklyn Bridge in July 2010.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Germantown Cab. Co. v. Philadelphia Parking Auth., PICS Case No. 17-0670 (Pa. Commw. April 20, 2017) Cosgrove, J. (6 pages).

Trial court reversed hearing officer's upholding of the penalty imposed on cab company for the absence of a protective shield between driver and back seat as required by PPA regulations and the court upheld that reversal, but on other grounds, because PUC regulations did not require partial rights operators to have a shield and if cab was operating outside its PUC designated service area, it should have been subject to penalties for that. Affirmed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Gross v. Nova Chem. Serv., Inc., PICS Case No. 17-0663 (Pa. Super. April 24, 2017) Stevens, J. (13 pages).

Plaintiff failed to establish constructive termination by violation of Pennsylvania public policy where plaintiff merely cited to federal statutes. Order of the trial court affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Target Global Logistics Serv., Co. v. KVG, LLC, PICS Case No. 17-0667 (E.D. Pa. April 12, 2017) Perkin., M.J. (11 pages).

Court refused to dismiss plaintiff Afghan company's contract action against U.S. company on forum non conveniens grounds because it was unclear whether an adequate alternative forum existed in Afghanistan, plaintiff's chosen forum was not oppressive to defendant and substantial court time and resources had already been devoted to the case. Motion denied.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Hickcox-Huffman v. US Airways, Inc.

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The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Clears Runway for Baggage-Fee Class Action

The Airline Deregulation Act, which prohibits states from regulating airline prices or services, doesn't pre-empt claims from passengers whose bags were lost or delayed, the appeals court ruled.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Clears Runway for Baggage-Fee Class Action

The Airline Deregulation Act, which prohibits states from regulating airline prices or services, doesn't pre-empt claims from passengers whose bags were lost or delayed, the appeals court ruled.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Turnpike Authority Not Liable for Fatal Parkway Tree Fall

The estates of a man and his mother who were killed when a tree fell on their car while they were traveling on the Garden State Parkway cannot sue the highway's operator, a state appeals court has ruled.
3 minute read

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