Commercial Contracts Archive » June, 2010

Commercial Contracts - June, 2010

138 articles

• Interbrand Can't Dodge Marksmen Defense Claims
• Lehman Judge Cracks Open Door For BNY Appeal
• Informing DOD Suppliers Of Export Control Obligations?
• Citi Hit With Class Action Over Mortgage Fee
• BofA Wins Stock Option Suit V. Former Assistant GC
• Sokol Claims Pared In Suit Over Kazakhstan Oil Fields
• UBS Hits Highland Capital With $686M Fraud Suit
• MoFo Added To SonicBlue Malpractice Mess
• Consol, EQT Slapped With Gas Royalty Actions
• What A Departing Employee Can And Can't Do
• Ameren Sues Insurer For $30M Over Taum Sauk Breach
• State Farm $30M Class Deal Over Inflated Rates Ok'd
• PATH Says Liberty Should Cover $7M Negligence Suit
• Technip To Pay $338M To End DOJ, SEC Bribery Cases
• $1.8B Bid-Rigging Suit Against DC Agencies Tossed
• Seniors Win Class Cert. In Jackson Life RICO Fight
• Law Firm Fails To Toss Name Partner's Contract Suit
• Quarles Moves To Nix Contract, Process Abuse Claims
• The Reliability Of Structured Data In Litigation
• A Calif. School District's Path To Solar
• IBM Tries To Block Former Exec's Move To Oracle
• Papst Wins Bid To Nix ExcelStor's Hard Drive IP Suit
• Schulte Escapes Contract Spat Over Clearjets Startup
• Deutsche Slays Ex-Exec's Fraud Suit Over Bonus
• United Natural Tries To Gag Ex-Execs In Secrets Suit
• Softspikes Wins Bid To Nix Golf Cleat Inventor's IP Suit
• Construction Cos. Win New Trial In $90M Cartel Case
• 5 Of 7 Claims Against Fox Tossed In Madoff Tape Spat
• Orrick Can't Shake Malpractice Claims Over 337 Spat
• Intercreditor Terms Between 1st- And 2nd-Lien Lenders
• Franchisees Try Again In ConocoPhillips Rent Dispute
• Nvidia Escapes Suit Over Secret Lease Deal
• Honeywell Hit With Counterfeiting Suit Over China Sales
• Reed Smith Snags Neal Gerber Health, Insurance Trio
• Exxon Hit With $11M Suit Over Massive Gas Leak
• Trade Logistics Co.'s Atty Nixed In Asset Sale Dispute
• McMahon, WWE Sued Over Use Of Late Wrestler's IP
• Caterpillar Accused Of Swiping Machine Designs
• 'Ordinary Course Of Business' In Debt Agreements
• Top Court Says Shipping Dispute Belongs In Japan
• Insurer Seeks To Avoid Liability For Faulty Nissan Part
• Anadarko Says Drill Freeze Should End Rig Contract
• Sens. Aim To Bar China From Government Contracts
• Massey Unit Appeals $10.5M Bayer Award In Coal Spat
• High Court Favors Arbitrator In Rent-A-Center Case
• Appeals Court Holds Kasowitz Didn't Defame Ex-Atty
• 9th Circ. Greenlights Pre-Arbitration Court Injunctions
• Fee Change Docs Ruled Off-Limits In Credit Card Suit
• Va. Landowners Sue Consol Over Coalbed Methane
• Imax Can Amend Suit Over Theater Trade Secrets
• 6th Circ. Upholds $15M Contract Suit Judgment V. Dish
• US Soccer Scores TRO In Sports Authority Ad Suit
• Walgreen, CVS Caremark Resolve Drug Plan Feud
• 9th Circ. Affirms Proskauer's $1M Win In Contract Spat
• E&Y Arbitration Bid Denied In Insurance Agency Suit
• Wendy's Seeks To Nix Lawyerless Franchisee's Suit
• Hilton, Execs Can't Kill Starwood Trade Secrets Suit
• City National Bank Sues Kenneth Starr For $2.6M
• 'Strategic' Deal-Making: Will Agencies End The Party?
• Morgan Stanley Loses $3.4M Gas Contract Spat
• Class Cert. Granted In BP Gas Royalty Dispute
• Bankrupt Calif. City Can Reject Union Contract
• US Airways Skycap Tip Suit Trimmed
• Countrywide Settles Prepayment Charge Class Action
• MedImmune Jabbed With $15M Flu Vaccine Royalty Suit
• Paul Weiss, Lowenstein Sanctioned In Perelman Suit
• Insurer Wants Out Of $20M Sears Fridge Class Action
• How Ch. 9 Can Solve The Pension Shortfall Crisis
• Fate Of Class Action Waivers Rests With High Court
• 1st Circ. Nixes En Banc Look At Atlantech Case Remand
• FDIC Joins JPMorgan In $4.5M Title Insurance Spat
• Claims Pared In Max Planck RNA Patent License Suit
• Pacific Fails To Shift Burden Of Asbestos Suits
• 2nd Circ. Reverses $65M Contract Verdict For Highland
• Luminant Wins Again Against Alcoa In Mine Spat
• Trade Secrets Claim Added To Patent Suit Over Delsym
• NFL Players Hit League Over TV Contract Negotiations
• Mass. Nixes State-Based Clean Energy Contracts Rule
• A&E Slammed For Forum Shopping In Reality TV Dispute
• 'Work' Exclusion Upheld In Suit Over Reactor Shutdown
• US Loses Spat With Lockheed Over $9.5B F-22 Deal
• Using Craft To Kill A $50B Class Action
• Crescent Sues Ex-CEO Over $2.4M In Tax Payments
• Travelers Off Hook For Greyhound's Crash Suit Costs
• Marathon Hit With Class Action Over Gas Royalties
• 9th Circ. Revives Contract Spat Over 'Last Samurai'
• $17M Voucher Deal OK'd For Obama Inauguration Scam
• Abercrombie, Colucci & Umans Fold Up Fees Dispute
• Miami Appeals Insurer's Win In Spat Over Liability Suits
• Travelers Sues To Skip Arbitration In $47M Dorm Spat
• KBR Wants FCA Suit Over Unauthorized Guards Nixed
• Fusilamp Contract Claim Tossed In Fuse Patent Brawl
• RICO Claims Tossed In Scruggs Contract Dispute
• Building Or Buying A Biofuel Plant? Think PSM
• Bankrupt Lawyers Can't Erase Contempt Debt: 6th Circ.
• Contractor Must Indemnify Target In FLSA Suit: Judge
• National Union Denied Expenses In LTV Steel Case
• Office Depot Says AISLIC Must Pay Fraud Settlement
• Jury Trial Reinstated In Legal Additions Contract Suit
• Oil Co. Trustee's Fraud Suit Against CIBC Survives
• Monopoly And The Big Bat Theory In Antitrust Law
• Lloyd's Wins Coverage Spat On CGL Interpretation
• San Diego Port, USF&G Suspend Enviro Coverage Spat
• New Class Pushes Gas Royalty Claims Against XTO
• Morgan Stanley Fights To Retrieve $3.4M Gas Payment
• Ex-Dragon Execs Sue Goldman Over Merger Advice
• Jury Sides With Luminant In Alcoa Power Dispute
• DLA Piper Avoids 3rd-Party Claims In Malpractice Suit
• 11th Circ. Throws Out DirecTV Arbitration Clause
• The Art Of Client Alerts And Bulletins
• US Told To Pay SCE $142M Over Nuclear Waste Delays
• 9th Circ. Grounds America West Pilots' Seniority Suit
• Ex-Velocita Workers Off Hook For Secrets Settlement
• Accounting Firm Sues George Clinton Over Unpaid Bill
• Ala. Insurer Liable For Misbilled Cancer Benefits
• MicroAire Loses Bid For Injunction On Arthrex Device
• Hartford Reaches $72.5M Deal In Annuity RICO Suit
• Sotheby's Can Pursue CNet Founder's Assets
• Exec's Lawyer Blames Market In Duane Reade Case
• Insurers' Claims Trimmed In Annuities Scheme Suit
• Hotel Slimes Viacom Over Rival Nickelodeon Deals
• Calif. Franchises' Suit Against ConocoPhillips Nixed
• 3rd Circ. Hands 'Exide' Mark To Rival EnerSys
• $10.5M Arbitration Award For Bayer Stands In Coal Suit
• Prosecutors Wrap Up Duane Reade Securities Case
• Market Signals Of Investment Unsuitability
• No Punitive Damages For Wells Fargo In Fraud Suit
• Marathon Seeks Contempt Order In Asphalt Spill Case
• Agent Bolsters Scalia's Trademark Claims V. Jordache
• Claims Trimmed In Fontainebleau Contract Spat
• Kaupthing, Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Win OK For Deal
• Distributor's RICO, Tying Suit Against Dreyer's Tossed
• EU Probes Areva, Siemens Noncompete Clauses
• The FCC's New Proposals For Pole Attachments
• Texaco, Unocal Severed From Suit Over Calif. Cleanup
• NVR Sues Orleans Homebuilders Over Jilted $170M Sale
• Atmos Energy Wants Coverage For Gas Blast Suits
• Calif. Utilities Win Bid To Pursue $35M Crisis Claims