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Contempt Injunctions

Morgan Lewis

UK High Court Imposes Custodial Sentence for Contempt

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In XL Insurance Company SE v. IPORS Underwriting Ltd, Paul Alan Corcoran & Others [2021] EWHC 1407 (Comm), Mrs. Justice Cockerill DBE imposed an immediate maximum sentence of two years’ imprisonment following an application...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Overtime Claim Against Chipotle Stayed Until Contempt Motion Is Heard

As previously reported in EmployNews, in December a creative group of plaintiffs’ lawyers filed suit against Chipotle in federal district court in New Jersey. The lawyers contended that despite a Texas federal court’s...more

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D.C. Circuit Rejects NLRB's Award of Attorneys' Fees and Expenses in Unfair Labor Practice Cases

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s attempt to expand the remedies available under the National Labor Relations Act for unfair labor practices. Building on...more

King & Spalding

LifeLock And FTC Agree To $100 Million Settlement For Alleged Violation Of Prior Injunction Regarding LifeLock’s Data Security...

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On December 17, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) and LifeLock, Inc. (“LifeLock”) announced the largest monetary award obtained by the Commission in an order enforcement action. The settlement...more

Carlton Fields

Accidentally On Purpose: Washington Court Finds Coverage For Contempt Of Court Based On “Misunderstanding”

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Professional liability policies cover claims based on the insured’s alleged negligent acts, errors or omissions, and not claims for “sanctions or penalties” for “willful” professional misconduct. But the insurer’s duty to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

No En Banc Review of Panel Decision Vacating a Civil Contempt Remedye - Plus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, Inc.

Addressing the issue of contempt for violation of a non-final injunction, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declined to rehear en banc a panel decision that vacated a civil contempt holding for violation...more

McDermott Will & Emery

No Clear Notice, No Contempt - U.S. Polo Ass’n, Inc. v. PRL USA Holdings, Inc.

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In the latest episode of a 30-year dispute over the use of marks depicting mounted polo players, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the district court’s order finding contempt of a 2012 injunction. U.S....more

Brooks Pierce

The SEC Totally Cares about Its Injunctions

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Last week I wrote a post discussing the injunctions the SEC typically obtains against defendants in federal court. I noted the oddity of these obey-the-law injunctions and wondered aloud why the Commission never pursues...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Injunction and Civil Contempt Remedy Vacated After PTO Cancels Claim in Reexamination

ePlus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, Inc. - Addressing whether an injunction and civil contempt were proper after the sole claim on which the injunction was based was cancelled, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

No Appellate Jurisdiction Over an Interlocutory Contempt Order

Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. - Addressing whether an interlocutory contempt order stemming from a violation of an existing injunction is directly appealable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more

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