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ERISA and tax-favored retirement plans are primarily intended to provide retirement income to plan participants and their beneficiaries. Unrestricted access to retirement savings before retirement generally is not permitted, but plans, particularly 401(k) plans...
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This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 04/19/2024 "Notice of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between the Government of the United States and the Government of Japan and waiver of a regulatory requirement. SUMMARY: In accordance...
Plaintiff SEC filed an action against Defendants Ripple Labs, Inc. and two of its senior leaders, alleging that Defendants engaged in the unlawful offer and sale of securities in violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"...
There was an accident between a truck driver and appellants. The appellee operated a brokerage and trucking company. The appellants argued that appellee M&D was negligent in hiring, training, or supervising the truck driver given his unfitness to operate motor...
Respondent property owners obtained land subject to an easement dedicated to the city and general public. Petitioner title holders filed a suit in trespass to try title and were granted summary judgment.
Schooler's Construction, LLC appealed the circuit court's order denying its motion to compel arbitration of the Mackeys lawsuit, arguing that the arbitration clause in a limited warranty signed by the Mackeys required arbitration of their claims.
Fearing persecution, the petitioner sought asylum in the United States. An Immigration Judge had granted the request, but the Board of Immigration Appeals found that the petitioner did not belong to a group that constituted a protected particular social group under...
The plaintiff trustee decided to liquidate property belonging to the decedent but encountered substantial difficulty in disposing of it. The plaintiff borrowed the necessary funds and filed a claim for a refund of part of the estate taxes. The claimed deduction...
Plaintiff quadriplegic filed a personal injury action in diversity against defendants, arguing that the statute violated the state constitutional guarantee of the right to jury trial and of a remedy by due course of law for injured persons.
The plaintiff property owner brought a trespass action in the trial court (Kansas) against the defendant's neighbor pursuant to Kan. Gen. Stat. § 21-2435 (1949) after the neighbor had trees on the owner's property topped off and allegedly ruined.
An automobile crash killed the intoxicated driver and seriously injured the sole passenger. Encompass Insurance Company settled the passenger's claims against the driver's estate and all other possible parties, including the restaurant that allegedly overserved...
Plaintiff prisoner was originally convicted in state court for committing robbery, in part through the filing of an information, by a jury composed of eight jurors. The lower court denied plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Plaintiff, author of the novel "Horowitz and Mrs. Washington" and the play of the same title, sued defendant, author of the play "Driving Miss Daisy" and the screenplay of the same title, and others involved in the production and distribution...
Plaintiffs brought an action against the defendants, alleging various violations of §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.S. §§ 1 and 2, and one count alleging a violation of Illinois common law.
Petitioner contended his religion, Messianic Judaism, required that he maintain a kosher diet, and the denial of his request to participate in the kosher meals program violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights as well as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized...
The plaintiff electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) importer was granted a preliminary injunction barring the defendant Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from regulating e-cigarettes under the drug/device provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA...