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Case of the Day: Injazat Technology Fund v. Najafi
The case of the day is Injazat Technology Fund v. Najafi (N.D. Cal. 2012). Injazat and Hamid Najafi, an American, were both parties to an investment agreement with Broadlink Research FZ, LLC, a Dubai company. Najafi was Broadlink’s CEO. Under the agreement, Injazat agreed to buy 35% of Broadlink’s stock for $3 million. The agreement……
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Case of the Day: Ocean Partners Holdings v. Doe Run Resources
The case of the day is Ocean Partners Holdings Ltd. v. Doe Run Resources Corp. (E.D. Mo. 2012). We previously saw a case against Doe Run, A.O.A. v. Doe Run Resources Corp. (E.D. Mo. 2011), the case of the day from December 13, 2011. In today’s case of the day, Ocean Partners sought confirmation of……
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Health Science Distributors Co. v. Usher-Sparks Revisited
Today we revisit the case of the day from October 28, 2011, Health Science Distributors Co. v. Usher-Sparks (M.D. Fla. 2012). Last time around, the judge held that Health Science had not shown that it had made adequate service of process on the individual defendants, Robert Usher-Sparks and Trevor Taylor, on on the institutional defendants,……
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Case of the Day: First Investment Corp. of the Marshall Islands v. Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding
The case of the day is First Investment Corp. of the Marshall Islands v. Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Ltd. of the People’s Republic of China (E.D. La. 2012). The case involved a shipbuilding contract. The Fujian Group, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, and Mawei, a private corporation that was majority-owned by Fujian, refused to honor a contractual……
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Case of the Day: Mead Johnson & Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co.
The case of the day is Mead Johnson & Co. v. Lexington Insurance Co. (S.D. Ind. 2012). Mead and PBM Products were competitors in the infant formula business. PBM claimed that Mead was guilty of false advertising. It won a $13.5 million judgment against Mead in 2009, which the Fourth Circuit affirmed in 2011. Mead……