The controlling legal issue presented in this appeal is whether an Agreed Special Setting and Docket Control Order incorporated a written agreement extending the date for serving an expert report under section 74.351(a) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 74.351(a) (Vernon Supp. 2006). Because we hold that the docket control order includes with

Attorney General Rob McKenna today announced that thousands of Washington consumers are eligible for refunds under a settlement with the operators of www.privasafe.com and www.surfsafeinternetservices.com that could ultimately cost the defendants $1 million.

"Consumer Digital Services, JSE Direct and their subsidiaries advertise on their Web sites that they will ‘protect your computer and

Telecommunications Systems, Inc. sued Mobile 365 on a patent infringement claim. Information about the patent that Telecommunications owned that it claimed was infringed by Mobile 365, a subsidiary Sybase, Inc., is not available.

We examine in this case the extent to which G.L. c. 231, § 59H, popularly known as the "anti-SLAPP" [FN2] statute, effectively shields one party in an ongoing legal dispute from liability for the publication of allegedly defamatory statements concerning the opposing party. The Cadle Company (Cadle) filed a multi-count complaint in the Superior court seeking damages and declaratory and injunctiv

The defendant, Glenn F. Russell, was for many years a familiar personality on Channel 36, Rhode Island's public television station. As its director of public affairs he had occasion to interview many, if not all, of the state's major policymakers and public figures. In 1992, Russell was notified that, because of reductions in state financing, his position had been abolished and he was being

Duluth property owner James Bechthold leased a commercial site to Minnesota Towers, Inc., for the construction of a 195-foot telecommunications tower. American Cellular Corporation and other wireless cell phone service providers planned to use the tower to better serve the Piedmont Heights area of Duluth. Minnesota Towers and Bechthold (hereafter collectively referred to as Minnesota Towers

JMC Telecom, L.L.C., was a wholesaler, marketer, and designer of prepaid telephone cards with experience in the maritime market.1 This appeal arises from a suit for breach of contract brought by AT&T Corporation against JMC. JMC counterclaimed for antitrust, federal common law, and state law violations. The District Court dismissed the antitrust counterclaim and granted summary judgment to

Plaintiff, Jessica Hall, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, filed suit against defendants, Sprint Spectrum L.P., doing business as Sprint PCS Group, and SprintCom, Inc., doing business as Sprint PCS Group. The parties stipulated to a protective order entered by the circuit court of Madison County. Pursuant to a motion by plaintiff, the circuit court later modified the

Appellants, Nokia Corporation and Nokia, Inc. (collectively, "Nokia"), appeal the March 14, 2006 Order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California denying Nokia's motion to stay litigation with appellees, Qualcomm Inc. and SnapTrack, Inc. (collectively, "Qualcomm"), pending arbitration. Qualcomm Inc. v. Nokia Corp., No. 05-CV-2063 B (S.D. Cal. Mar. 14, 2006) ("Or

Plaintiffs Rebecca Del Valle, Rickey Reid, and Jeanne Blankenship brought this action alleging that BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., breached the terms of the settlement agreement resolving their claims of employment discrimination. Appealing from the grant of summary judgment to BellSouth, plaintiffs argue that the district court erred in finding that BellSouth had complied with the req

Defendant-Appellant Arguss Communications hired Plaintiff-Appellee CATV Services to liquidate leftover telecommunications equipment worth over $1 million. During the course of performance, Arguss sold some of the equipment on its own, despite a provision in the agreement that gave CATV the exclusive right to sell the equipment. CATV sued Arguss for breach of contract, claiming that Arguss fail

This is the latest and, perhaps, the last battle over whether Planned Parenthood was eligible to receive state funds to provide family planning and related gynecological care to low-income women.

The funding for such services ceased at the end of fiscal year 2003. For several years in the 1990s, the general assembly appropriated, upon the governor's request, funds to the department of hea

R.C. Taylor, III sued Mario Gabelli and others on a False Claims Act (Qui Tam) theory for fraudulently deceiving the Federal Communications Commission in auctions for cell phone licenses. Gabelli runs Gamco Investors, Inc. and was chairman of Lunch Interactive, a telecommunications firm. Plaintiff alleged that between 1995 and 2000 Gabelli and others defrauded the FCC out of $160 mil

Local governments, reacting to the rapid expansion of wireless cellular communications and accompanying infrastructure, have adopted ordinances to regulate the placement and aesthetics of wireless cellular telephone towers and ancillary equipment through a discretionary permitting process. The Wireless Telecommunications Ordinance (WTO) adopted by defendant County of San Diego (County),

Plaintiff-intervenor Bill Johnson appeals from an order denying his request for a mandatory injunction under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA), 47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(B).(1) Specifically, Mr. Johnson claims the Board of Adjustment of the City of Seminole, Oklahoma (the Board) violated the TCA when it denied a request for a zoning variance to construct and locate a cellular transmission to

Plaintiff, Rita Langenhorst, as special administrator of the estate of Gerald Langenhorst, deceased, brought a wrongful-death action in the circuit court of St. Clair County against defendants, Norfolk Southern Railway Company (Norfolk), Jimmy Ellis, Samuel Baggett, and Keith Egmon. Plaintiff sought damages for the death of Gerald Langenhorst, resulting from a train-motor vehicle accident occu

Plaintiffs brought an action in the circuit court of Madison County challenging the constitutionality of section 13-502.5 of the Public Utilities Act (220 ILCS 5/13-502.5 (West 2002)), which abated proceedings then pending before the Illinois Commerce Commission and mandated that $90 million be refunded to certain customers of telecommunication services. On plaintiffs' motion for summary judgm

[1] Appellants, Cecil Cundy and Sundance Mountain Resort, Inc. (collectively Cundy), seek review of summary judgment orders issued by the district court. Those orders prohibited Cundy from interfering with the existing rights-of-way enjoyed by Appellees, Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (Range Telephone) and Union Telephone Company (Union Telephone), across lands owned by Cundy. We will affirm

Jodi Zisumbo appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc. ("McLeod"). Zisumbo filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Utah alleging McLeod discriminated against her and subjected her to a hostile work environment based on her pregnancy in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 4

This case deals with the legal and constitutional sufficiency of the class action notice program under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 and the Due Process Clause. Appellants are unnamed class plaintiffs in an action against Appellee Sprint Corporation. The class action concerns alleged instances of securities fraud surrounding Sprint's failed merger attempt with WorldCom, Inc. Appellants received notice of

The Washington County Sheriff appeals a judgment overturning his revocation of petitioner's concealed handgun license. Although our analysis differs from that of the trial court, we agree that the sheriff's revocation of petitioner's concealed handgun license was improper and therefore affirm. (1)

In February 2004, the sheriff, pursuant to ORS 166.293, revoked petitioner's concealed handg

ERISA class action claim against Williams Companies, Inc. which claimed that Williams misled participants in its 401(k) retirement plan about the financial conditions of Williams and its former telecommunications unit, Williams Communications Group, Inc. The plaintiffs claimed that Williams breached its fiduciary duty to them and exposed them to unreasonable risk. Williams Communications file

This Opinion considers the fairness of settlements reached this year in the securities class action litigation arising from the collapse of telecommunications giant WorldCom, Inc. The seventeen Underwriter Defendants consist of ABN/AMRO 1 Inc. ("ABN Amro"); Banc of America Securities LLC ("BOA"); Blaylock & Partners, L.P. ("Blaylock"); BNP Paribas Securities Corp. ("BNP"); Caboto Holding S

This multidistrict litigation includes five class actions brought initially in the state courts of Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sue Nokia Inc. and other entities (collectively, "Nokia") involved in the manufacture and sale of wireless telephones. The plaintiffs claim that wireless telephones emit an unsafe level of radio frequency radiation and t

This multidistrict litigation includes five class actions brought initially in the state courts of Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sue Nokia Inc. and other entities (collectively, "Nokia") involved in the manufacture and sale of wireless telephones. The plaintiffs claim that wireless telephones emit an unsafe level of radio frequency radiation and t