Commercial Contracts Archive » April, 2012

Commercial Contracts - April, 2012

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• Dick Clark Productions Wins Golden Globes Licensing Feud
• Chesapeake CEO Faces 2 More Investor Suits Over $1B In Loans
• Court Says CP Laws Cover 3rd Parties In Real Estate Deals
• Grammy Group Beats Suit Over Nixed Latin Jazz Award
• Goldman, JPMorgan, Others Targeted Over $130M In MBS
• Everest Balks At Pipeline Defect Settlement Coverage
• Stroock & Stroock Sued Again In Molner Film Face-Off
• Calif. Won't Give Funds To Cities Banning Project Labor Deals
• JPMorgan Suit Trimmed Over $848M American Century Resale
• 9th Circ. Won't Hear Appeal In Apple, AT&T Antitrust Suit
• 8th Circ. Skirts Coalbed Methane Question In Rights Ruling
• AMR Rep Says $230M In Flight Attendant Cuts Non-Negotiable
• NY Bar Pushes For Expanded Expert Disclosure Rule
• Lender Says Hotel Co. CEO Lied to Avoid $80M Default
• NLRB To Target Gym Chain Over Class Waivers In Worker Pacts
• Ex-Capital One Execs Blast Noncompete Pact As Overbroad
• Hotel Co. Protests WisDOT's Attempt To Seize Property
• Subleasing — More Than Meets The Eye
• AMR Negotiator Says Union Cuts Are Necessity, Not Choice
• Inventor Says Ex-Attys Owe Her $55M Over Bungled IP Suit
• Howard Stern Renews Bid For Bonuses In $330M Sirius Battle
• Calif. Suit Says Apple Double Charged For ITunes Songs
• High Court Asked To Review Antitrust Standing Rule
• 3rd Circ. Scraps Philly Tenants' Mismanagement Suit
• Texas Firefighters, Cops Denied Rehearing In $1B Pay Suit
• Prudential's $27M Suit Over Ethanol Plants' Sale Lives On
• Medical Co. Launches $90M Suit Over Mad Cow Contamination
• Texas Officials Ask High Court To Review Cable Franchise Law
• Calif. Court Limits Class Arbitration In Employment Pacts
• Kazakhstan Prez's Family Launches $20M NYC Condo Dispute
• BNSF Railway Settles With EPA Over RCRA Allegations
• Coming Soon: The IP Exchange International
• Artist Says Harley Hogs Profits From 'Live To Ride' Logo
• Operationalizing Law Department Performance Metrics
• Insurance Broker Can Challenge Damages For Skyscraper Fire
• False Ad Claims Survive In Suit Over Buggy IPhone Upgrade
• Anti-SLAPP Law Bars DC 'Superman' Claims, 9th Circ. Hears
• Kleinberg Kaplan Picks Up Versatile Commercial Litigator
• Highland Wants Citi CLO Fight Sent Back To State Court
• NJ Court Backs School District In Janitor Contract Row
• AMR Witnesses Quizzed On Ch. 11 Alternatives In Union Row
• Manpower Claims Ex-Execs Stole Secrets To Create Rival Co.
• 50 Cent Says 'No Sale' To Bankrupt Protege Young Buck
• Smith Gambrell To Pay $11M To Settle Ponzi Negligence Case
• 11th Circ. Nixes Funds' Suit Over CompuCredit Dividends
• FLSA Collective Action Waivers Violate NLRA, 2nd Circ. Told
• Subcontractor Says It's Owed $17M For Army Base Work
• Allentown Says Developer Blocked $220M Hockey Arena Deal
• RBS Citizens Pays $137.5M To Settle Overdraft Fee Suit
• Middleman In $660M Miramax Buyout Settles Finder's Fee Suit
• State Law Dictates Renewable Energy Credit Ownership: FERC
• Rite Aid Accuses NYC Landlord Of Overbilling For Taxes
• Bahraini Sheikh Sues Partner To Defend Stake In Music Service
• Jackson's Mom Ordered To Hand Over Docs In AEG Fight
• Food Stands Can't Elbow Out JFK Airport Sculpture — Yet
• Suit Against Hunton & Williams Over Frac Sand Deal Revived
• Pain Drug Co. Treated To Shareholder Suit Over Exec's Exit
• EBay Gets Fraud Claims Trimmed From Recurring Fee Suit
• Sony Can't Silence Toto's Digital Royalties Suit
• Thornburg Trustee Ordered To Arbitrate $19M Goldman Suit
• AMR Takes On Airline Unions In Day 1 Of Court Battle
• Split Fed. Circ. Tosses Iraq Contract Claim As Premature
• Calif. Cities Say $2B Power Line's Rate Formula Shafts Users
• Conrad Group Drops Suit Over $512M Real Estate Fund
• Argentina Asks 2nd Circ. To Curb Discovery In $1.6B Bond Case
• BP Unit Sues Bridas Over Failed $7B Pan American Deal
• Starwood Battles Contractor Over Foundering Gulf Condos
• Macy's Again Tries To Block Martha Stewart-JC Penney Deal
• Rejecting 'Selective Waiver' In The 9th Circ.
• Texas Firm Sues For Its Share Of $44M Wellogix Award
• Bergstein Sues Stroock, Others For $100M In Molner Film Row
• Real Estate Developers Owe $101.4M, Wells Fargo Says
• Cardinal Health Claims Pharmacies Shirked Deals In $3M Suit
• CBS Says Family Channel Owes $1.5M In 'Happy Days' Fees
• Lessons From Voom V. EchoStar
• Calif. Judge OKs Receiver To Oversee MPG Skyscraper
• UMG, Interscope Silence $2M Royalty Suit Over Rapper 'Game'
• Chesapeake Brass Sued Over $1.1B In Personal Loans
• 2 Former Smith Currie Attys Sue Over Capital Contributions
• Loan Servicers Not Liable For HAMP Breaches, 11th Circ. Says
• Chamber Backs Arbitration In Grocery Antitrust Suit
• Boastful Ex-Kasowitz Atty Loses Bid To Reopen Suit
• Liquor Deal Termination OK Under Sherman Act, 8th Circ. Told
• Davis Polk Sues NY Landlord Over $63M Rent Bill
• Virgin Mobile Arbitration Pacts Sink Deposit Refund Class
• BCBG Struck With $220M Suit Over Playboy Condom Deal
• Shaw, GenOn Lose SJ Bids In $1B Power Plant Contract Suit
• Chevron Says Bankrupt Co-Developer Can't Sell Solar Projects
• Indy Downs Can't Run From $17M Casino Contract, IP Claims
• Neiman Marcus Arbitration Pact Nixed Over Modification Clause
• Judge Won't Toss $35M Suits Between Hedge Fund, Oil Firm
• PE Firm Serves Up Fresh Suit Over Subway CEO's Investor Beef
• Producer Wants $50M For Work On New Charlie Sheen Show
• Beyonce Can't Sidestep Suit Over Video Game Deal
• Court Affirms Water Co. Didn't Cheat Atty On Laredo Deal
• Medical Lab Rep Still Shunting Sales To Rival, Suit Says
• The Enforceability Of Facebook's Terms Of Service
• Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
• Scotiabank Sued Over Lost Contract For Chilean Toll Project
• Southwest Coupon Suit Beyond Redemption, Judge Says
• Successor Liability: Still Seeking Certainty
• Biz Owners Sue Morrison Cohen Over $45M In Taxes, Costs
• JPML Won't Merge 7 Class Actions Over Faulty Siding
• 9th Circ. Lets DC Comics See 'Superman' Docs In Rights Fight
• Avery Dennison Fraud Suit Time-Barred, Fed. Circ. Says
• 'Rainy Sky' Observed In The Cayman Islands
• Oracle Breached Contract When It Ditched Servers, HP Says
• Sirius XM Freed From Howard Stern Affiliates' $330M Suit
• Bucyrus Didn't Follow Terms Of $1.3B Terex Deal: NY Court
• Abdul-Jabbar Settles Likeness Suit With Upper Deck
• US Denies Witness Tampering In Hospital Fraud Case
• Judge Is On Nationwide's Side In Agent Contract Suit
• Dewey Defectors, New Firms Could Become Clawback Targets
• UnitedHealth, Lexington End Coverage Feud In 1st Circ.
• Judge Finds No New Misconduct By Pfizer In Celebrex Suit
• Texas Court Reverses ConocoPhillips' Oil Field Stake Win
• NY Real Estate Investor Locked Out Partner, Suit Claims
• BNY Mellon Racks Up $6M Fine Over Breached Fed Loan Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Scores DLA Piper Franchise Pro
• UMG, Others Must Yield Docs In $2M Royalty Suit Over Rapper
• Teamsters Fight Hostess Ch. 11 Proposal With Rival Plan
• High Court Cans Ralphs Appeal Over Worker Class Actions
• CMGT Trustee Asks 7th Circ. To Revive Mayer Malpractice Suit
• Sanofi Accuses FedEx Of Wrecking $7M Vaccine Shipment
• Medicis, Perrigo Reach Licensing Deal on Loprox Shampoo
• United Pet Foods Accused Of Shilling Toxic Feed
• 4th Circ. Revives $5M Navy Procurement Dispute
• Ocean Tomo Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Ex-Director
• Nursing Homes Say Omnicare Cheated Them With Faulty Billing
• Prince Ordered To Pay $3.9M For Balking On Perfume Deal
• Massive Class Certified In Suit Against Exxon Unit
• Wells Fargo Beats $116M Premature Redemption Suit
• Oscar Winner Sues Paramount, Universal Over 'Sorcerer'
• Paramount Shakes Some Claims In $20M 'Hustle And Flow' Suit
• MSTG And The Discovery Of License Settlement Agreements
• $13M 'Smallville' Suit Casts Time Warner As Cheapskate
• Ryerson Not Insured For $8.5M Fraud Settlement: 7th Circ.
• 'Jersey Shore' Star Sued By Ex-Talent Agency Over Fees
• Calif. Builder On Hook For Co-Partner's $1.4M Fraud Bill
• NY Court Nixes Building Owner's Request To Scrap $16M Sale
• Epstein Fights Malpractice Claims In $400M Contract Row
• Thompson Coburn Nabs Former Ill. Appellate Justice
• Movie Investor Could Face $60M Fraud Suit Back In State Court
• Judge Not Sweet On Sugar Co. Execs' Merrill Testimony
• UBS Wins Dismissal Of Property Owner's Suit Over $69M Loan
• Texas IP Firm Wins Coverage Fight Over Referral Suit
• Ke$ha Fights Ruling Handing Ex-Manager Some Of Her Ca$h
• Avis Can't Race Past Consumer Suit Over E-Toll Fees
• US Judge Shields Microsoft From Threat Of German Ban
• Facebook Founder Warned Ceglia To Pay For StreetFax Work
• Ernst & Young Asks 2nd Circ. To Force Arbitration For Pay Row
• BorgWarner Should Cover PCB Claims, Kuhlman Contends
• 9th Circ. Takes Back Warranty Arbitration Clause Ruling
• Contract Claims Bomb In Battle Over 'Improv' Name
• Bayer Can't Sidestep Men's Vitamin False Ad Suit
• 1st Circ. Upholds $1.4M Contract Judgment For Amicas
• Park Ave. Building Owner Sued Over Interest Paid To Self
• Beyond Conventional Wisdom: 4 Tips For New Lawyers
• Splitting EPC Contracts In Energy Projects
• Reebok To Recall Tebow Gear After Nike Licensing Row
• Trucking Co. To Unload $11.6M In Drivers' Wage Settlement
• DC Circ. Mulls Merits Of Oil Tycoon's $500M Freshfields Suit
• Renco Unit, Steelmaker Fight Over $14M Owed To Joint Venture
• Appleton Ducks Sharing $700M Superfund Cleanup Tab
• Homeowners Sue Ocwen Over Denied HAMP Modifications
• 6th Circ. Revives $376M General Medicine, Horizon/CMS Deal
• Mo. Appeals Court Nixes Home Depot Rental Fee Suit
• Car Warranty Co. Owner Admits To $71M Fraud
• Martin Marietta, Vulcan Won't Get Quick Ruling On Hostile Bid
• NAB Slams JE Robert Co. With $60M Contract Suit
• Bankrupt Ala. County Accuses BNY Mellon Of Swiping Funds
• Settlement Negotiation Docs Not Privileged, Fed. Circ. Says
• David Bergstein Sues Filmyard, Colony Over Miramax Buy
• Texas Baseball League Puts Legal Malpractice Suit On Hold
• Insurance Implications Of Online Terms And Conditions
• Eye Laser Maker Clears Up $10.6M Case Over Botched Research
• Goldman Bias Ruling Would Set Dangerous Precedent: Chamber
• Will Sanchez V. Valencia Holding Co. Be Reversed?
• Coping With Commercial Leases In Bankruptcy
• Jury Hits Del Monte With $13M Verdict In Licensing Dispute
• Jury Sides With 'Glory' Director In 'Last Samurai' Theft Suit
• Al Gore's Network Strikes Back At Olbermann Over Split
• Former Loan Officers Sue MetLife Over Unpaid Commissions
• Noteholder Sues To Foreclose NYC Condo Over $19M Default
• Zurich American Hit With Suit Over Contract Liability
• Builder's $37M Award Stands In Loan Dispute: 9th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Says Actions Outweigh Intent In Client-Theft Suit
• RBC Bashes Bank's Effort To Grab $36M Loan Collateral
• Kasowitz Fights For $7M Fee From Duane Reade
• Ex-US Fidelis Owners Charged With Lifting $71M From Co.
• Slashing Wordplay Closes 'Last Samurai' Script Theft Trial
• Judge Says Pircher Nichols Can't Duck $12M RE Fund Suit
• Olbermann Sues Al Gore's TV Network For $70M Over Ouster
• Wells Fargo Nailed With $10.4M Verdict Over Lehman Loss
• NYC Developers Spar Over $120M Domino Refinancing Deal
• Former Clients Accuse Andrews Kurth Of Legal Malpractice
• Delta Lost Baggage Suit Grounded By Federal Law
• CB&I Avoids CERCLA Claims In Pollution Suit
• Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
• Ruth Madoff's Attys Can't Claim Legal Fees, Judge Says
• Exxon Ducks Claims Over Toxins From LA Facility Leak
• Aerospace Co.'s Damages In Trade Secrets Row Slashed To $5M
• Ex-Merrill Brokers Win $10M In Compensation Row
• TD Bank Customers Score Class Cert. In Overdraft Fee Case
• Judge May Consolidate 'Chipmunks' Capitol Licensing Suits
• Crowell & Moring Hit With $35M Suit Over Condo Sale
• EMI Sues Grooveshark Owner Over Copyright Licensing Deal
• Patriarch Partners Fails To Lift Ruling In MBIA CDO Suit
• Toyobo Pays $6M To Settle Body Armor Defect Suit
• BofA Boots Some Claims From Credit Plan Marketing MDL
• State Split: Transfer Restrictions In Commercial Leases
• Developer M&M Hits Back In Contract Row Over NY Mall
• 'Glory' Director Takes Stand In 'Last Samurai' Suit
• DirecTV Sues Tribune Over Scuttled Broadcast Agreement
• Singer Co. Ex-Head Faces Suit Over Mansion Mortgage
• Vector Claims New Evidence In Fight Over $307M Citi Sale
• FERC OKs Kinder Morgan's Rate Hike Deal With Airlines
• AllianceBernstein Sues Ex-Adviser Over Morgan Stanley Jump
• Texas REIT Scares Developer Out Of $75M Loan Fight
• Judge To Keep Suit Over Paramount's Movie Profits In Calif.
• Joint Development Agreements — From Honeymoon To Breakup
• Skyworks' Defective Parts Cost Motorola $20M, Suit Says
• EU Launches 2 Antitrust Probes Into Motorola Over Patents
• Ex-Orioles Owner Accused Of Reneging On Stock Deal
• REIT Seeks To Exclude Developer From $75M Loan Fight
• Marriott Sued For $75M Over Handling Of Boutique Hotel
• MTV Dodges Essence Infringement Claims, For Now
• Solar Millennium Units Seek Ch. 11 Amid Project Funding Woes
• Ericsson Denies It Swiped Airvana's Hardware Designs
• NY High Court Says Kellogg Partners Must Pay Broker Bonus
• Texas Court Kills Antitrust Case Against Exxon Affiliate
• BNY Mellon Dodges Calif. FCA Claims In Forex Pricing Suit
• EMI Targeted In Singer's Digital Royalty Rates Suit
• Apple Updates EU Warranty Disclosure After Backlash
• Ray Charles' Kids Sued Over Bid For Song Rights