E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Kolon Industries Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-01-0286, 29 pp.) (Wynn, J.) No. 10-1103, March 11, 2011; USDC at Richmond, Va. (Payne, J.) 4th Cir. Click here for the full text of the opinion.
Holding: Saying “this case is no Twombly,” the 4th Circuit reverses a district court’s dismissal of [...]
TFWS Inc. v. Franchot. (Lawyers Weekly No. 09-01-0679, 19 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 07-2108, July 15, 2009; USDC at Baltimore. (Quarles, J.) 4th Cir.
Holding: In this long-running antitrust suit challenging Maryland’s liquor and wine regulatory scheme, the 4th Circuit affirms the district court holding that the state’s regulatory scheme is preempted by the Sherman Act.
This [...]
Teague v. Bayer AG. (Lawyers Weekly No. 09-07-0064, 20 pp.) (Linda M. McGee, J.) Appealed from Buncombe County Superior Court. (Ben F. Tennille, J.) N.C. App.
Holding: A consumer who bought products containing ethylene propylene diene monomor elastomers (EPDM) has standing to bring a class action alleging that defendants engaged in price fixing of EPDM.
We reverse [...]
GO Computer Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-01-1367, 15 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 06-2278, Nov. 19, 2007; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Motz, J.) 4th Cir.
In this antitrust suit filed by GO Computer Inc., who alleged defendant Microsoft took a variety of anticompetitive actions to drive out of business GO’s PenPoint technology for a [...]
Novell Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-01-1218, 31 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 06-1134, Oct. 15, 2007; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Motz, J.) 4th Cir.
In these cross-appeals from interlocutory orders in an antitrust action against Microsoft by Novell Inc., the owner of WordPerfect and Quattro Pro, the 4th Circuit affirms the district court’s rejection [...]
State ex rel. Cooper v. McClure. (Lawyers Weekly No. 07-15-0924, 27 pp.) (Ben Tennille, J. – Order) N.C. Bus. Ct.
Where the individual defendant was on the board of directors of an environmental services providers’ industry organization and allowed her name to be included on communications that encouraged the submission of inflated bids for a state [...]
