Commercial Contracts Archive » September, 2009

Commercial Contracts - September, 2009

146 articles

• Agco To Pay $20M To Quell Iraq Kickback Claims
• Danone, Wahaha To Part Ways Amid IP Tangle
• Insurer Sues For Asbestos Settlement Deductibles
• Tender Offer Puts Alliant Noteholders' Suit To Rest
• Delray V. Yamaha And Pre-Existing Dealer Pacts
• Ex-Champ Takes Swing At Don King Productions
• USIS Accuses Argonaut Of Trade Secrets Theft
• Antitrust Suit Against Swisher Tossed Over Venue
• JPMorgan Wins TRO In Worker Trade Secrets Case
• GE Wants Sanctions In IP Acquisition Suit
• Rather's Wrongful Dismissal Suit Against CBS Tossed
• Most Claims Survive In MetroPCS, Virgin Mobile Spat
• Dunkin' Donuts Franchisees Fire Back In Contract Spat
• Tribal Court's $1.8B Judgment Against Harrah's Nixed
• Neb. Power Cos. Accuse Tri-State Of Price-Gouging
• Ensuring Enforceability Of Noncompetes In China
• Trust To Appeal Toss Of Warner Bros. Contract Suit
• Creighton, GE Settle Health Care Billing Contract Suit
• Disney Off Hook For Copyright Violation In Pooh Suit
• Marathon Hits Storage Co. With $5.6M Contract Suit
• Peak Energy Sues Chesapeake Over $29M Oil Deal
• Novelis Transfer Infringed Software License: 6th Circ.
• Clarendon Contract Claim Survives Bid To Dismiss
• Weinstein Loses Movie Licensing Contract Spat
• Guidance Loses Bid To Alter Damages Before Trial
• Claims Tossed Again In TV Patent Spat V. Microsoft
• Bunge $38M Soybean Contract Spat Award Confirmed
• Scranton Times' Preempted Claims Cut In Copying Suit
• RTIH Sues Tronox In Effort To Get Out Of Contracts
• Miller, Insurers Settle Over Underage Marketing Suits
• Christie's Off Hook For Price Of Stolen Nazi Art: Judge
• Fed. Circ. Nixes $26M Contract Ruling For Failed Thrift
• DC Circ. May Keep Ban On Cable TV Agreements
• Pipeline Co. Seeks Toss Of Gas Co.'s $18M Fraud Suit
• Hartmarx Buyers Blast Creditor In Licensing Dispute
• DuPont Wins Bid To Intervene In Firm Contract Spat
• Md. Franchisees Sue Exxon Over Sale Of Stores
• Wendy's Loses Bid To Toss Franchisee Antitrust Suit
• Toolmaker's Trade Secrets, Noncompete Suit Tossed
• 2nd Circ. Finds Partial Employee Contract Invalid
• Rather Gets OK To Question CBS Chair In $70M Suit
• Judge Torches Bankrupt Fuel Co.'s Antitrust Claims
• 10th Circ. Backs Damages In Metal Trade Secrets Suit
• Merck, Schering Win Initial OK For $42M Vytorin Deal
• Defining Outer Limits Of Unfair Competition Doctrine
• AA Flight Attendants Can't Bring RLA Claims: 2nd Circ.
• Chevron Forced To Settle Oil Patent Spat
• Antitrust Claims Shucked From Monsanto Patent Suit
• Amaranth Sues Touradji Capital For $350M
• Contractor Fails To Get $47M Suit Against Iraq Revived
• DirecTV Customers Fight Arbitration Order In Fee Spat
• North American OKs Deal With Agent In Fraud Case
• Va. Court Revises $77M Award To Norfolk Southern
• Lehman Wins $6.6M Payment For Metavante Deal
• Wells Fargo Slams Coventry For $48M Loan Default
• Citing SLUSA, 6th Circ. OKs Toss Of Securities Suit
• Alltel, Predicto Sued Over Service Charges
• Protecting Trade Secrets When Employees Depart
• Rival Broker Poached Employees En Masse: PNC
• No Relief For SAIC In $6.5M Contract Spat With NRC
• Calif. Consumers Jump On $18M Deal With AT&T
• Ford Seat Maker Sues Supplier For Faulty Components
• Tata Wants $6M In Telecom Spat With Gabon
• Citgo Awarded $5M In Contract Spat With Franchisee
• Tennyson's Estate Seeks $350M From ASCAP
• $3.5M Damages Slashed In Coverage Suit
• J&J Closes $885M Alzheimer's Drug Deal With Elan
• Ex-Foley Clients Add Claims To Contract Suit Over IP
• LendingTree, Mortech Resolve Suit Over Google Deal
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Liability Ruling On Reinsurer's Contract
• Hitachi Sues Subcontractor In Power Plant Dispute
• Changing Legal Fees Through Litigation Budgeting
• Judge OKs $20M Settlement In AdWords Billing Suit
• Micron Seeks To Trim Claims In Drug Contract Spat
• Lehman Fights PMAC Bid To Ax Contract Claims
• $915M Nortel-Avaya Deal A Security Risk: Verizon
• Antitrust Claims Tossed In Webkinz Suit
• DirecTV Says Cancel-Fee Disputes Must Be Arbitrated
• Elan Says It Has Cured Tysabri Contract Breach
• Jury Lets Nova Off Hook In Trade Secrets Spat
• Fuel Dealers Seek $55M Payment In $1B Exxon Deal
• Interference Claim Nixed In Guidance Antitrust Suit
• Citigroup Sued Over Reduced Home Equity Lines
• Sprint Affiliates Raise Flags Over $483M Virgin Merger
• Smurfit-Stone, Georgia-Pacific Resolve Property Spat
• Former White House Counsel Lands At Jenner & Block
• 3rd Circ. Hands American Eagle Win In Contract Spat
• Rent-A-Center Gets Win Against Consumers In Mass.
• Most Claims Nixed In Virgin Islands Scrap Metal Suit
• DSW Attorney Accused Of Tainting Video Deposition
• Judge Won't Toss Pentair, Wicor Deal Dispute
• LandAmerica Gives Fidelity A Tax Break In Stock Spat
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Arbitration In CitiFinancial Loan Suit
• Calif. Driver Seeks Class Cert. In State Farm Action
• Swiss Life Marriage Policyholders Seek Class Cert.
• Insurer Sues Safe Auto Over $2.5M Auto Crash Deal
• Judge Bars Ex-JPMorgan Brokers From Client Lists
• Dentsply, Tulsa Fail To Nix Some Claims In Suit
• Blackwater, Insurers Stay Iraq Death Coverage Suit
• Tenax, Alcoa Settle In Geosynthetics Contract Spat
• $88M AbitibiBowater Contract Spat To Stay On Hold
• Settlement OK'd In Title Insurance Overcharge Action
• Hospitals' $100M Breach Suits Get Boot In 3rd Circ.
• Pennzoil Loses Indemnity Spat Over Pollution Events
• First American Title Insurance Overcharged: Judge
• Real Estate Developers Awarded $9M In Contract Spat
• IT Firm Sues Board Members For Meddling In $8M Deal
• BofA Sues Nev. Developer Over $16.7M Loan Default
• Wellements Sues Developer Over Organic Coffee Deal
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Spat Over Bias Claim Payout
• Fundamentals Of Arbitrating Before CIETAC
• Cell Phone Users Say T-Mobile Breached Contract
• New Line, Tolkien Heirs Settle 'Lord Of The Rings' Suit
• Fidelity Drops Computer Crime Claims V. AIG Unit
• Pa. Poultry Workers' Don, Doff Suit Gets Green Light
• Fraunhofer USA Freed From Employee Contract Suit
• Union On Hook For Pittsburgh Mack Pensions: 3rd Circ.
• Insurer Seeks To Revoke AHM Loan Coverage
• $10M Delta-T Claim Over Ethanol Plant Defects Nixed
• Dental Supply Cos. Seek Sanctions In Contract Spat
• GE Says Israeli Shipping Co. Reneged On Contracts
• Boat Dealers Say GE Suit A Bid To Sink Business
• Elan-J&J Deal Breaches Biogen Tysabri Deal: Court
• Pittsburgh Univ. Scientist Accused Of Cancer Fraud
• Insurer, Bank Wrestle Over $17M Fraud Loss Claim
• Sears Hit With Class Action Over Commissions
• Purdue, Texas Best Settle $5M Military Rations Suit
• Placing Deferred Associates In Public Interest Groups
• H&R Block Unit's Cert. Appeal Denied In Contract Suit
• Investor Hits Proskauer With Suit Over Tax Shelter
• Applied Materials Slaps Tech Rival With Secrets Suit
• Human Tissue Cos. Clash Over Vietnam Supply Sites
• Crowell Nabs Insurance Pro From Morgan Lewis
• Developers Slam Trump Disclosure Statement
• WCI Settles Dispute Over $3.9M Real Estate Contract
• Chas Coal Told To Shovel Out $64M In Supply Spat
• NRDC Loses Challenge To Calif. Water Contracts
• Circuit City Wins $60M In Warranty Settlements
• Boxing Champ Pounds Don King Over Contract Breach
• Spansion Wins Bid To Nix Apple Contract
• 6th Circ. Upholds Jury Verdict On Steel Contract
• Mexican Investors Sue Lloyd's Over Stanford Losses
• Baker Hughes Still On Hook In $37M Suit: 5th Circ.
• Challenge To BPA, Alcoa Contract Gets Green Light
• Apache Contract Claim Over Missing Gas Struck Down
• Claims Stripped From Raytheon, Indigo Secrets Spat