Novic v. Credit One Bank, N.A., No. 17-2168 (4th Cir. Jan 4, 2019) [click for opinion] Charleene Novic had entered into a credit agreement to obtain a credit card with Credit One Bank, N.A. (“Credit One”). The Cardholder Agreement contained an arbitration provision with a clause delegating authority to the arbitrator: “Claims subject to arbitration include . . . disputes related to . . . the application, enforceability or interpretation of this Agreement, including this…
SteppeChange LLC v. VEON Ltd., No. 18-cv-04842 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 5, 2018) [click for opinion] Plaintiff SteppeChange, LLC…
Skuse v. Pfizer, Inc., No. A-3027-17T4 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Jan. 16, 2019) [click for opinion] In…
Am. Int’l Specialty Lines Ins. Co. v. Allied Capital Corp., Index. No. 656341/16, 2018 NY Slip Op 07194 (N.Y. App. Div. Oct. 25, 2018) [click for opinion] This appeal arose out of the settlement of a separate litigation in which respondent Allied Capital Corporation (“Allied”) agreed to pay the government $10.1 million. Allied, which maintained two insurance policies with American International Specialty Lines Insurance Company (“AISLIC”), treated its payment of the $10.1 million as a…
Forby v. One Technologies, L.P., No. 17-10883 (5th Cir. Nov. 28, 2018) [click for opinion] On April 24,…
Gen. Re Life Corp. v. Lincoln Nat’l Life Ins. Co., No. 17-2496-cv (2d Cir. Nov. 28, 2018) [click…
Stati v. Kazakhstan, No. 14-cv-1638 (D.D.C. Nov. 13, 2018) [click for opinion] On March 23, 2018, the District Court for the District of Columbia entered judgment in favor of Petitioners Anatolie Stati, Gabriel Stati, Ascom Group, S.A., and Terra Raf Trans Trading Ltd. (the “Stati Parties”) confirming a foreign arbitral award of approximately $500 million against Respondent, the Republic of Kazakhstan. On April 9, 2018, Kazakhstan appealed that ruling to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.…
Dye v. Tamko, No. 17-14-052 (11th Cir. Nov. 2, 2018) [click for opinion] Two Florida residents purchased the same…
In re Servotronics, Inc., No. 2:18-mc-00364-DCN (D.S.C. Nov. 6, 2018) [click for opinion] Plaintiff Rolls-Royce manufactured an engine…
Diag Human S.E. v. Czech Republic – Ministry of Health, 907 F.3d 606 (D.C. Cir. Oct. 26, 2018) [click for opinion] The Czech Republic Ministry of Health (the “Czech Republic”) and blood plasma business Diag Human, S.E. (“Diag Human”), have been in a dispute spanning nearly three decades. The feud began after the Czech Republic’s then-Minister of Health, in the early 1990s, allegedly violated unfair competition laws by sending a letter to Diag Human’s major business…