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REAL PROPERTY – Interface Kanner LLC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank

PETITION FOR CERT. – Washington Mutual made a deal to build a bank building. When WaMu failed, the FDIC took over its assets, then sold them to JPMorgan. The FDIC and then JPMorgan argued that under FIRREA, they could reject the lease for the building because it was a “bank premise.” The Eleventh Circuit agreed, but petitioners argue that the decision conflicts with O’Melveny & Myers v. FDIC. (U.S.)

REAL PROPERTY - Caciopoli v. Lebowitz

OPINION - Defendant mistakenly removed trees that were on plaintiff’s property, reducing privacy and value of home. Damages of $150,000. per common law were not limited by Connecticut general statutes § 52–560. (Conn.)

HABEAS CORPUS - Portillo v. Bharara

SUMMARY ORDER - Even though habeas corpus petitioner was detained in Guatamala at the request of U.S. authorities, who wished to extradite him, he was not in U.S. custody and his habeas petition was properly dismissed. (2d Cir.)

ANIMALS - Sloan v. Sloan

COMPLAINT - Defendant asked plaintiff to assist in trimming of defendant’s donkey’s hooves. Complaint alleges that, without provocation, the donkey suddenly attacked plaintiff, biting and injuring his finger. (Ill.Cir.Ct.)

CRIMINAL LAW – Salinas v. Tex.

OPINION – Salinas answered police officers’ questions about a murder, but fell silent when asked if ballistics would show his gun to be the murder weapon. Prosecutors used his silence on this question to convict him. Salinas argued this violated the Fifth Amendment, but the Supreme Court, 5-4, held that it did not. DISSENT: No ritualistic action need be taken to invoke the Fifth Amendment privilege. (U.S.)

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Corn field, file 2010. REUTERS Shaun Best

Q&A: Consumer product lawyer Levitt on GMOs and crop contamination

6/19/2013

Adam Levitt, head of Grant & Eisenhofer’s consumer practice group, has represented farmers in two major cases accusing companies of contaminating U.S. markets for corn and rice with genetically modified seeds.

Courtroom, file 2012, REUTERS Chip East

Landmark year for patent litigation in 2012: study

6/19/2013

Patent litigation filings hit a record high, spurred by recently enacted legislation and the proliferation of suits brought by non-practicing entities, the study said.

Man with briefcase, file 2011. REUTERS Yuriko Nakao

Ex-FTC chairman joins Davis Polk & Wardwell

6/19/2013

Jon Leibowitz will work on antitrust and privacy matters for the firm four months after he stepped down as chairman of the commission.

Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army psychiatrist identified by authorities as suspect in the 2009 shootings at Fort Hood military base in Texas. REUTERS Ho New

Trial of accused Fort Hood gunman moved to at least August

6/19/2013

A military judge ruled that the trial of an Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood will open no earlier than August 6.

U.S. Capitol, file 2013. REUTERS Gary Cameron

Senate immigration bill would boost economy, CBO says

6/19/2013

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the legislation would reduce deficits by $197 bln from 2014 to 2023 and by $700 bln from 2024 to 2033.

File photo of a baseball. REUTERS Juan Carlos Ulate

California city wants team, sues Major League Baseball

6/19/2013

San Jose alleges in its suit that Major League Baseball is holding up a proposed relocation by the Oakland Athletics to the Silicon Valley city.

Kate Spade store, file 2013. REUTERS Toru Hanai

Kate Spade Saturday doesn't infringe on Saturdays Surf: judge

6/19/2013

The judge found that Saturdays Surf NYC had not shown that consumers were likely to be confused by their brand and the new brand launched by women’s clothier Kate Spade.

handcuffs, file 2013. REUTERS Suhaib Salem

Ex-fund managers can remain free during insider trading appeal

6/19/2013

Todd Newman, a former employee at Diamondback Capital Management, and Anthony Chiasson, co-founder of Level Global Investors, had been set to begin prison sentences later this summer.


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