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First Circuit holds that yawning is not evidence of discrimination

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • September 15 2008

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently affirmed the District of Puerto Rico’s ruling that a plaintiff’s subjective beliefs are insufficient to show pretext for discrimination

First Circuit addresses Puerto Rico law on impact of insured’s breach of warranty

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • August 27 2008

The First Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that, under Puerto Rico law, a breach of warranty excuses a maritime insurer from paying a claim regardless of whether the breach has any causal connection to the loss at issue

Puerto Rico federal court examines issues of bad faith (“dolo”) and consequential damages in insurance coverage disputes

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Puerto Rico
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  • August 26 2008

The Federal District Court for the District of Puerto Rico recently issued a 58-page decision on post-trial motions in which it extensively discussed Puerto Rico law concerning insurer bad faith and consequential damages in the context of an alleged bad faith denial of coverage

No coverage for claim made outside policy period shortened by cancellation

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • Puerto Rico
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  • March 5 2010

A federal court in Puerto Rico has held that an insurer had no obligation to provide coverage for a lawsuit that was filed after the date on which its policy had been cancelled

District court prohibits use of banking logo

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • October 29 2010

Plaintiffs, Puerto Rico-based financial institutions offering commercial banking services, sought a preliminary injunction prohibiting defendant, a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit banking institution that offered services similar to plaintiffs', from using its current mark and dress

PWC dismissed from Banco Popular shareholder suit

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • August 6 2010

On August 2, 2010, Judge Gustavo A. Gelpi of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico dismissed plaintiffs' claims against several underwriters and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from a federal securities class action brought against Popular, Inc., a bank holding company that offers a variety of financial and banking services through, inter alia, its bank subsidiaries, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and Banco Popular North America, Inc

TMTV Corporation v. Mass Productions, Inc

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • April 8 2009

The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico held that pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 60(b)(5), the defendants in a copyright infringement case based on the unauthorized production of infringing derivative works aired via television were able to credit the settlement award sum paid to the plaintiff in a prior copyright case arising from the same injury from the damages set by the jury in the current case

Medical laboratory in San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • Puerto Rico
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  • October 13 2011

Caribbean Medical Testing Center, Inc. recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and, although no sale has been announced, the Debtor’s assets may be available for acquisition under the right circumstances

Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • Puerto Rico
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  • October 13 2011

Hotel Airport Inc. recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and, although no sale has been announced, the Debtor’s assets may be available for acquisition under the right circumstances

First Circuit finds no valid due process claim against Puerto Rican environmental agency

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Puerto Rico, USA
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  • October 28 2011

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that Puerto Rican environmental authorities denied plaintiff’s due process rights by threatening enforcement unless plaintiff complied with state waste regulations