Commercial Contracts Archive » March, 2011

Commercial Contracts - March, 2011

210 articles

• Lindsey Can't Nix FCPA Case For Brady Issues: Judge
• Madden Creator Tackles EA With Royalty Suit
• Sprint Ordered To Pay $21M Over Access Fee Deal
• Wachovia, Atty Group End $120M Contract Row
• How Galaviz V. Berg Affects Forum Selection Bylaws
• Case Study: Avalon Pacific-Santa Ana V. HD Supply
• Fired For Being A Warlock Outside Of Work?
• Chevron Wins Bid To Transfer Samson Suit To Texas
• Medtronic Didn't Infringe BSC Defibrillator IP: Judge
• Lions Gate Wins Toss Of Icahn Contract Suit
• GSK Gets $3.5M Verdict In Norvir Antitrust Case
• Sidley Hit With $12M Malpractice Suit Over Citi Ties
• Energy Co. CEO's Comments Cut From FCPA Case
• Liberty Scores 5th Circ. Win On Contractors' Coverage
• Chrysler Brake Defect Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Opus Slaps Ex-Trader With Trade Secrets Suit
• Mortgage Insurer Fights Countrywide Arbitration Bid
• Mattel's Loyalty Claim Struck Down In Bratz Fight
• AmEx Can't Dodge Currency Fee Price-Fixing Suit
• 3rd Circ. Backs Software Co. In Commission Suit
• An Ounce Of Prevention For Problems With No Cure
• The Uncertain State Of Class Action Waivers
• Ex-NFLers Hit League With Antitrust Action
• BAE Wins Body Armor Contract Antitrust Suit
• Marathon Triumphs In $97M Gas Contract Suit
• Facebook Ownership Suit To Remain In Federal Court
• UBS Can't Shake Highland Claims Over Lyondell DIP
• MBIA Suit Over $1B CDO Deal Survives
• Valuing Noncompetes: The Bradford Decision
• 2nd Circ. Prods Credit Suisse Over ARS Award Protest
• High Court Won't Hear $12M Electronic Banking Fight
• FCPA Enforcement In 2010 — A Look Back
• Medtronic Unit Must Face Antitrust Claims: Judge
• Peak Wins $20M In Oil Rights Spat With Chesapeake
• Ex-Haynes Client Suffers Setback In Malpractice Suit
• Actor Beatty Wins Dick Tracy IP Fight With Tribune
• MGA Wants Conversion Claims Tossed In Bratz Suit
• Court Denies Judgment In OfficeMax Employee Suit
• Open-Ended Retainers Don't Limit Firms: Calif. Court
• Browns Ticket Holder Sues Team, NFL Over Lockout
• Deutsche, BNP Contract Claims Against BofA Cut Short
• Sau-Sea Sues Packer Over Salmon Spread Recall
• Questions Clients Will Ask About Their Business Sale
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part I
• Wells Fargo Settles With Sims In $7M Muni Bond Suit
• Alleged PS3 Hacker Denies Fleeing US To Avoid Suit
• Segregation Claims Nixed In Edifecs Trade Secrets Row
• Music Managers Sue EMI Over Stake In Bieber Song
• 2nd Pipe Co. Owner Cops To ConEd Kickbacks
• Anti-Indemnity Statutes Cave To Insurance Obligation
• Convicted Ex-Qwest CEO Sues Attys For Malpractice
• GM, Chrysler Sue Vehicle Hauler Over 'Hostage' Cars
• Sheen Fails To Win Injunction Against Arbitration
• Ex-Toyota Atty Can't Shake $2.6M Arbitration Ruling
• Verizon Denied Quick Win In Interactive IP Fight
• Pillsbury Fights For Expenses From Malpractice Suit
• Boeing Wants Priority For $8M Claim Against AAI
• Court Rescues MillerCoors Distribution Contracts
• Bacardi Fights To Avoid Claims Over Distribution Deals
• KeySpan, Morgan Stanley Antitrust Action Tossed
• Akin Gump Fails To Nix SAS Contract Suit
• Are Bayh-Dole's Best Days Over?
• Targeting Health Care Antitrust In Texas
• Beacon Sues Garmin Over Vehicle Tracking Technology
• Deutsche Bank Sued Over $23M In Unpaid Swaps
• Siemens Beats RICO Claims From Deal Partners
• Howard Stern Associates Sue Sirius For Bonuses
• L-3 Wins Revival Of $15M IP Suit Against Ex-Workers
• Ga. Cities Win Class Cert. In Hotel Tax Evasion Suit
• 2nd Circ. Sends Bechtel Contract Fight To Arbitration
• Kellogg Tainted Cracker Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Portal Sues Ascension For $5M Over Purchase Deal
• BSC Can't Shake Contract Claim In Stent Patent Suit
• Expanding Forex Enforcement
• Judge Asked To Toss Troutman Atty's Real Estate Suit
• Judge Boots Kelley Drye From Arch Mold Suit
• Supreme Court Declines Eminem Royalties Hearing
• Kellogg Sues Packaging Co. Over Cereal Recall
• 5 Marketing Lessons From Howrey's Graveside
• Duane Reade Escapes $7M Kasowitz Legal Fee Spat
• Range Resources Settles Gas Royalties Class Action
• Recall: Prevent, Manage, Mitigate And Survive
• Judge Grants TRO In Power Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
• Texas Group Sues Advisers Over Competing Plant Bid
• Neb. Court Says Some Legal Costs Not Taxable In State
• Lyondell Unit Settles Akzo's $74M Glidden Claim
• Madoff Trustee Sues 'Faithless' Austrian Consultant
• SigmaPharm Appeals Skelaxin Antitrust, Contract Suit
• Google Loses Bid To Scrap AdWords Class Action
• NY Court Revives Veritas Claims V. Ex-Stakeholder
• Doctor Class Loses Cert. In Travelers Fraud Suit
• BofA, Fifth Third Aided $70M Insurance Fraud: Concord
• Sheen Fails To Block Arbitration In $100M WB Suit
• Virgin Faces Derivative Suit Over UK Cable Deal
• The ABCDEFs Of Building Client Loyalty
• NFL Fights Players' Bid To Unseal $4B Contract Suit
• Hampshire Hotels Sued For $105M Over Food Contract
• Ex-Goldman Programmer Loses Bid For New Trial
• EA Can't Shake $400M Activision Countersuit
• Police Captains Ask High Court To Review Bias Suit
• Judge Bars $22M Adelphia Fee Dispute From NY Court
• 4th Circ. Revives Decision Insight Trade Secrets Suit
• UBS, Red Zone End Six Flags Row For $11.6M
• Death Row Seeks Quick Win In Dr. Dre Royalties Suit
• Attys Skimmed $1M From Genocide Deals, Suit Claims
• Where Bankruptcy And Real Estate Collide
• Contractor Says Lockheed Was Hostile To Black Worker
• Random House Sued Over 'Super Bowl Shuffle' Rights
• Paper Co. Keeps $29M Award In Coating Contract Suit
• New Damages Trial Ordered In Exxon Royalties Suit
• Alnylam, German Group Settle RNA Patent App Case
• BMW Beats Class Action Claims Over Stinky Solvent
• Chevron Wins Contract Battle Over Lead In Calif.
• Talk Radio Host's Contract Suit Heads To Arbitration
• AIG Seeks Quick Win In Ex-Real Estate Head's Suit
• Developers Sue For $1.5B Over NY Crane Collapse
• Toy Designer Hits Cepia With Trade Secrets Suit
• US Seeks Prison Term For Ex-Goldman Code Thief
• Talent Agency Sues Production Co. Over 'Tori & Dean'
• Texas Bill Pushes Fracking Chemical Disclosures
• Gagosian Gallery Sued For $6M Over Bungled Art Sales
• 7th Circ. Revives Elan Motorsports Contract Dispute
• Champion Seeks Quick Win In PCB Cleanup Suit
• Betty Boop — A Threat To Licensing Programs
• Northrop, Pegasus Strike Deal In Software IP Suit
• FDIC Appeals $1.3M Ruling In WaMu Severance Suit
• Manager, DOJ Strike $82M Deal In Lyondell Fraud Case
• Investors Say Calif. Breached Property Sale Deal
• Xe Unit Battles Raytheon Indemnity Claims
• Texas Jury Awards $10M In Developer's Contract Suit
• DOJ Says It Rightly Interpreted FCPA In Bribery Case
• Fed. Circ. Voids $60M Award In Nuclear Storage Suit
• British Atty Admits To $132M Nigerian Bribery Scheme
• Orrick Settles SiRF's Negligence Claims
• A Shot In The Arm For Section 2 Enforcement
• Baker Wins TRO In Secrets Suit Against Ex-Manager
• Hall Estill, EpsteinBeckerGreen Face Malpractice Suit
• Charlie Sheen Springs $100M Contract Suit On WB
• BP Contractors Seek $500M Over Benzene Exposure
• Sanctions Denied In Graco, Gama Trade Secrets Suit
• Tecnomatic Says Remy Swiped Hybrid Car Technology
• Wyde Voice, GIPS Spar Over Privilege In Contract Row
• Say When: Ga.'s New Noncompete Law
• Not So Sweet 16
• Q Investments Unit Loses SJ Bid In Icahn Contract Row
• NY Judge Stays Ex-BDO CEO's Arbitration
• Mid-Continent Faces Suit Over Construction Defense
• Lufthansa's Suit Over Internet Technology Stands
• BSC, St. Jude Reach Deal Over Sales Exec Noncompete
• BSH Seeks To Nix Suit Over Moldy Washing Machines
• Miss. Court Backs Local Noncompete Limits
• PPG Chemicals Busted Compressors, Danfoss Says
• Ex-Best Medical Workers Slip Cancer Therapy IP Suit
• Distributors Sued Over Visa, MasterCard Gift Cards
• United Health Seeks To Revive $28M Insurance Claim
• Case Study: Credit Agricole V. American Home
• Adviser Seeks $6.7M For Estrella Loan Deal
• 2nd Circ. Refuses To Nix Wachovia Appeal Of CDS Suit
• 'Swift Justice' Star Faces $15M Contract Suit
• Ex-ABB Manager Wants FCPA Charges Tossed
• 6th Circ. Orders AT&T To Publicize Contract Terms
• AmEx Can't Bar Merchants' Class Action: 2nd Circ.
• Mo. Wins $20M Fight With Nationwide On Appeal
• HP's Antitrust, IP Claims Nixed In Turbon Pact Suit
• Where Subsidies Turn Into Liabilities
• Subcontractor Wants $5M For Disputed Navy Contract
• MBIA Seeks KO In Contract Suit Over $1B CDO Deal
• Caremark Can't Ditch Contract Claims In Coventry Suit
• Kelley Drye Wins Transfer Of Merger, Contract Suit
• Ex-Telecom CFO Cops To Honduran FCPA Conspiracy
• Cruisers Can't Argue Right To Trial Before High Court
• Jets Fan's 'Spygate' Suit Won't Go Before High Court
• Ponzi Schemes And Avoidance Actions: 3 Issues
• Lichtenstein Wins $16M In Bank Dispute With Turkey
• Blackstone Sues Taro For $6M In Unpaid Merger Fees
• 2nd Circ. OKs Toss Of Genesco Investor's UBS Suit
• Calif. Court Affirms Retrial In Sprint Fee Actions
• Punitive Damages Stripped From Suit Against Orrick
• Switzerland Widens Swisscom Fiber Optics Probe
• NY Bill Encourages Fracking Chemical Disclosure
• US Clears BP In Atlantis Safety Probe
• Merck Must Face Unjust Firing Suit, 1st Circ. Rules
• Limiting Liability For Construction Cos. In Ill.
• Hollywood Cos. Agree To Alter Theater Contracts In EU
• Highland To Face $686M UBS Suit Over Rigged Deal
• DuPont Sues Ex-Employee To Protect Trade Secrets
• 2 Unique Takes On Jury Waiver Clauses
• Ark. High Court Knocks Down Gas Lease Challenge
• Intel Accused Of Hindering NY Antitrust Probe
• Merck Settles Trade Secrets Row Over Software
• HSBC Hit With Class Action Over Overdraft Fees
• RBS Sued Over Predecessor's Alleged $912M Fake Loan
• GE Capital Wins $5.4M Contract Dispute Over Loan
• Weinstein Bros. Face $50M Suit Over Film Deal
• GM Canada, Law Firm Face $770M Contract Action
• Foley Partner Slaps Firm With Bias, Contract Claims
• Texas Court Revives Tire Pump Trade Secrets Suit
• Shot-Show Defendant Cops To FCPA Violations
• Ex-Sonnenschein Atty Wins Verdict In Contract Suit
• Cornerstone Seeks $1.2M In Owed Fees From Developer
• The Fiduciary Duty Of Insurance Brokers In NY
• NFL Violated Union CBA With $4B TV Contracts: Judge
• AT&T Sued Over $381M Debt Purchase Of Old Accounts
• Swiss Re Unit Owes $2M Over Hospital Project: Sodexo
• KemPharm Hits Shire With Antitrust Counterclaims
• Feds Seized Evidence Without Warrant, Utility Co. Says
• 'FarmVille' Maker Zynga Sued Over $13M Stock Deal
• Interim Measures And Arbitral Clauses
• Issues In HIE Creation And Participation
• A Look At State Court Trade Secret Stats