The doctrinal schism within the United Methodist Church (UMC) over LGBT issues continues apace, with 70 UMC churches in Georgia alone leaving the denomination after a vote of the North Georgia Conference recently allowed their disaffiliation. The reason, of course, is the ongoing tension within the denomination over such things […]
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Massachusetts Court Bars “Reasonable Royalty” Evidence Based on Law of the Case Doctrine | Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
After successfully appealing a judgement and obtaining a remand of its Chapter 93A claim to the Massachusetts BLS, the Governo Law Firm moved to admit expert testimony about a “reasonable royalty” measure of damages. Governo had sued six former nonequity partners whom the law firm alleged had misappropriated proprietary databases […]
Arbitration – Group of Companies doctrine for inclusion of non-signatories – Supreme Court refers issue to Larger Bench
Dealing with an application filed under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (‘Arbitration Act’), the 3-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court has doubted the correctness of its earlier decision in the case Chloro Controls India Pvt. Ltd. v. Seven Trent Water Purification and number of subsequent decisions […]
‘Group Of Companies’ Doctrine Needs Relook, Says Supreme Court; Refers Issues To Larger Bench
The Supreme Court, on Friday, referred various aspects regarding the application of the doctrine of ‘Group of Companies’, which is often utilised to bind non-signatories to an Arbitration Agreement, to a larger Bench. “There is a clear need for having a relook at the doctrinal ingredients concerning the group of […]