March 09, 2017
A New York federal judge on Wednesday tossed a suit brought by the international arm of the Benihana restaurant chain against its American counterpart, finding that the international arm's breach of contract suit relies on an agreement that doesn't govern the parties' working relationship.
July 12, 2016
The global chain of Benihana hibachi restaurants on Monday asked a New York federal judge to deny its American counterpart and that counterpart's owner's move to toss a breach of contract lawsuit, saying the American chain and its owner have misrepresented the facts of the case and are acting in bad faith in an attempt to destroy the global chain.
May 31, 2016
A private equity firm and the American chain of Benihana hibachi restaurants accused Benihana's global restaurant counterpart of needlessly pulling the PE firm into the two chains' licensing dispute and attempting to forum-shop its breach of contract suit, saying on Friday that the suit in federal court should be dismissed.
May 23, 2016
An American chain of Benihana restaurants on Friday removed to New York federal court a breach of contract lawsuit in which its global counterpart accuses the U.S. branch of trying to use a trademark agreement to muscle the company into forking over its locations across the world.