Estrada v. Fedex Ground Package System‚ Inc.‚ 154 Cal. App. 4th 1 (2d Dist‚ 2007) CASE ISSUE This lawsuit was originally filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1999 with allegations that single-route FedEx Ground delivery drivers‚ Anthony Estrada‚ Jeffrey Morgan‚ Harvey Roberts among others‚ were incorrectly categorized as independent contractors with the company. The suit also alleged that the drivers were unfairly required to pay over a million dollars in out of pocket “operating expenses”
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Case Study I by ___________________________: Citation: Gerald K. Adams v Uno Restaurants‚ Inc Rhode Island State Court‚ 2002 794 A. 2nd District 489 Appeal: Gerald K. Adams v Uno Restaurants‚ Inc Rhode Island Supreme Court No. 2000-266 (KC 97 -1005) Facts: On May 20‚ 1996‚ the plaintiff‚ who had been employed by the defendant for several years‚ arrived for his nighttime line cooking shift at the defendant’s Warwick restaurant. Shortly‚ after his shift began‚ the plaintiff noticed
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setting pieces or even enters into contracts unless the management has negotiated the favorable terms (Breger & Edles‚ 2015). The court further decided to rely on a previous decision to arrive at the new decision. The case under reference was Reich v John Alden Life Insurance Co 126 F.3d (1st Cir.1997). In this case‚ the plaintiff was marketing representatives who were tasked to work with an independent agent to sell the products of the company. They did not negotiate price terms or set any conditions
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LaToya Smith UCC and Business Organizations Robert Miller Midterm Assignment October 11‚ 2012 Banco International‚ Inc. v. Goody’s Family Clothing United States District Court‚ Northern Division 54 F.2d 765 In the case of Banco v. Goody’s‚ the courts ruled that Goody’s was not wrong for canceling the contract due to the finding of justified in reasonably concluding that Banco could not deliver the product by the date set in the first purchase order between the parties
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KFC Corporation v. Marion-Kay Company‚ Inc. 620 F.Supp. 1160‚ Web 1985 U.S. Dist. Lexis 14766 The Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation (KFC) is the franchisor of KFC restaurants. KFC’s registered trademarks and service marks include “Kentucky Fried Chicken‚” “It’s Finger Lickin’ Good‚” and the portrait of Colonel Harlan Sanders. KFC grants licenses to its franchisees to use these marks in connection with the preparations and sale of “Original Recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken.” Original Recipe Kentucky
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Louis Vuitton Malletier v Dooney & Bourke Inc. In this famous case known as the “Battle of the Handbags” Louis Vuitton (LV) sues Dooney & Burke (D&B) for trademark infringement of its multicolore line. The Plaintiff‚ Louis Vuitton Malletier ‚is a French fashion house founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The famous label is well known for its LV monogram‚ which is featured on most of its products. Louis Vuitton is considered as one of the world’s most valuable and prestigious brands. The LV monogram
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Ritvik Holdings Inc . ‚ wherein it can be inferred as to how IP holders tend to create monopoly and that can substantially have an effect of lessening the competition. The facts of the case where‚ Kirkbi was the manufacturer of LEGO products for which it held various patents
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In this recent Ninth Circuit case the issues centered on compatibility between video games. Accolade copied a Sega video game to obtain compatibility with the Sega Genesis game system. Accolade decompiled the machine readable object code from a Sega game in order to achieve compatibility with the Sega system for games that it wished to independently create and market. Accolade then created a manual containing only the functional specifications of this decompiled code and not any of Sega’s actual
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hasn’t expressly ruled on this issue‚ district courts in said circuit have borrowed from Courts in the 8th Circuit have dismissed claims of general anxiety and stress‚ even where the plaintiff’s injuries are more particularized. In Amburgy v. Express Scripts‚ Inc.‚ the plaintiff alleged that he and other members of the class had spent “considerable time and money protecting themselves” after the company’s inadequate security measures lead to the theft and ransom of customers’ personal information.
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Crooked CEO gets 50 years jail In 2013‚ the founder of Peregrine Financial Group Inc. sentenced 50 years jail for stealing $250 million from investors and hiding his theft around 20 years. The U.S. Attorney Sean R. Berry of the Northern District of Iowa states that‚ for years seemed Russell Wasendorf‚ Sr. was a successful CEO of his own brokerage and respected member of his company‚ supporting local charity‚ and creating jobs. But in reality‚ “he was a con man who built a building on smoke and mirrors”
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