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First Circuit rejects prima facie case as pleading standard

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • June 14 2013

In Rodriguez-Reyes v. Molina-Rodriguez, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that the prima facie case is not the appropriate

Smartmatic Int’l Corp. v. Dominion Voting Sys. Int’l Corp., C.A. No. 7844-vcp (Del. Ch. May 1, 2013) (Parsons, V.C.)

  • Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • May 1 2013

In this memorandum opinion, the Court of Chancery denied the parties' cross-motions for partial summary judgment in a breach of contract case

Port authority agrees to significant penalties for wetlands and historic preservation violations

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • April 19 2013

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has lodged a consent decree in a federal court in Puerto Rico involving allegations that the Authority for the

Federal court holds insured v. insured exclusions does not preclude D&O coverage for FDIC claims

  • Jenner & Block
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • December 31 2012

In W Holding Co. v. Chartis Insurance Co. - Puerto Rico, No. 11-2271 (D.P.R. Oct. 23, 2012), the United States District Court for the District of

Insured versus Insured exclusion held inapplicable to FDIC’s failed bank suit

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • November 1 2012

A Puerto Rico federal district court has declined to apply a D&O policy’s Insured versus Insured exclusion to a suit brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) against former directors and officers of a failed bank

Decades of delay are ok: First Circuit rejects laches defense based on "doctrine of progressive encroachment"

  • Foley Hoag LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • October 29 2012

In a case on appeal from the District of Puerto Rico, the First Circuit held that the “doctrine of progressive encroachment” defeated a junior user’s laches defense, despite the fact that the junior user had been co-existing with the senior user for decades

Puerto Rican city to upgrade sewer system according to proposed consent decree

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • June 15 2012

The city of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, has agreed to spend $56 million to upgrade its wastewater treatment system as part of a settlement of alleged Clean Water Act violations

U.S. Appeals Court rules for T-Mobile in network interconnection dispute with Puerto Rico’s incumbent telephone company

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • May 7 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled on May 2, 2012, in favor of wireless provider T-Mobile in a billing dispute with Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC) involving several million dollars in disputed charges related to network interconnection and transport facilities

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • April 9 2012

On April 4, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico dismissed Pan-American Telephone Co.'s putative class action antitrust suit against the Municipality of San Juan and others on statute-of-limitations grounds

EMTALA case update

  • Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • January 10 2012

Provided below is an overview of three recent federal court decisions regarding the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA