Respondent determined a $380,514 deficiency in the Federal estate tax of the Estate of Ralph Robinson (the estate) and a $76,103 accuracy-related penalty under section 6662(a). The estate has conceded the entire deficiency. The sole issue for decision is whether the estate is liable for the accuracy...   MORE>>

Inliten, LLC (collectively JLJ) sued Santa’s Best Craft, LLC (SBC) over its marketing of “Stay-On” lights. The present case is about an insurer’s duties to SBC and others in that underlying action.

JLJ alleged that SBC copied JLJ’s “Stay Lit” lights packaging design and that SBC sol...   MORE>>

Plaintiff-Appellant Lorillard Tobacco Co. (“Lorillard”) appeals from the district court’s order granting attorney’s fees to Defendant-Appellee Isaac G. Engida under the Lanham Act’s fee provision, 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), and alternatively under section 13-17-102 of the Colorado Revised Statu...   MORE>>

This is an action brought by Benjamin Gal-Or, an engineer and scientist, who proceeds pro se. In substance, he alleges that he developed certain inventions based on his “physic-electro-thermodynamics” ideas, and that the government took this proprietary information without just compensation, in ...   MORE>>

Trim Fit, LLC, sued Donald O. Dickey for, as relevant here, breach of a noncompete agreement and unfair competition. Dickey counterclaimed for unpaid commissions and attorney’s fees. Joseph E. Voss, the principal of Trim Fit, separately sued Dickey on a promissory note. The cases were consolidated...   MORE>>

Appellant Schindler Elevator Corp. (“Schindler”) appeals from a jury verdict awarding appellee Bagby Elevator Co., Inc. (“Bagby”) economic and exemplary damages for tortious interference with contract. We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

A. Background

As competitors in the Dallas ar...   MORE>>

Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, LLC (“Myers & Kaplan”) appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia imposing sanctions of $30,356.89 pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The district court imposed the sanctions a...   MORE>>

John P. Gillig (“Gillig”) and Triple Tee Golf, Inc. (“Triple Tee”) appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The district court dismissed Gillig and Triple Tee’s complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be gra...   MORE>>

This case arises from an employment agreement entered into between Vicki D. Morris, a tax professional, and H&R Block Eastern Enterprises, Inc. (Block), her former employer. The employment agreement included a non-competition covenant and a non-solicitation covenant. After Block informed her she was...   MORE>>

R.C. Olmstead appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants in this copyright and trade secret infringement case brought by one provider of credit union software against the developer of a competing credit union software. Olmstead challenges several of the district court’s...   MORE>>