Degidio v. Crazy Horse Saloon & Rest. Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-019-18, 16 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 17-1145, Jan. 18, 2018; DSC at Florence (Hendricks, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: An exotic dance club could not enforce arbitration agreements it obtained from its entertainers ...
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Read More »Kumar v. Republic of Sudan (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-016-18, 35 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 16-2267, Jan. 19, 2018; EDVA at Norfolk (Doumar, J.). 4th Cir. Holding: Holding that service on an embassy was ineffective under the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act, ...
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Read More »Jackson v. Home Depot USA Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-015-18, 16 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 17-1627, Jan. 22, 2018; WDNC at Charlotte (Mullen, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Where an original defendant makes counterclaims naming additional parties as counter-defendants, those additional parties are not ...
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Read More »United States v. Hyman (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-014-18, 7 pp.) (Agee, J.) No. 16-4771, Jan. 22, 2018; MDNC at Greensboro (Biggs, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The government did not waive its argument that Appellant Adrian Hyman’s appeal was untimely by failing to raise ...
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Read More »Bartels v. Saber Healthcare Grp. LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-013-18, 31 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 16-2247, Jan. 23, 2018; EDNC at Raleigh (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although a forum-selection clause effectively precluded removal by naming a North Carolina county without a federal ...
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Read More »Mendoza v. Sessions (Lawyers Weekly No. 006-002-18, 13 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 17-1006, Jan. 18, 2018; BIA. 4th Cir. Holding: The court of appeals vacated a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals to deny Petitioner Felipe de Jesus Molina Mendoza’s request for asylum, ...
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