The doctrine of unjust enrichment allows a plaintiff to recover from a defendant, without the benefit of an enforceable contractual obligation, where the defendant has unfairly benefited from the ...

In a case over Facebook's alleged use of plug-ins to catalog users' browsing histories in order to sell that data, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that plaintiffs have standing ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks sued two pharmaceutical giants for unjust enrichment on Monday, arguing they profited from Lacks’ genetic material without consent. The suit against Novartis ...

New study introduces a novel legal framework for addressing climate change through the lens of unjust enrichment. The study proposes a shift away from traditional tort-based climate litigation towards ...

A federal court in Virginia recently held that claims for conversion and unjust enrichment were preempted by the Copyright Act. By Billboard Staff A federal court in ...

While owning an investment property can be a rewarding and financially successful venture, property owners must navigate through a host of risks to protect their investment, which, if not handled ...

Where plaintiffs showed that their federal and state antitrust claims against Johnson & Johnson satisfied all of the ...

In this week’s article we discuss the claim of unjustified enrichment. A claim of unjust enrichment is used to describe a situation wherein one party benefits at the other party’s expense, in ...

They’re sorta like contracts, but not quite. “Consideration” in turn, means that one thing of value is exchanged for another thing of value. I give you money and you give me your car. “Capacity” means ...