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Commercial Contracts - August, 2013

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• Traub Lieberman Blames Carlton Fields In Malpractice Row
• Biolitec Escapes Additional Sanctions In AngioDynamics Row
• Doc Must Arbitrate With HMO In Contract Row, NJ Court Says
• Time Warner Contractor To Pay $1.5M To Misclassified Techs
• Samsung Pushes For Arbitration In Galaxy False Ad Suit
• Thelen Trustee Fires 6 More Clawback Suits At Ex-Partners
• Ex-Dynegy Exec's Atty Loses Fee Row In Texas High Court
• Russian Gas Co. Must Face Trade Secrets Suit: Texas Court
• 2nd Circ. Boots Sugar Co.'s Appeal In $168M Merrill Swap Row
• Larry Flynt's Brother Can't Use 'Hustler' Mark, 6th Circ. Says
• ATK Sends $100M ATK Missile Fight To Fed. Court
• Blavatnik Award In JPMorgan Case Raised To $63M
• CORRECTED: Crowley Pipeline Settles Trade Secrets Dispute
• Exelis Sued Over $1.8M Owed To Afghanistan Subcontractor
• Genesco Pushes To Recoup Visa Fines In $13M Data Theft Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Bay City Rollers' Royalties Suit
• Texas Court Axes $2.5M Award Over Rockets Arena Sign
• Toy Co. Tries To Pin Down WWE Over Belt Outsourcing
• Aurelius Urges High Court To Snub Argentina's $1.3B Appeal
• KBR's $400M Arbitration Win Against Pemex Confirmed In NY
• 'The Help' Actress Sues Over Axed $1.2M Endorsement Deal
• Rainmaker Q&A: Buchalter Nemer's Manny Fishman
• F&N Under Fire From JV Partner Over Myanmar Brewing Stake
• Apple Sinks RICO Suit Over IPhone Power Button Glitch
• Kaiser Gets Transport Contractor's FCA Suit Pared
• The 2nd Circ. Stance In NML Capital V. Argentina
• CVS Makes A HIPAA Mess With Murky Rewards Program
• 3rd Circ. Backs Ch. 15 Protections For Bankrupt Aussie Co.
• Blank Rome, Cozen Suit Over Failed Project Kicked To Pa.
• Don King Loses Appeal For Deposit In $23M Jai Alai Deal
• Dun & Bradstreet Cleared Of Fraud Claims In Class Suit
• Judge Orders Arbitration In Overdraft MDL
• Texas High Court Snubs Pemex Union In $1B Contract Fight
• Broker Says It Needn't Chip In For Life Insurance Fraud Deal
• EchoStar Loses Appeal Bid In $56M Disney HD Fee Fight
• Rainmaker Q&A: Dickinson Wright's Michael Lipton
• Prepping For Project Bonds
• Law Firm Loses Appeal To Represent Client In Dismissed Suit
• IDT, Exec Settle Battle Over 200 Spectrum Licenses
• 8th Circ. Calls Mayo Clinic's $1.9M Fee Award 'Suspect'
• NFL Urges Judge To Ditch Hatmaker's Antitrust Suit
• Biolitec Loses Bid To DQ Judge In AngioDynamics Row
• Red Cross Takes Fight Over Benefit Changes To High Court
• NJ Agency Can't Duck Jets, Giants' Meadowlands Suit
• 'Broad' Trade Secret Injunction Nixed In Noncompete Dispute
• NJ Court Nixes Trade Secrets Row Over Generic Cough Syrup
• Citi Workers Target 'Misguided' 2nd Circ. Waiver Ruling
• Rainmaker Q&A: White And Williams' Maulin Vidwans
• FDIC 'No Value' Ruling Blocks BofA's $1.7B Suit, Judge Says
• 3rd Circ.'s Close Look At Exceptions To CAFA Removal
• NY Court Demands JPMorgan Pay $50M In MBS Suit
• Unions Can Face Liability Over 'Sham' Suits, 4th Circ. Rules
• Del. High Court Finds Managing Partner Ouster In Good Faith
• Greenberg Wrongly Garnished Account For Fees, Suit Says
• Sirius XM Faces 2nd Suit On Pre-1972 Royalties
• Gordon & Rees, Ropers Majeski Can't Shake Malpractice Suit
• Prius Drivers Tell 9th Circ. Warranty Covers Fuel Tank Flaw
• Vinmar VP Fired For Challenging False EPA Report, Suit Says
• Viacom Fights To Preserve Cablevision Licensing Deal
• DR Horton Leans On 9th Circ. Ruling In Class Waiver Battle
• Texas City Can't Escape Suit Over Wholesale Power Sales
• Thelen Trustee Hits 6 More Ex-Partners With Clawbacks
• Texas Court's Snub Sends BP Gas Delivery Suit To Arbitration
• 3rd Circ. Overturns $30M Verdict For Ford Truck Dealers
• Loan Defaults Aren't Subject To Pa. Venue Rules, Court Says
• Nigeria Privatizes Power Plants, But Tread Cautiously
• Texas High Court Takes Up Same-Sex Divorce Cases
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bilzin Sumberg's Scott Baena
• Judge Grills Jets, Giants Attys Over Meadowlands Claims
• Texas Justices To Decide If Arbitrator DQ Voids $26M Award
• 2nd Circ. Orders Argentina To Pay $1.5B To Bond Holdouts
• An Arbitration-Bound Bowl Of Cereal? Believe It, Attys Say
• Ex-Sedgwick Atty Must Testify In Suit Against Bryan Cave
• ADR Deals Bar Atty Fees In Nissan Defect Suits, Judges Say
• US Century Bank Seeks To Toss Shareholders' Direct Claims
• Highland Rebuffed Again In $15.5M BofA Loan Sale Case
• Texas Justices To Hear Exxon Bid To Cut Ex-VP's Stock
• 7 Steps To Leverage Media Interest In Legal Situations
• $105M MedCap Settlement Doesn't Protect Wells Fargo
• Highmark Offers To Nix Ads If UPMC Negotiates New Deal
• Ailing Brooklyn Hospital On Hunt For Manager As SUNY Exits
• Sugar Co. Asks 2nd Circ. To Toss $146M Merrill Swap Ruling
• Dechert Can't Avoid Suit Over Its Coudert Paris Takeover
• Sallie Mae Contractor Secretly Recorded Calls, Suit Says
• Constangy Bolsters Dallas Office With Employment Guru Hire
• Rainmaker Q&A: Taylor English's Ilene Berman
• The Fate Of Anti-Assignment Clauses After Bankruptcy
• Pemex Union Challenges $1B Settlement In Oil Delivery Row
• Pace Gallery Sued For $1.3M Over De Kooning Damages
• MSC Cruises Sues Credit Card Processors Over $2M In Fees
• Brooklyn Hospital In Limbo After Judge Voids Deal With NY
• IP Boutique Didn't Dissolve On Partner's Death, Judge Rules
• Gas Co. Pushes 2nd Circ. To Undo NY Fracking Loss
• Salix Did Its Part In Developing Napo Drug, Atty Argues
• Houston Power Co. Plugs Into $20M Just Energy Merger Suit
• Contractor, Insurers Sued For $2.5M Over LA Water Project
• Texas Court Axes $10M Verdict In Developer's Contract Row
• JPMorgan Class Waiver Deemed Unlawful By NLRB Judge
• 8th Circ. Hands Don King Win In Boxing Contract Dispute
• CBS Blasts Time Warner After Verizon Retransmission Deal
• German Bank's $160M MBS Suit Too Late, UBS Atty Says
• Estee Lauder Faces False Ad Suit Over 'Night Repair' Products
• Translation Protocols In Cross-Border Antitrust Litigation
• Rainmaker Q&A: Steptoe's Tammie Alexander
• 9th Circ. Enforces E&Y Class Waiver, Rejecting DR Horton
• 5th Circ. Upholds KeyBank's Win In $202M Loan Default Row
• Value Of SEPs In Balance At Microsoft, Motorola Trial
• Landowner Can't Bar Keystone From Repairing Pipeline
• Legal Recruiter Ducks Suit Over Online Trash Talk
• Fla. Approves Plan For Troubled Miami Theater
• CBS, Time Warner Agree To Air NYC Mayoral Debates
• Kaleida Health Employees Lose Wage Suit In 2nd Circ.
• SEC Says Fund Manager Lied About Algorithm Trading Chops
• A-Rod's Cousin Gets Deposition Delayed In MLB Drug Suit
• Mexican Infrastructure Development — Watch This Space
• Hooters Broke Hispanic Marketing Deal, Ad Agency Says
• Ex-Carlyle Exec Sued For Breaking $1M NYC Apt. Deal
• Mallinckrodt Breached Pain Med Licensing Deal, Nuvo Says
• Al Jazeera Sues AT&T For Dropping New US Channel
• Bankrupt Driller's Contractors Sue To Enforce $25M In Liens
• Taking Stock Of Ga. Restrictive Covenant Statute: Part 1
• Rainmaker Q&A: Dickinson Wright's Harlan Robins
• Dumpster Diving For Deleted Files: When Is It Worth It?
• Patriot Coal, Union Miners' Contract Gets Judge's Approval
• Energy Cos. Duel Over Appeals Bond In $95.5M Shale Fight
• PE Firms Sue JPMorgan Over $1.78B Of Failed MBS
• Texas Panel Quashes $10M Judgments Against Fen-Phen Atty
• NY Judge Punts Argentine Oil Co.'s Suit Against Repsol
• NLRB Judge Nixes Verizon Phone Dealer's Class Waiver
• Houston Injury Attorney Says Law Firm Stole His Clients
• Rainmaker Q&A: Ford & Harrison's Aaron Zandy
• Dana Can't Prove Trade Secrets Theft, Judge Rules
• Rihanna Wins Sanction On Inspector In Water Damage Suit
• Firm In Sperm Bank Row With Judge's Wife Wants Suit Moved
• Citing AmEx, Comcast Seeks Arbitration In Sports TV Suit
• BMW Knew Navigation System Was Faulty, Suit Alleges
• Repsol Dragged Feet On YPF Board Vote, BNY Mellon Says
• How Fed. Circ. May View Post-AIA Invention Sales Offers
• $30M Fracking Tank Suit Moved To Colo. Court
• Huron Consulting Hits Rival With $20M Worker Poaching Suit
• Firm Partner's Death Should've Forced Liquidation: Pa. Court
• Overstock.com Dodges Class Action Over Return Fees
• Chevron, Others Sued Over Oilfield Waste Disposal
• Whirlpool Says GE Price-Fixing Claims Must Be Arbitrated
• Advice From Del.: Mean What You Write, Write What You Mean
• Tech Law Group Not Off The Hook In $10M Malpractice Suit
• German PE Firm Renews Bid For $780M Claim Against AT&T
• Portis Leads 83 Players In NFL Concussion Suit In Miami
• US Backs Medtronic In High Court Burden-Of-Proof Case
• 2013's Top Banking Rulings Give Lenders A Leg Up
• 3rd Circ. Boots Pa. Gas Lease Row To State Court Under CAFA
• Judge Orders Detroit, Unions Into Mediation Talks
• 5th Circ. Nixes Medco's Bid For Damages In Pipeline Row
• Girardi Keese Beats Class Cert. In Lockheed Malpractice Suit
• NLRB Judge Finds University's Arbitration Pact Unlawful
• Ex-Kasowitz Atty's Client Keeps Jay-Z Royalties Suit Alive
• Pa.'s New 'Oil And Gas Lease Act' Is Here. More To Come?
• Sekisui Sanctioned For Email Deletion In Merger Fight
• 11th Circ. Sends Bankrupt BankUnited's Tax Refund To FDIC
• Time Warner Faces Customer Class Action Over CBS Blackout
• Highland Capital Claims Ex-Adviser Planned To Steal Clients
• Christie's Was Reckless With Art During Sandy, Insurer Says
• Houston Litigation Boutique Says Ex-Partner Stole Clients
• 5th Circ. Asks Texas High Court To Review Home Loan Mods
• NY AG Settles With Home Improvers Over Contract Violations
• 5th Circ. Won't Toss Copyright Suit Against Televangelist
• UBS Unit Can't Nix Trusts' Mortgage Loan Buy-Back Suit
• Galderma Fights Appeal Fee Bid In NYU Oracea Dispute
• Consumer Law Claims Over Hess Oil Seem Shaky, Judge Says
• NJ High Court Demands Mediation Settlements In Writing
• 10th Circ. Rejects Qwest Appeal in Price Guarantee Fight
• Ex-Kline & Specter Atty Ordered To Pay Back Fees
• Michael Jackson Never 'Doctor Shopped,' Ex-Wife Tells Jury
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bird Marella's Mitchell Kamin
• Court Says Dallas Isn't Immune From $1B Back Pay Suit
• NJ High Court Voids Arbitration Clause Asserted After Delay
• Hedge Fund Row Doesn't Belong In US Court, 11th Circ. Says
• Doctors Competed To Prescribe Jackson Meds, Ex-Wife Says
• The Cost, And Ethics, Of Doing (Legal) Business
• IPhone Customer Says Apple Can't Arbitrate Defect Suit
• 11th Circ. Says Johnson Controls Can't Dodge IAP Atty Fees
• Michael Keaton Can't Dodge Suit Over Film Flop
• Syrup Supplier Can't Duck $2M Licorice Recall Suit
• Sirius XM Fee Class Action Already Tossed, Co.'s Atty Says
• Jennifer Aniston Accused Of Stiffing Contractor In LA
• Discovery Can't Duck Contract Claim Over OWN Programming
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sayles Werbner's Dick Sayles
• Garmin Batteries Prone To Early Failure, Suit Says
• Tiara Decision Doesn't Signify Endless Tort Claims
• Imax Sues Movie Theater Tech Co. Over Trade Secrets
• DynCorp Cheated Afghan Co. On Subcontract Pay, Suit Says
• Paul Hastings Can't Shake Malpractice Suit Over RE Row
• China Minmetals Won't Pay $9M For Contract Help, Suit Says
• 1st Circ. Says Mass. Court Can Hear Ukraine Contract Case
• Nordstrom Sales Workers Win OK For Calif. Wage Class
• Yellowbook Gets $1M From Advertiser Over Unpaid Fees
• Mass. High Court Sends Investment Fraud Suit To Arbitration
• Acne Drug Licensing Suit Allowed To Stay In Court
• McBride & Collier Ducks Class Cert. Over Fees In Ch. 7
• Pa. Fed. Judge, Doc Wife Sue Firm Over Sperm Bank Dispute
• Blank Rome Snags Derivatives, Class Action Pro In Philly
• Del. Reaffirms Freedom To Contract Out Of Fiduciary Duties
• Antares Sues Former Partner Over $200M Property Deal
• Wal-Mart, TracFone Face Suit Over 'Unlimited' Data Plan
• No Timber Rights Assurance For Pa. Property Buyers
• Milbank Tweed Hit With $50M Malpractice Suit
• Strine Strips Indemnity Claim From Shale Rights Case
• Jackson Hewitt Says Bankruptcy Precludes $7M Suit
• Just Energy Owes $20M Merger Payment, Power Co. Says
• Oil Developers Renew Bid To Dodge $31M Award To Investor
• Gabriel Fights $12M Atty Fee In $1B IP Row In Fed. Circ.
• Hedge Fund Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive SunTrust MBS Suit
• Kevin Costner Loses Fraud Claim In 'Robin Hood' Profit Feud
• Best Buy Posted Links To Customer's Nude Photos, Suit Says
• Arbitration Clause Can't Bar Wrongful Death Suit: Pa. Court
• Mylan Ducks $15M Bristol-Myers Contract Suit Over HIV Drug
• PE Firm Hit With Noncompete Suit Over Marketing Co. Sale
• Landry's Owes $3M For Terminating Texas Hotel's Lease
• Motorola, Microsoft FRAND Suit Left Mostly Intact For Jury
• Chipotle Wants Celeb Chef's Ramen Shop Idea Suit Tossed
• How A Unilateral Policy Can Morph Into An Illegal Scheme
• LNG Exporter Hit With Breach Of Contract Suit Over Gas Deal
• NJ Court Upholds Lower Price For Health Care Co.'s RE Deal
• DuPont Calls Plot Painted By Antitrust Suit 'Irrational'
• Wealth Manager Sues Partner Over $450M Investment Book
• Miami Air Cargo Co. Sues Landlord Over Potential $24M Fees
• Lawmakers Want CBS Investigated For Blocking Web Content
• Barclays Hit With Another Suit Over Dewey Capital Loans
• Judges Can Void Some Foreclosed Mortgages, Pa. Court Says
• Ricoh Breached Kodak IP In Alliance Gone Awry, Judge Says
• Illinois Towns Say Online Travel Sites Underpay Taxes
• TWC Owes Viewers For NBC Blackout, Wis. Suit Says
• Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Accused Of Undercutting Grocer
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive Foley & Lardner Malpractice Suit
• How To Avoid Denial-Of-Access Disputes With EHR Vendors
• Three Blank Rome Attys Accused Of Malpractice
• Ralphs Tells 9th Circ. Arbitration Agreement Valid
• Credit Agricole Loses Bid To Move $34M Lehman Swap Suit
• Greenberg Alone Fouled Up Arbitration, Epstein Atty Says
• Time Warner Unlikely To Parlay CBS Blackout Into New Regs
• MLB Players' Union Appeals A-Rod's Drug Suspension
• MLB Calls Foul In Antitrust Suit Over Stalled A's Move
• PSS Says Ex-Workers Took Trade Secrets, Clients To New Co.
• Enterprise Products Can't Dodge ETP Pipeline Deal Suit
• Porter Hedges Adds Ex-AB InBev Atty To Energy Practice
• Judge Sinks Titanic Bid To Keep Trademark Dispute In Florida
• AAA Branch's Benefits Deal With 1M Members Approved
• Perkins Coie Lures Employment Atty From Morgan Lewis
• Yahoo Doesn't Owe Bonuses To Interclick Founder
• Key Energy Fires Back At Ex-Manager's Noncompete Suit
• Drinker Biddle Atty Must Testify In Suit Against Bryan Cave
• 'Young And The Restless' Actress Sues Agency Over Contract
• LA Firm Says Jeans Maker Made 'Disbarment' Threat
• TCW Lied About MBS Risk Level, Funds' Attorney Says
• Financing Spat Over 'Chef' Movie Boils Into Fraud Suit
• Helicopter Co. Says ATP Owes $4.3M For Offshore Transports
• Chesapeake Underpaid Oil, Gas Royalties, Texas City Says
• 5th Circ. Slams Williams' Rehearing Bid In Oil Credit Row
• Citi, Merrill Helped Cause Tribune's Fall, Trustee Says
• Merchants Blast AmEx's Arbitration Bid In Antitrust Fight
• Vision Pharma Seeks $3M From Sunrise For Adulterated Drugs
• Homeowners Receive Class Cert. In Morgan Stanley HAMP Suit
• Wal-Mart Can't Ax Pa. Land Development Row
• Ad Exec Can't Collect On $380M Facebook Deal Sans Contract
• Sprint Asks High Court To Nix $21M Award In Access Fee Row
• Quinn Emanuel Beats DQ Effort In Snapchat Partnership Row
• Power Of Arbitration Agreements In TCPA Class Actions
• What May Come Of CMS' Proposed Device Regulations
• MLB Plays It Safe By Skipping Lifetime Ban In A-Rod Fiasco
• NJ 7-Eleven Operators Call Co. A 'Fraudulent Franchisor'
• Bloomberg Gets NYC Prevailing Wage Law Struck Down
• Landowners Lose Class Cert. Bid In Oil, Gas Royalties Suit
• Johnson Controls Sued For Reducing Retiree Benefits
• Fidelity 'Whistleblowers' Say 1st Circ. Misread SOX
• 11th Circ. Sides With Sunair In Overheating Radio Amp Row
• Carol Burnett Blocks Ex-Producer's Christmas DVD
• Equinox Gym Says Ex-Trainer Stole Chain's Trade Secrets
• DOJ Wants To Limit Apple Agreements On All Media
• Shareholder Awards Increased After Judge's Math Blunder
• Court Pares TV Studio's $4M Suit Over Exxon Land Deal
• Barclays Exploits Funds' Bankruptcy For $17M, Suit Says
• Shakira Shakes Ex's $100M Suit Over Cut Of Profits
• Arbitration Ordered In GE Capital TCPA Class Action
• NFL, Reebok Can't Shake Antitrust Suit Over Licensing Deal
• NYC Co-Op Allowed To Sue Over Shoddy Building Work
• Philly Firm Accused Of Bungling $100M Suit Against IBM
• Class Cert. Denied In NJ First Data Fees Row
• Realtek V. LSI: Will ITC Defer To District Court?
• Ga.'s Stance In The Split On Construction Defect Coverage
• Trial Ends As Macy's Seeks To Ax JCP-Martha Stewart Deal
• Commerce Bancorp Founder Denied Severance Retrial
• $18.5M Mall Lease Award Needs Trim, Pa. Appeals Court Says
• Calif. Appeals Court Upholds $6M Award Against Inquest
• Ex-Paul Hastings Partner Sues T-Mobile Over Nixed Retainer
• NLRB Judge Shoots Down Ralph's Grocery Class Waiver
• ATK Seeks $30M From Raytheon Over Missile Contract Woes
• Noncompete Ruling Means Headaches For Ill. Employers
• Sills Cummis Can't Stop Bond Enforcement In NJ Rent Battle
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $7.5M Fee Award For Franklin Advisers
• AT&T Beats Back $30M Claim Over T-Mobile Merger Deal
• A Game Plan For Effective Cross-Border Dispute Resolution
• Lawyers Should Be Focusing On Cloud Security