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Commercial Contracts - May, 2012

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• Activision Ends 'Call Of Duty' Contract Row With Ex-Employees
• AGR Says Ex-VP Ran Off With Trade Secrets, Customers
• Texas Court Throws Out $21M Award In Oil Royalty Battle
• Cochran Firm Fights Back Against Ousted Partner
• Judge Halts Fox's Calif. IP Suit In Favor Of Dish's NY Case
• Freddie Mac Sues Deutsche Bank Arm Over MBS Warranties
• Miramax Head Says Producer's Legal War Breaks $3M Deal
• Netflix, Relativity Shrugged At 'Atlas' Movie License, Suit Says
• Pfizer, Teva Reach Licensing Deal For Generic Zyvox
• Top 10 Things To Know About Mediation
• Trade Group Shakes Suit Over 'Mandatory' Annual Dues
• National Fuel Settles With BP Over NJ Cleanup
• Siemens Accused Of Poaching Workers To Nab Big Clients
• Ohio Hospital System Claims Immunity From Antitrust Attack
• JPMorgan Sued Over $180M Liquidation Of Bear-Held Assets
• Sonnenschein Sues NY Church, Developer Over Unpaid Fees
• Olympus Quells Contract Feud With Ousted CEO
• REIT Can't Duck Arbitration Over $75M Loan, Developer Says
• NFL Players Union Defeats Retirees In Suit Over CBA Talks
• Anadarko, Noble Settle $100M Post-Spill Rig Contract Fight
• Western Energy Wants Atty Ousted From Oil Field Fight
• Bar Tax Info In $786M Alaska Pipeline Fight, FERC Hears
• Time Warner Fights Pause In Enforcement Of Franchise Ruling
• Political Polling Calls A Scam, Class Action Says
• Judge Backs Bolivia's $1M Judgment In UPS Shipping Suit
• Split 2nd Circ. Won't Review Amex Antitrust Arbitration Suit
• Activision Can't Silence No Doubt's 'Band Hero' Suit
• Unserved Summons Lets VC Firm Off Hook In Derivative Suit
• EPA Looks To Nix Broker's Suit Over $6.7M Phony Fuel Credits
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• SP Newsprint Gets $5M Secrets Suit Against Employees Stayed
• JPMorgan Unit Faces $293M Suit Over MBS Loan Buyback Deal
• American Tank & Vessel Deals Blow To Contractor's $20M Suit
• Dow Jones, S&P Shut Down ISE's Index Option Sales
• RG Steel Wins Arbitration Order In $125M Severstal Dispute
• IStar Seeks Sanctions In $134M RE Contract Fight
• Cat's Paw Creates Worker Liability For Retaliation: 7th Circ.
• Law Firms Can't Dodge Coudert Unfinished Business Claims
• Aaron Spelling's Widow Sues Auction House Over Dolls
• Mergers Can Start Noncompete Clocks, Ohio Court Says
• Vegas Developer Fights $5M Boies Schiller Fee
• Evergreen Trustee Says Ex-Director Doomed Company
• Security Firm Says Ex-Exec Helping Rival Nab Army Contract
• Offshore Driller Noble Makes Peace In $50M Wire Defect Suit
• Lack Of Licensing Deal Sacks Ex-NFL Players' Royalty Suit
• Dow Wins $2B In Fight Over Axed Kuwait Petrochem Venture
• Jeopardized By Cherryland: Bankruptcy Remote Financings
• Dish Faces Off Against Big 4 Networks In DVR Copyright Row
• AIG Claims Pared In $10.5B Countrywide RMBS Suit
• JAMS, Ex-Judge Added To Fish & Richardson Arbitrator Suit
• Developer Wants Consultant To Pay For Botched $1B Mall Suit
• Zee Wants 2nd Shot At Williams Mullen IP Malpractice Suit
• Crowell & Moring Settles 3 Suits Over Ex-RE Atty's Theft
• Open Range Trustee Seeks Damages From PE Lender
• Martha Stewart Says Macy's Can't Freeze JC Penney Merch Deal
• Northrop Faces $2.4M Suit Over Army Software License
• 3rd Circ. OKs Wal-Mart's Appeal Of Cert. For Warranty Class
• NY Corporate Attys File $1M Suit Over Soured Partnership
• George Clinton, UMG Settle 5-Year-Old Royalties Suit
• The Case Against Counterclaim Class Actions
• Why Draft A Standstill Provision When 'Between' is Enough?
• PE Firm Fights For 5% Fracking Co. Stake
• Facebook Strikes Deal To Resolve 'Like' Ad Action
• How They Won It: Skadden Reps Fresh Del Monte In Fruit Fight
• 5th Circ. Cans Challenge To Coke's 41-Year-Old Root Beer Buy
• Judge Shelves $94M Condo Project Loan Fight For Now
• Xe's Arbitration Bid Denied In Misclassification Suit
• Contractor Cut From NYC Subway Cellphone Deal Wants $12M
• Ex-Cozen Atty's Bonus Evidence 'Worthless,' Judge Says
• Investor Trumps Ex-Troutman Atty In $100M Loan Contract Suit
• UMG Denies Miscalculating Artists' Digital Royalties
• ESPN's Chris Mortensen Sued By Talent Agency Over Fees
• IP Boutique Firm Sues Unigene Over Unpaid Fees
• US Bank Fights Windsor Intervention In $188M Loan Suit
• Best Practices For Corporate Social Responsibility
• Exxon Defeats Calif. Plant Workers' OT Class Action
• Barnes & Thornburg Snags Former Enfinity General Counsel
• New York Life Can't Duck Policyholder's Interest Rate Suit
• Panasonic, Others Beat Memory Card Antitrust Claims
• 6th Circ. Says Sinkhole Fill Violates Conservation Easement
• Del. High Court Rejects RAA Suit Over Due Diligence Costs
• UCLA's Controversial Sale Of Japanese Garden Moves Ahead
• Retirees Win Again In 9th Circ. Raytheon Benefit Battle
• Continental Frequent Fliers Won't Get Day In High Court
• Class Action Waivers 'Emasculate' FLSA, 2nd Circ. Told
• AspenTech Wins Jury Verdict In IP Dispute Over Ex-Worker
• Supreme Court Nixes $9M Wachovia CDO Arbitration Appeal
• Bristol, Sanofi Say Plavix Marketing Suit Isn't Supported
• 1st Circ. Says Insurer Must Cover Oxford Plane Repair Suit
• Adidas Loses Injunction Bid As Herbalife Logo Battle Ends
• Key Bank, HSBC Get Adelphia Hockey Loan Claims Nixed
• 5th Circ. Says Concepcion Dooms Student's Arbitration Award
• AMR Judge Sets Ruling Deadline As Unions Present Case
• 8th Circ. Rejects Card Fraud Suit Against US Bank
• Quarles & Brady Reels In Real Estate Pro From SNR Denton
• Estranged Ex-Shareholder Gets 2nd Shot At Wynn Resorts Docs
• Clear Channel, JCDecaux End OFT Outdoor Ad Probe
• Brokerage Says Rice Futures Manipulation Suit Still Flawed
• Developer Had No Duty To Reveal Bomb Site, 11th Circ. Rules
• Forging Public-Private Partnerships In Turkey
• FERC Rules Texas Pipeline's Earnings Were Not Excessive
• Humana Can't Shake Insurer's $2.2M Medicare Pay Suit
• GM Speeds Out Of OnStar Analog MDL
• Missing Persons Lead Singer Hits EMI With Royalty Suit
• Proskauer Gets Ex-Ascent Exec's Malpractice Suit Pared
• REIT Sues Real Estate Firm Over $2M Hotel Deposit
• 7th Circ. Upholds Pay Freezes For Ill. State Workers
• Viacom, Time Warner End IPad Streaming Row
• German Bank Slams Barclays With $133M MBS Suit
• Activision, EA Call Truce In 'Call Of Duty' Sabotage Fight
• Repsol Hits Argentina With US Class Action In YPF Fight
• EA Fumbles In Bid To Dismiss NCAA Likeness Suit
• DLA Piper Adds DC Corporate Vet From Arnold & Porter
• Texas Refiner Loses Appeal Of $5M Verdict For Hurt Worker
• Keys To Co-Lending Agreements In Commercial RE
• Nationwide Class Certified In PNC Bank Overdraft Charge MDL
• 2nd Circ. Says NYU Properly Denied MBA To Insider Trader
• Aecom Shakes Negligence Claims In Toxic Housing Suit
• Renewable Energy Cos. End $129M Solar Project Sale Row
• FSMA's Potential Impact, Part 1: Force Majeure Clauses
• Ex-Partner Says Troutman Shafted Him Over $20M MetCap Fee
• Ex-Brocade Worker Seeks Sanctions In Trade Secrets Case
• Activision Asks Judge To Delay 'Call Of Duty' IP Trial
• AES Rips Utility For Protesting $240M Power Plant Sale
• Ex-Deutsche Exec Pushes 2nd Circ. To Revive Bonus Suit
• KEPCO's Nigerian Projects On Hold After Court Ruling
• IKB Sues BofA Over $250M In Soured RMBS Sales
• Biofuels Co. Says PE Firm Skipped Out On $7M Funding Deal
• Teamsters Victorious In Hostess Contract Fight
• Trending Topic: Twitter's 'Innovator's Patent Agreement'
• In-License Agreements With Nonprofits: 5 Considerations
• Calif. Court Won't Revisit Verdict Over $603M Boeing Contracts
• Naked Juice Gets 'All-Natural' Class Action Stripped Down
• Nationwide Program Set Agents Up To Fail, Suit Says
• BofA Urges Judge To Dismiss AIG's $10B RMBS Suit
• High Court Nixes Psystar Appeal In Apple OS X Copyright Row
• Takeda Calls FCA Suit Over Unsafe Drug Interactions Baseless
• Williams Mullen Ducks Malpractice Suit In Trade Secrets Row
• Using Federal Antitrust Law To Void Class Action Waivers
• Nicky Hilton Sues Ex-Partners For $5M Over Trademark Use
• Texas High Court Snubs Shell, Amoco Arbitration Appeal
• Law Firm Can't Escape Dispute Over Wall St. Lease
• Judge Sides With Hilton In MSR Property Management Row
• Ark. Statute Trumps Insurance Claim Window, 8th Circ. Says
• Garmin Can't Escape Tracking Tech Trade Secrets Suit
• Resolving Life Science Collaboration Disputes
• GE Must Aid Blowout Preventer Defense, Gas Co. Says
• Fox Slams Claims It Lifted Idea For 'Lie To Me' TV Series
• Reorganized Del. Diocese To Fund $64M Laity Pension Plan
• Ace Stripped Reinsurance Unit Before $1B Sale, Suit Says
• Circuit Split? Mirant Vs. Adelphia
• Paramount Tells 'Godfather' Estate To Take Book, Leave Profits
• Abbott Loses Blood Test Patent Row With Epocal
• Bankruptcy Judge Won't Let Capitol Pull Plug On Customers
• Mitsubishi Unit Must Pay $124M For Broken Nondisclosure Pact
• Bryan Cave Can't Shake Suit Over Privileged Info Use
• Former Raytheon Unit Gets $3.5M Judgment Overturned
• Judge Rules A&P Can Keep NJ Storefront Dark
• Bankrupt NJ Developer Sues Partner Over 'Invalid' Deed
• Wells Fargo Gets Loan Deception Claims Trimmed
• PBGC Urges Teamsters, Hostess To Mind ERISA In Deal
• Bankrupt Tennis Line Prince Scores $15M Licensing Deal
• Universal Says Producer's Suit Over Profits Comes Too Late
• How To Negotiate Rights Of 1st Offers
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• Sens. Rip Napa Valley Army Project As 'Tax Dollar Sinkhole'
• DirecTV Denies Blame For Capitol Infrastructure Ch. 11
• Toshiba Gets $315M Generator Contract For Indian Plant
• NYC Building's $80M Upgrade Didn't Break Lease, Court Says
• Contractor Admits Role In $23M Iraq Kickbacks Scheme
• Bechtel Ducks Claims In Power Plant Cost Estimate Suit
• Halliburton Claims Rival Snatched Employees, Clients
• A Call To Arms — 365(n) And Trademark Licensees
• McGraw-Hill Says Foreign Royalties Suit Condemns Itself
• Simon Property Challenges Betsey Johnson's Liquidation Sales
• TransCanada Says Contractor Botched Welder Oversight
• Afghan Food Contractor Asks 2nd Circ. To Junk $38M Judgment
• Suit Over Michael Jackson Royalties Gets The Boot
• NY Appeals Court Reopens $1B Meadowlands Loan Suit
• Greenberg Lures Quarles Litigator To Phoenix Office
• Scotiabank Sued Again Over Chilean Toll Road Bid Advice
• Warranty Co. Accused Of Selling Deceptive Contracts
• Provident Creditor Fights Trustee's $31M Clawback Suit
• Concepcion Doesn't Validate Unconscionable Contracts: Panel
• 8 Embassy Suites Can't Dodge US Bank's $188M Loan Suit
• Ben Stein's Claims Pared In Kyocera Fight Over Enviro Views
• Grand Canyon Developer Takes Tribal Court Order To 9th Circ.
• Extending Preservation Obligations Of 3rd Parties
• KB Home Hits K&L Gates With $9.4M Malpractice Suit
• NJ High Court Bars Peckar From Light-Rail Project Fight
• Paris Hilton Co. Still On Hook Over Lingerie Contract
• 9th Circ. Says RJ Reynolds Promotion May Count As Contract
• Ex-CFO Claims Tyco Owes Him $60M In Promised Payouts
• Judge Calls Atty Fees 'Excessive' In BofA Credit Card Deal
• Seyfarth Says Thelen Trustee Win Would Make Ex-Attys 'Toxic'
• EBay Escapes Suit Over Automatic Bidding Service
• Inventor Accuses Sorenson Capital Of Holding Out On Royalties
• PSS World Medical Sues Rival For Stealing Secrets
• Avis Didn't Disclose E-ZPass Convenience Fee, Suit Says
• Construction Suppliers Settle Failed Venture Fight
• Pursuing Defaulting Tenants — Careful What You Wish For
• Awaiting 6th Circ. Clarity On Chrysler Dealers' Appeal
• Martin Marietta's $5.5B Hostile Bid For Vulcan Put On Hold
• Count Basie, Others Say UMG Owes Them $6M In Royalties
• Health Insurers Face New Disclosure Rules Under Calif. Bill
• Veritas Head, Ex-Partner Call Truce In Row Over Dyncorp IPO
• 'Evil Dead' Director Sues Over Rights To Sequel
• $237M Fight Over Axed Power Plant Returns To NY State Court
• Westchester Breached $60M Fair Housing Obligation, Judge Says
• Ford Wins Reversal Of $2B Judgment Over Truck Prices
• Magistrate Backs Some Class Status In First Data Suit
• Wells Fargo Broke Deal To Sell Checking Accounts, Suit Says
• Continental Asks High Court To Mull Arbitration In Thorpe Case
• Ex-NHL Players' Association Chief Joins Jackson Lewis
• Hostess Wins OK To Drop Contracts With Bakers Union
• Sharon Osbourne Loses Bid To Nix HSN Jewelry Suit
• 'Hawaii Five-O' Creator's Heirs Hit With $10M Royalties Suit
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Subtenant Not Entitled To Relief For Property Fixes: NY Court
• SNC Judgment Partially Reversed In Army Contract Suit
• TIAA Wants $100M Suit Over Stalled DC Project Thrown Out
• Troubleshooting OTC Euro Transactions
• Will SLVs Hold Water In Shipping Bankruptcies?
• Quinn Emanuel Taps New Head Of International Arbitration
• Ex-Worker Slams Trade Secret Claim In San Diego Contract Row
• Epstein Becker Green Can't Shake Broker's Malpractice Suit
• Hard Rock Condotel Owners' Disclosure Suit Whittled Down
• NC AG Says New Protections Needed Before Fracking Allowed
• Judge Halts $129M Sale In ESA Puerto Rico Solar Project Row
• Window Co. Owes Retiree Class Benefits, 6th Circ. Says
• Botched Contract Cost Baseball League $4M, Suit Says
• Exxon Nears Early Win In Calif. Plant Workers' OT Suit
• K&L Bolsters Commercial Disputes Group With SC Partner
• USA Tech Sues Top Investor For Ripping Board In Proxy War
• Wash. High Court Says AT&T Can't Use Fees To Recoup Taxes
• Mutual Funds Hit Morgan Stanley With $122M MBS Suit
• Case Study: Parsons Global V. Secretary Of The Army
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• SanDisk Cuts A Deal In Price-Fixing Suit Over IP Licenses
• Troutman Says Ex-Atty's $520M Malpractice Suit Came Too Late
• BP Knocks Out Fraud Suit Over $42M Gas Station Sales
• Solar Co. Says Partner Flaked On $129M Puerto Rico Project
• MMR Sues To Claim 50% Stake In Bankrupt Solar Project
• Mothership Has Sailed On P-Funk Malpractice Suit, Judge Says
• Pool Co. Hits Gordon & Rees With $8M Malpractice Suit
• Fla. Appeals Court Remands KPMG Madoff Audit Fight
• Domino Sugar Project's $125M Refinancing Wins OK
• Morgan Stanley Execs Upbraided For Poaching Clients
• Nationwide Shakes Off Agents' 2nd Benefit Suit Attempt
• Chesapeake CEO 'Deeply Sorry' As Sen. Calls For Fraud Probe
• Future Sales Not Covered In Land Sales Act, 4th Circ. Says
• AmEx's $50M Payout In Currency Fee Suit Gets Judge's OK
• Backer Demands $237M From Developer Of Axed Power Plant
• BofA Slams Bid To Group Cases Over $2B Casino Financing
• Chesapeake CEO's $1B Well Loans Cost Him Chairman Gig
• Pfizer Settles BYU's Long-Running Celebrex Suit
• Hendrix Estate's $2M Suit Stalled By Film Producer's Bankruptcy
• Toys 'R' Us Says It Overpaid $10M For Times Square Store
• Ill. Hospital Tried To Swipe Patients' Settlement Cash, Suit Says
• PacBell Back On The Hook For Cramming In Calif.