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Commercial Contracts - June, 2012

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• Ex-Stroock Partner Can't Get Retirement Benefits
• DuPont, Invista Settle $744M Suit Over Enviro Violations
• Renco Accuses Perelman Of Lifting $175M From Humvee JV
• Goodrich Subcontractor Settles Ex-Engineer's FCA Claims
• HSBC Can't Kick Overdraft Fee Class Action
• Judge Keeps Counterclaims In Five Star $112M Hotel Loan Suit
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Open Up New Frontiers
• Calif. Developers Told To Pay $5.5M Over Commingled Funds
• Highland Drops Citigroup CLO Suit Over Manager Role
• Hilton, MSR Begin Trial Over Luxury Resort Management
• Rite Aid Faces $60M Development Suit Over Canceled Stores
• Feds Cleared Of Witness Tampering In Hospital Bribery Case
• Christopher V. SmithKline: Impact On Pharma — And Beyond
• Texas Court Affirms $1.5M Award In Oil Investment Scam
• Ceglia Must Produce Kasowitz Letter In Facebook Row: Judge
• American Airlines' New Labor Agreements Get Go-Ahead
• Microsoft Asks 9th Circ. To Spurn German Xbox, Windows Ban
• Film Co. Can't Nix 'Invention Of Lying' Contract Suit
• DC Circ. Ruling Spurs FERC To Rethink Pipeline Rate Cap
• Judge Allows New Claims In Row Over Eminem Royalties
• 2nd Circ. Upholds $1.2M Award Over Black Eyed Peas Track
• Pilots Union OKs Tentative Deal With American Airlines
• Judge Rips Vector's Reading Of Goodrich Nondisclosure Deal
• Duane Morris Faces Malpractice Suit Over FCA Case Fees
• 2nd Circ. Ruling May Be A Royal Pain For Movie, TV Studios
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Keep Goldman Sex Bias Claims In Court
• NEC Tells 9th Circ. Jaco Must Arbitrate Price-Fixing Claims
• Trustee In $500M DBSI Ponzi Scheme Sues Broker-Dealers
• Citigroup Asks 2nd Circ. To End 7 WTC Legal Fees Suit
• Judge Won't Rethink Wells Fargo Loan Modification Suit
• Solar Trust Gets Green Light For $20M Asset Sale
• National Implications Of Enforcing Acquired Noncompetes
• NY High Court Lets Barclays Off Hook Over $1.6B Toxic MBS
• Dissecting Da Silva: There Is A Science To It
• Jury Hands $30M To Ford Truck Dealers In Contract Fight
• Defense Co. Can't Shake Claims It Bilked PE Firm In Merger
• Southern Union Unit Seeks To Enforce Gas Delivery Deal
• Hayden Christensen Gets 'Royal Pains' Contract Suit Reopened
• Universal Fires Back At TV Producer's Breach Claims
• CPMC's $2.5B Hospital Project Stalls Over San Fran Deal
• PNC Bank To Hand Over $90M To Exit Overdraft Fee MDL
• Contractor Says NY Developer Owes $11M For Unpaid Work
• Volvo Settlement Over Faulty SUV Engines Wins Judge's Nod
• Exxon, Oil Cos. Can't Bar Witnesses In $786M Pipeline Row
• Citi, Others Must Face Most Claims In Bungled-Mortgage Suit
• Courtney Love Sued Again Over Unpaid Legal Fees
• Lehman Sues To Keep Stake In $63M Foreclosed Hotel Loan
• Sheppard Mullin Says Kohl's Skipped Out On Legal Tab
• Fund Rejected $341M Investment To Cheat Research Co.: Suit
• Boeing Pays $10M To Settle ICO Satellite Contract Fight
• Deutsche Bank Sues GE Unit Over $650M Losses In MBS Pool
• Nissan Japan Seeks To Exit Transmission Defect Class Action
• McDonald's, Agency Say Filet-O-Fish Ad No Rip-Off
• Castillo Pushes To Duck Attys' Fees In Sheraton Contract Row
• Foreign Arbitration Tribunals Fair For Discovery: 11th Circ.
• Vivendi Hit With €765M Verdict Over Liberty Deal Disclosures
• Jury To Decide If Broker Deserves $15M Payout, Judge Says
• Wells Fargo Exits Mortgage Loan Fee Case For $7M
• Texas High Court Kills $34M Paradigm Oil Royalty Judgment
• Jones Walker Adds Finance Veteran To New Orleans Office
• Film Investor Hits Aramid With Suit Over $3M Agreement
• Judge Preserves $200M Suit Alleging BP Sold Rivals Cheap Gas
• NBA Players Keep 'Bird Rights' In Waiver Trades: Arbitrator
• Medtronic Owes $7M In Device Royalties, University Says
• Newpage Sued Over $2B Meadwest Purchase Contract
• Capital One Customers Win Class Cert. In Overdraft MDL
• Merrill Swaps Reed For Morgan In Deferred Pay Disputes
• Army Contractor Intrepid Escapes Exec Poaching Suit
• Judge Strips Homeowners' Countrywide MBS Suit
• Apple Strikes HTC With Antitrust Claims In Patent Quarrel
• DC Circ. Boots Patton Boggs Row With Gibson In Chevron Case
• Judge Limits Damages In Suit Over Michael Jackson's Death
• Smith & Nephew Says Sales Contractors Broke Noncompete
• Producer Drops Rapper 'Game' Royalties Suit Against UMG
• GCs Name Law Firms With Top Shelf Brands
• BASF Wants $30M From Contractor Over Texas Plant Shutdown
• BRS Settles Contract Dispute With Insurance Broker
• DC Circ. Tosses Tycoon's $500M Freshfields Suit
• Wynn Brawl Returns To State Court Despite FCPA Element
• Media Co. SMG Seeks To Block Exec's Move To Rival
• AMR Labor Contract Ruling Delayed
• Managing Expectations During Mediation: A Formula
• Facebook Deal Over 'Like' Ads Nets Attorneys $10M
• NY Court Rejects Honeywell's $36M Oaktree Royalty Claims
• MassMutual Gets Fraud Suit Over $216M Ponzi Scheme Pared
• 2nd Guessing Good Faith Settlement Determinations
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Eatoni's Antitrust Suit Against RIM
• LG Can't Enforce Daewoo Settlement Over Washing Machine IP
• NY Court Overturns Icahn's Federal-Mogul Investment Suit Win
• E. Oliver Founder On Hook For $45M Loan, NY Court Says
• NLRB Scraps Hyundai-Aerotek Gag Clause Over Worker Pay
• Discovery To Continue During DQ Bid In Facebook Battle
• O'Melveny Brings On Olswang's Movie Rainmaker In London
• Pilots Union Shoots Down American Airlines' Last Offer
• 2 Morgan Stanley Brokers Awarded $5M In Promotion Dispute
• Muz-TV Wins $1.65M Award Over Lady Gaga Booking Scam
• Bristol Palin TV Show Producers Hit With Copyright Suit
• Renco Group Sued Over Hummer Contract
• Judge Pares 'NCIS' Creator's CBS Contract Suit
• Wage Releases Don't Void Arbitration Pacts: Calif. Court
• Calif. DMV Punked Out On TV Show: Ashton Kutcher's Co.
• Investor Claims It Was Cheated Out of Stake in Energy Firm
• Prada Says MaxMara Bilked It Out Of Hawaii Boutique Lease
• Wynn's Ex-Wife Asks Court To Release $1B Worth Of Stock
• Former Capital One Execs Pay $20M To End Noncompete Suit
• Shareholders Claim Mining Execs Hid $246M Project Overrun
• HSBC, Insurer End Fight Over $14M Debt Shortfall
• Supervisors Not Liable For Brokers' Bad Realty Deals: Court
• DuPont Says It's Off The Hook For Invista Enviro Costs
• Paramount Hit With $10M Suit Over Game Development Deal
• Sprint To Pay $19M To End Picture Messaging Charges Suit
• Air Liquide Says Plant Closure Doesn't Void Supply Deal
• Green Groups Sue To Scuttle Gulf Drilling Lease Sale
• Facebook To Pay $10M To End Privacy Suit Over 'Like' Ads
• Girardi & Keese Can't Shake Lockheed Workers' Malpractice Suit
• TV Studio Seeks $4M Over Botched Exxon Land Deal
• LinkedIn Slapped With Privacy Suit Over Data Breach
• Software Co. Eatoni Pushes To Revive RIM Antitrust Suit
• Ceglia Wants Gibson Dunn, Others DQ'd From Facebook Row
• M&A Perspectives: How To Sandbag In NY, London, Istanbul
• EU Drops Areva, Siemens Antitrust Probe After Deal
• Condo Owners Take $125M Starwood Fraud Suit To 7th Circ.
• Developer Sues Lenders Over Failed NYC Hotel Financing
• Richard Dreyfuss Sues Family Over Real Estate Loan
• Boies Schiller's $5M Real Estate Win Upheld By NY Court
• Flynt Brother's Ex-Attys Must Face Malpractice Suit
• Okada Accuses Wynn Resorts Head, GC Of Racketeering
• US Fidelis Co-Owner Cops To Insurance, Consumer Fraud
• Developer Can't Block $125M Domino Sugar Housing Financing
• Considerations When Investing In 3rd-Party Logistics Cos.
• Costner Untouchable In Baldwin's Cleanup Co. Suit, Jury Finds
• Performance Rights: US Vs. Canada
• EU Decision In Areva, Siemens Antitrust Probe Impending
• Massey Unit Wants $32M Suit Over Coal Supply Pact Removed
• Top NY Dem Backs Bill To Let Doctors Negotiate En Masse
• Chesapeake Deal Lets NY Landowners Rework Fracking Leases
• Biotronik Tangles With St. Jude Over Sales Rep Noncompete
• Indonesia High Court Nixes Churchill's $2B Coal License Row
• Tips For Int'l Energy Contract Arbitration Agreements
• Is Your Trademark License Assignable In Bankruptcy?
• Travel Sites Deny Liability For $60M In SF Hotel Taxes
• Firm Sued Over Fees To Preempt Malpractice Claims: Lab Co.
• Countersuit In 'Anger Management' Row Is Meritless, Atty Says
• PE Fund Sues Bank For $10M Over $4M Asset Freeze
• 2nd Circ. Backs DMX's Lower Music Licensing Fees
• Davis Polk To Stay In Offices While $63M Rent Row Resolved
• Verizon Freed From Allegations It Secretly Overbuilt NY Tower
• 5th Circ. Says Chesapeake Can't Duck Property Damage Suit
• Honda To Face Civic Tire Defect Claims As Class Action
• 9th Circ. Reopens Arbitration Fight In AT&T False Ad Suit
• Apple Blasts Motorola's Stance On Essential Patents
• Capitol Won't Surrender Royalties In '80s Singer's Suit
• Auto Coating Co. Sues Ex-Sales Rep. For Poaching Clients
• NY Bill Looks To Shine Light On Secret Fracking Deals
• '70s Star Cassidy Presses To Keep $10M Sony Row In Court
• NFL QB Vince Young Accuses Former Advisers Of Fraud
• Ex-CFO Can't Mute Lauder Heir's Defenses, Judge Says
• Hotel Fires Back At Lender Over $80M Default Claims
• Davis Polk Wants To Stay Eviction In $63M Rent Row
• Case Study ASB Allegiance V. Scion Breckenridge
• FSMA's Potential Impact, Part 2: Title And Risk Of Loss
• Alcoa Can't Escape $1B Bahrain Bribery And RICO Suit
• Debt Settlement Co. Gets Suit Over Fees Sent To Arbitration
• DOJ Asks 5th Circ. To Revive KBR Kickback Case
• 10th Circ. Gives Strict Window For Mortgage Rescission
• Judge Approves Mich. Resort Development Deal
• Law Firms Sued For $2.3M Over Dumped Lease In Merger
• Morgan Stanley Topples Loan Sale Suit In 7th Circ.
• Invista Adviser Details EPA Report In $744M DuPont Trial
• Outsourcing Governance: The Value Of A Written Record
• Honda Wipes Out Paint Defect Class Action
• Pa. High Court Denies WolfBlock's Appeal In Severance Row
• 'Star Trek' Actor Settles Commission Feud With Ex-Agency
• Wackenhut-Firefighter OT Suit Heading To Arbitration
• Examining The DOC's Tariffs On Chinese Solar Cells
• Wells Fargo Improperly Appraised $125M Hotel Loan, Suit Says
• Cargill Can't Shake Counterclaims In E. Coli Suit
• Abbott Asks Calif. Judge To Toss B&L Suit Over Noncompetes
• Outlining Data Protection In Outsourcing Agreements
• SLAPPed Silly
• Paramount Contract Row Belongs In Calif., NY Judge Rules
• BofA Sues RE Mogul Over $17.6M In Loan Defaults
• Perkins Coie Says Ex-Atty's Pay Claims Should Be Arbitrated
• Egypt Must Arbitrate $200M Red Sea Resort Row, Tribunal Says
• Judge Advances Pharmacy's Medicare Fight With Humana
• Cascade Grain Settles $4M Contaminated Ethanol Claim
• Sea Dragon Burned Oil Investor Holding $40M Contract: Suit
• Consolidation Coal Settles $380M Polluted Mines Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Strip DC Comics' 'Superman' Docs Win
• Citizens Says Ex-Consultants, Wells Fargo Stole Clients
• Ga. Cities, Travel Websites Reach Deal In Tax Evasion Suit
• Norcast Sues PE Firm For Selling Unit To Rival For $25M Fee
• Barclays Wins Big In Trustee Row Over Lehman Assets
• BNP, Deutsche Beat BofA Counterclaims In $1.6B MBS Row
• 'Happy Days' Actors To Get Jury For Royalty Row With CBS
• MBIA Stakes Claims To IndyMac MBS Losses In DC Circ.
• Morningstar Can't Sue Ponzi Schemer, Judge Rules
• 'Reality Steve' Settles Spoiler Row With 'Bachelor' Heads
• Canon Cut Off Equipment Cos. After Xerox Unit Buy, Suit Says
• Hitachi, Renesas Settle Price-Fixing Suit Over Patent Deals
• Judge Reveals Skadden Conflict In Dr. Weil Royalty Suit
• Sigma Hit With $76M Judgment Over Failed Refinery Deals
• Navy Power Plant Subcontractor Seeks $1.4M From Insurer
• Investors Must Pay Goldman $1M After FINRA Loss
• AMR Says Airline Must Drop Union Contracts To Survive
• Employment Class Actions Face Uncertain Fate In 2nd Circ.
• Judge Nixes Microsoft Contract Suit Over Eolas Patent Blitz
• DOL, EEOC Tell 2nd Circ. Not To Enforce E&Y Class Waiver
• Columbia University Sued Over NYC Demolition Contract
• Halliburton Fights VP's Noncompete With Baker Hughes
• Express Scripts, Walgreens End Contract, False Ad Fight
• Dental Co. Bites Law Firm With $148M Malpractice Suit
• Graceway Trustee Slams Distributor's Bid To Cut Debt
• NewPage Wants Suit Over $1.7B LBO Kept Under Wraps
• Ruby Foo's Owner Cooks Up Deal In Times Square Lease Feud
• Judge Upholds PharmAthene-SIGA Smallpox Drug Profit Share
• Sirius XM Gets Robocall Claims Moved To Arbitration
• Palm, Sprint Settlement Over Phone Data Loss OK'd At Last
• Are Electronic Arbitration Agreements Enforceable?
• Pros And Cons Of Computer-Assisted Review