OPINIONI. IntroductionThis is a summary judgment appeal. The trial court granted summary judgments for Appellees Greystar Development & Construction, LP; Houston Stafford Electrical Contract

Motion for Rehearing Overruled; Reversed and Remanded; Opinion of March 25, 2010 Withdrawn; and Substitute Opinion filed April 29, 2010.SUBSTITUTE OPINIONWe overrule appellee's motion for rehear

Published opinionBefore GAJARSA, DYK, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge GAJARSA. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge DYK.Metabolite appeals from the

Motion for Rehearing Overruled; Reversed and Remanded; Opinion of March 25, 2010 Withdrawn; and Substitute Opinion filed April 29, 2010.SUBSTITUTE OPINIONWe overrule appellee's motion for rehear

Ted Olson of Gibson Dunn got the glory for arguing the landmark case decided yesterday by the Supreme Court. But the firm that first won the verdict at issue was Buchanan Ingersoll, which sank 11 years and almost $7 million in time and expenses into Hugh Caperton's quest to hold Massey Coal responsible for his company's failure.

The AIG litigation machine keeps humming as a New York federal judge declines to dismiss a class action alleging that the insurer misled shareholders about its credit default swap portfolio.

The government's case against Apple and and five of the "big six" book publishers is good news indeed for plaintiffs lawyers at Hagens Berman and Cohen Milstein as they pursue their own class action claims against the same crowd of defendants.

This could be a game changer, folks--and it couldn't come at a more critical moment for opponents of the deals that keep generic drugs off the market.

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