Commercial Contracts

  • June 02, 2023

    Brad Pitt Lobs Beefed-Up Winery Claims At Angelina Jolie

    Brad Pitt has filed a bolstered complaint in his suit accusing Angelina Jolie of going behind his back and selling her share of the winery they co-owned, adding accusations that his ex-wife initially vowed to work with Pitt before acting "vindictively" in the midst of a heated child custody dispute.

  • June 02, 2023

    8th Circ. Won't Revive Heart Valve Contract Dispute

    The Eighth Circuit has backed a lower court's decision to toss a contract breach suit against medical device manufacturer LivaNova over the development of a heart valve therapy, arguing that the device maker was not obligated to keep the project going after LivaNova took ownership of the project in a 2017 acquisition.

  • June 02, 2023

    Premera Joins Takeda Antitrust Litigation Over IBS Drug

    Premera Blue Cross on Friday joined litigation accusing Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. of breaking antitrust law by cutting a pay-for-delay deal to keep generic versions of its anti-constipation drug Amitiza off the market for over six years.

  • June 02, 2023

    4th Circ. Won't Revive Investor Suit Over $544M Bank Merger

    The Fourth Circuit has declined to revive a shareholder suit against First Connecticut Bancorp over its $544 million merger with People's United Financial Inc., saying there were no reversible errors in the district court's decision to toss the suit. 

  • June 02, 2023

    Ill. Judge Orders Arbitration Over Bitcoin Mining Dispute

    A federal judge in Chicago is forcing fintech investment company Faes & Co. to arbitrate its allegations that a bitcoin miner it hired in October 2021 is no longer generating the valuable cryptocurrency, saying Faes tacitly agreed to a contract with a broad arbitration clause.

  • June 02, 2023

    Conn. Court Finds Tenant Stiffed Landlord $360K In Rent

    A Connecticut appeals court has found a lower court was right in deciding that a series of lease modifications weren't enough to let a food service and catering business off the hook for $360,000 in back rent it tried to avoid paying as it sought to move its operations elsewhere.

  • June 02, 2023

    Company Says Deal For Cannabis License Was Lawful

    A California attorney and his partners accused of targeting a disabled man with promises of high returns on a cannabis venture and then cheating him out of profits have told a state court the dispute belongs in arbitration because the deal was aboveboard and the man had plenty of time to review it.

  • June 02, 2023

    BofA Seeks Ax Of 'Inflammatory' Wire Transfer Fees Suit

    Bank of America has fired back at a proposed consumer class action accusing it of charging millions of dollars in unlawful hidden fees for incoming wire transfers, telling a North Carolina federal court that the case distorts the bank's account agreements and should be thrown out.

  • June 02, 2023

    Ga. Judge OKs Settlement In Delta's COVID Refund Suit

    A Georgia federal judge on Friday preliminarily approved a class settlement in a case in which customers seeking refunds on flights canceled during the coronavirus pandemic sued Delta Air Lines Inc., saying the deal represented an "excellent recovery" for the settlement class.

  • June 02, 2023

    Megan Thee Stallion Says She's Held 'Hostage' By Trial Delays

    Rapper Megan Thee Stallion has accused her record label of holding her "hostage" in a dispute over her 2021 project "Something for Thee Hotties," saying that the label's motion to push back case deadlines for the second time in two months is a strategy to delay trial.

  • June 02, 2023

    Fannie Investors Scolded For Bid To Reopen Expert Discovery

    A D.C. federal judge Friday denied renewed requests from Fannie Mae shareholders to reopen expert discovery and pursue reliance damages in their retrial accusing the Federal Housing Finance Agency of improperly amending stock purchase agreements after the 2008 financial crisis, lamenting, "Some parties just won't take no for an answer."

  • June 02, 2023

    Texas High Court Won't Hear $10M Marina Development Suit

    The Texas Supreme Court rejected a plea from a property owner partnership to review a lower court ruling that a developer they partnered with did not breach his fiduciary duties when he used the partnership to acquire other private waterfront land for himself as part of a $10 million development deal. 

  • June 02, 2023

    3D Systems Becomes 3rd Co. To Seek Merger With Stratasys

    South Carolina-based 3D printing company 3D Systems Inc. submitted a cash-and-stock merger proposal to Stratasys Ltd. on Tuesday — just days after the Israeli 3D printing company announced a $1.8 billion merger with Desktop Metal Inc. and the same day it rejected a hostile bid from another company.

  • June 02, 2023

    Judge Orders Biz To Show Jurisdiction In $3.6M Crypto Suit

    A Connecticut federal judge on Friday ordered a Florida marketing business to show that it has an adequate basis for jurisdiction in a breach of contract lawsuit against a cryptocurrency company, saying that the citizenship of its members aren't properly alleged.

  • June 02, 2023

    Broker Settles Suit Over Fake Masters Tournament Passes

    An Arizona-based company that sold golf travel packages is settling its claims against a ticket broker it accused of selling fake passes to The Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, that cost it hundreds of thousands of dollars in customer refunds and lost profits and forced it to close.

  • June 02, 2023

    Sabre Owes Atty Fees After US Airways' $1 Antitrust Win

    A New York federal judge on Thursday said US Airways Inc. is entitled to reasonable attorney fees from airline booking giant Sabre in antitrust litigation that ended with a jury awarding the airline $1 in damages, rejecting Sabre's argument that the attorney fees awarded in cases with "nominal" damages awards should be zero.

  • June 02, 2023

    Atty Hit With Sanctions Over 'Frivolous' Calif. Ruling Appeal

    The would-be developer of a wind energy project in Hawaii and his attorney were slammed with sanctions by a California state appellate panel for pursuing a "frivolous" appeal of a lower court ruling in a suit over the project.

  • June 02, 2023

    Conn. Atty Settles Name Suit With Ex-Partner

    A conflict between a Connecticut attorney and his former partner over their firm's name — which included three suits in both state and federal court — has come to an end after the group reached a settlement.

  • June 02, 2023

    Bankrupt Hemp Co. Can't Get Back Payments In Contract Row

    The Sixth Circuit won't let bankrupt hemp company GenCanna Global USA Inc. get back nearly $1.8 million in payments to an equipment manufacturer, finding that a Kentucky bankruptcy court did not err in finding that GenCanna had breached their agreement first by rejecting it as part of its Chapter 11 proceedings.

  • June 02, 2023

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen law firm Jones Day hit the crude oil trading companies it represented in a fraud trial with a breach of contract claim, offshore company Global Fixed Income Fund sue accountants Grant Thornton, and broadcasting giant Sky sue rival broadband providers BT, EE, Plusnet, Virgin Media and TalkTalk. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • June 01, 2023

    Sorrento Ends LA Times Owner's Drug Claims, For Now

    A California judge said Thursday he'll grant Sorrento Therapeutics' request to scrap billionaire bioscientist and businessman Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's cross-claims over a $90 million transaction involving Sorrento's cancer drug, but allowed leave to amend, noting that since "half of this case went to arbitration," the judge didn't know if the claims were barred by collateral estoppel.

  • June 01, 2023

    Lin Wood Fined $5K Over Comments About Ex-Colleagues

    Prominent defamation attorney L. Lin Wood was held in contempt and fined $5,000 Thursday by a Georgia judge over comments he made in public social media posts about former colleagues, in violation of an order in the attorneys' fight over the breakup of their working relationship.

  • June 01, 2023

    Bally Sports Must Pay Full TV Fees To MLB Teams In Ch. 11

    A Texas federal judge ordered the bankrupt owner of 19 Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks to pay the full contract rate under television broadcast agreements with four MLB teams Thursday, saying fees under the deals represent the actual value of the services being provided to the debtor.

  • June 01, 2023

    NC Event Co. Fights To Keep Panthers Stadium Suit Alive

    An event staffing company has asked a North Carolina federal court to deny a bid by the Carolina Panthers' stadium operator to toss its lawsuit over the provision of personnel for the NFL team's home games, saying the motion asserts unverified facts that don't appear in the record.

  • June 01, 2023

    Injunction Won't Help Round Rock Trash Co., Court Rules

    An Austin, Texas, appeals court said a lower court was right to deny a temporary injunction bid from a garbage and recycling company that sought to prevent the city of Round Rock from initiating a contract with another waste collection entity, writing that the city complied with the terms of the previous contract before doing business with a competitor.

Expert Analysis

  • Perspectives

    How Attorneys Can Help Combat Anti-Asian Hate

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    Amid an exponential increase in violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, unique obstacles stand in the way of accountability and justice — but lawyers can effect powerful change by raising awareness, offering legal representation, advocating for victims’ rights and more, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Opinion

    Congress Needs To Enact A Federal Anti-SLAPP Statute

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    Although many states have passed statutes meant to prevent individuals or entities from filing strategic lawsuits against public participation, other states have not, so it's time for Congress to enact a federal statute to ensure that free speech and petitioning rights are uniformly protected nationwide in federal court, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • JetBlue-American Ruling Offers Fresh Angle On Antitrust Risk

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    The District of Massachusetts' recent decision that the JetBlue-American Airlines pact combining some Northeastern operations violates the Sherman Act stands as a reminder that collaborations between competitors can warrant close scrutiny — even if they create real, tangible benefits for consumers, say Benjamin Dryden and Elizabeth Haas at Foley & Lardner.

  • Takeaways From New Fla. Pharmacy Benefit Manager Rules

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    A recently passed Florida law imposes several new requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, necessitating practical considerations that range from potential license application delays to possible trade secret exposure, say Thomas Range and Bruce Platt at Akerman.

  • Some Client Speculations On AI And The Law Firm Biz Model

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    Generative artificial intelligence technologies will put pressure on the business of law as it is structured currently, but clients may end up with more price certainty for legal services, and lawyers may spend more time being lawyers, says Jonathan Cole at Melody Capital.

  • FDIC's Cross River Consent Order Lends Lessons For Banks

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    Banks with credit product arrangements and those who are partnering with fintechs may wish to examine their internal controls, due diligence and information systems in the context of the directives identified in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s recent consent order with Cross River Bank, say attorneys at Kilpatrick.

  • Dissecting The Case Law On Automaker Arbitration Provisions

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    As automakers increasingly turn to arbitration agreements for trimming and defending putative class action lawsuits, there are five factors driving courts' disparate outcomes when resolving an automaker's motion to compel arbitration, say Ellisse Thompson and Brandon Boxler at Klein Thomas.

  • A Look At Texas Business Courts' Potential M&A Impact

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    A bill heading to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's desk is a push for specialist judges with more expertise in the business area, but it is unlikely to have an immediate effect on mergers and acquisition practitioners and contracts, for several important reasons, says Candace Groth at Vela Wood.

  • 10th Circ. Highlights US Court Discretion On Arbitral Awards

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    The Tenth Circuit's recent decision enforcing an arbitral judgment against a Mexican cement company even after it was annulled in Bolivia could signal an expansion in district courts' discretionary powers over motions to enforce foreign arbitral awards, say Max Chester and Parker White at Foley & Lardner.

  • Metaverse Presents New Challenges For Data Preservation

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    With regulators increasingly requesting data — and recordings — from virtual meeting applications, and cracking down on employee use of ephemeral messaging, companies have hints of what's to come for metaverse-generated data and should consider the technological capabilities of the metaverse and governance of its data, says Timothy Taylor at Holland & Knight.

  • A Lawyer's Guide To Approaching Digital Assets In Discovery

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    The booming growth of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens has made digital assets relevant in many legal disputes but also poses several challenges for discovery, so lawyers must garner an understanding of the technology behind these assets, the way they function, and how they're held, says Brett Sager at Ehrenstein Sager.

  • Opinion

    High Court's Ethics Statement Places Justices Above The Law

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    The U.S. Supreme Court justices' disappointing statement on the court's ethics principles and practices reveals that not only are they satisfied with a status quo in which they are bound by fewer ethics rules than other federal judges, but also that they've twisted the few rules that do apply to them, says David Janovsky at the Project on Government Oversight.

  • Opinion

    Time For Law Schools To Rethink Unsung Role Of Adjuncts

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    As law schools prepare for the fall 2023 semester, administrators should reevaluate the role of the underappreciated, indispensable adjunct, and consider 16 concrete actions to improve the adjuncts' teaching experience, overall happiness and feeling of belonging, say T. Markus Funk at Perkins Coie, Andrew Boutros at Dechert and Eugene Volokh at UCLA.

  • What Texas Misrepresentation Ruling Means For Insurers

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    The Texas Supreme Court's recent decision in American National Insurance v. Arce, confirming that insurers must prove intent to deceive in order to rescind coverage based on material misrepresentation, solidifies additional burdens for insurers to consider during both the underwriting and claims adjudication processes, say Josh Pedelty and Javon Johnson at Husch Blackwell.

  • Tips For In-House Legal Leaders In A Challenging Economy

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    Amid today's economic and geopolitical uncertainty, in-house legal teams are running lean and facing increased scrutiny and unique issues, but can step up and find innovative ways to manage outcomes and capitalize on good business opportunities, says Tim Parilla at LinkSquares.

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