6 Cited authorities

  1. Synthes, Inc. v. Knapp

    978 F. Supp. 2d 450 (E.D. Pa. 2013)   Cited 72 times
    Holding this factor weighed against a corporate plaintiff suing an individual defendant given the corporation was already litigating in the proposed forum for transfer and the corporation had not claimed they were unable to litigate there
  2. Koresko v. Nationwide Life Ins. Co.

    403 F. Supp. 2d 394 (E.D. Pa. 2005)   Cited 47 times
    Finding threat of litigation insufficient to support finding of bad faith
  3. Keating Fibre Intern., Inc. v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

    416 F. Supp. 2d 1048 (E.D. Pa. 2006)   Cited 35 times
    Finding no evidence of bad faith where parties engaged in settlement negotiation, but established no deadline for filing a civil action
  4. IMS Health, Inc. v. Vality Technology Inc.

    59 F. Supp. 2d 454 (E.D. Pa. 1999)   Cited 41 times
    Holding that requirements for declaratory judgment jurisdiction were satisfied where copyright holder had not indicated it was going to file suit but had taken positions and made demands such that the declaratory judgment plaintiff justifiably believed that copyright holder might take such action in the future and noting that "[i]t is quite possible for two parties to simultaneously consider nonlitigious settlement of a dispute, while at the same time maintaining an awareness that either settlement is improbable or that litigation is equally likely"
  5. Zelenkofske Axelrod Consulting v. Stevenson

    Civil Action No. 99-3508 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 5, 1999)   Cited 16 times

    Civil Action No. 99-3508. August 5, 1999. MEMORANDUM WALDMAN, J. Presently before the court is defendants' Motion to Dismiss or to Transfer this action involving an alleged breach by defendants of covenants not to compete with plaintiff. Defendants operated a healthcare consulting company in Fairfax, Virginia. In October 1998 they agreed to sell the assets of their company to plaintiff for $117,729 and entered into virtually identical employment agreements with it. These agreements contained provisions

  6. Rule 1 - Scope and Purpose

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 1   Cited 15,612 times   51 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"