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Commercial Contracts - January, 2014

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• 5 Tips For Handling The H-1B Visa Process
• NY Art Financier Hits Swiss Co. With $204M Fraud Suit
• 5th Circ. Sets Arbitration Rules In Conoco Win Over Union
• Samsung Wins Arbitration Bids In Galaxy S4 False Ad Suits
• Law Firms Traub, Fabiani Settle Condo Malpractice Row
• NY Commercial Court Seeks Veteran Attys For Refereeing Help
• Credit Suisse MBS Suit Not Time-Barred, Judge Says
• Ex-Calif. IP Partner Can't Ditch Law Firm's Breach Claims
• Miami Condotel Ex-Owners Sued Over Unpaid Rental Revenue
• Highland Knocks Out Noncompete Claim In Fight With Ex-Exec
• Cheap Trick Drummer Sues Band For Legal Fees
• Fracking Prep Go-Ahead Won't Get 2nd Look From Pa. Judge
• Calif. Court Revives Wells Fargo Loan Modification Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Sharon Hwang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kathy Noecker
• 'Reasonable Certainty' Remains Uncertain
• Class Cert. Denied In Pfizer Pay-For-Delay Suit
• Texas Land Sale Case Could Reshape Real Estate Deal-Making
• Square Execs Hit With IP Suit By Washington Univ. Professor
• JPMorgan Gets Overdraft-Fee Case Sent To Arbitration
• Scrapped Pipeline Deal Spurs $1.3B Claim In Texas Trial
• Ex-Patton Boggs Client To End Suit Against Firm
• Syntellect Can't Shake $4.7M Indemnity Verdict
• Goldman Must Face $1B NY State Suit Over CDO Sales
• Dealer Sues NY Giants For Sham Memorabilia Cover-Up
• Zimmer Accuses Stryker Of Plot To Poach Employees
• Houston Atty Sues Partners Over $22M Firm Dissolution
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Yvonne Puig
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Laurie Strauch Weiss
• Workplace Culture: The Real Pathway To Change
• 7th Circ. Upholds $17M Award To Inland Over Mall Loan
• Calif. LLC Law Complicates Contracts For Real Estate Cos.
• Surgiview Says It's Not Liable For $37M Ex-Parent Owed
• Orrick Should Be DQ'd From Tech IP Case, Judge Told
• Patheon Can't Shake Procaps Suit Over $255M Merger
• Highland's Ex-PE Chief Fights Claim He Led Illegal Trade
• Judge Mulls 'Extraordinarily Large' Fees In $53M IPhone Deal
• Investment Cos. Reach Discovery Deal In $150M Fraud Suit
• Pa. Bill Would Let State Intervene In UPMC-Highmark Row
• $1.5M Attys' Fee Award To Former Fla. Exec Nixed
• Morgans Hotel Can't Delay Burkle's $10M Debt-Swap Suit
• And Now A Word From The Panel: The Year In Review
• NY Artist Sues Over Paintings Lost At Empire State Building
• Manhattan Commercial Division Threshold Tripled To $500K
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Joanne Gray
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Barbara Duncombe
• Construction Lien Vs. Mortgage — The Claim Priority War
• A-Rod's Suit Challenging Ban A Wild Pitch, MLB Says
• 5th Circ. Asked To Keep Rehearing Window In DR Horton Case
• Pacific Chloride Can Seek Fire Damages From Exide Insurers
• Raytheon Owes $2.7M For Breached Contract, L'Garde Says
• Arbitration Order Staying Suit Not Appealable, 9th Circ. Says
• Wells Fargo Didn't Breach Partnership Deal, 2nd Circ. Says
• Highland's Contract Claim Axed In Fight With Former Exec
• Ross Stores Can't Escape Janitors' Wage Class Action
• Appeals Court Won't Ax $100M Suit Over Failed Energy Deal
• UBS Analyst's Whistleblower Claims Sent To Arbitration
• Porter Rogers Fights Malpractice Suit At Texas High Court
• Fla. Diet Cookie Co. Fights $2.8M Award To Walgreens
• Penguin Wins $2.4M From Time/Warner In NY Appeal
• 3 More Pilot Flying J Employees Cop To Fuel Rebate Scheme
• Atty Fights Former Firm's Attempt To Arbitrate Fees Row
• MGM, Fox Hit With Breach Suit Over 'Weekend At Bernie's'
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Young Conaway's Pauline Morgan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Phelps Dunbar's Nan Alessandra
• What Prospective Franchisees Can Learn From The FDD
• Ford Truck Dealers Ask Supreme Court To Revive Suit
• Highland Pushes Texas Court To Back $28M Win Against RBC
• NJ Firm Escapes Malpractice Suit Involving Deceased Atty
• Dispute Over $170M Miami Tower Takes Personal Turn
• Bracewell & Giuliani Adds Ex-Andrews Kurth Trial Pro
• Google Customers Covered By Patent Agreement, Jury Rules
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Angela Styles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Susan Murley
• Ann Taylor Made Out Like A Bandit In Co-Tenancy Dispute
• CORRECTED: Hasbro's Dungeons & Dragons IP Suit Marches To Trial
• Highland GC Says Ex-Exec Shared Sensitive Info To Hurt Biz
• Shuttered Debt Collector Withheld $90M, Quest Says
• The CFPB's Unfair And Misleading Report On Arbitration
• Calif. Court Revives Suit Over $3M Trailer Park Deposit
• Calif. Leases Survive Foreclosures, Appeals Court Says
• Garmin To Face Majority Of Claims In Faulty Battery Suit
• Philly Inquirer Owners Say Pa. Court Can't Dissolve Company
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Beinecke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Willkie's Margery Neale
• LA Sheriff's Dept. Can't Tackle OT Claims Individually
• Fla. High Court Says Buyers Can't Void Condo Deal
• HP, Sidley Austin Escape Sanctions In Overtime Suit
• 'Crash' Producer Appeals $12M Award To Star, Director
• 2nd Circ. Seeks Top NY Court's View On Prevailing Wage
• Miami Hotel Fights Lufthansa Over Indemnity Provision
• 7th Circ. Says Federal Bias Law Applies to Labor Unions
• Philips Didn't Interfere With Worker's New Job, Judge Rules
• United Beats Suit Over Cuts To Frequent Flier Benefits
• Mylan Sues Insys Over Attempt To Cut Off Distribution Deal
• Cooper Tire Investors Sue Over Failed $2.5B Apollo Merger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fluet Huber's Jennifer Huber
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goldberg Segalla's Berdzik
• Calif. Appeals Court Finds Union Deal Overrides OT Rules
• A Bankruptcy Court's Good-Faith Lesson To Lenders
• Deutsche Bank Victory May Have Far-Reaching Consequences
• ConAgra, Trader Joe's Hit With $60M Suit Over Pretzel Sales
• Nasdaq Blasts UBS Appeal Over $350M Facebook IPO Claims
• Former NFL Star Vince Young Files For Bankruptcy
• Highland Ex-Exec Says He Didn't Steal Firm's Strategies
• Fla. Homeowner's Fight Over Country Club Fees Survives
• Wash. Court Revives Davis Wright Call-Recording Suit
• Fla. Music Producer Claims Singing Prodigy Broke Contract
• Koch Pipeline Accuses Its Contractors Of Bidding Scheme
• Cigna Coverage Row Shouldn't Be Arbitrated, 3rd Circ. Told
• Corrected: 9th Circ. Stands By Ruling Enforcing E&Y Class Waiver
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Pamela Hans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cozen O'Connor's Mayes
• $150M Suit Over Fire-Prone Dehumidifiers Stands
• Thelen Trustee, Robinson & Cole Settle Clawback Suit
• Reversal Over Sacked Gay Juror To Guide Jury Selection
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Superman Suit After DC Comics Win
• Ex-Highland Exec Denies Trashing Firm's Reputation
• What Restaurant Franchisors Can Learn From Saladworks
• Time Is Not Relative For ERISA Statutes Of Limitation
• 'Home Improvement' Creators Sue Disney Over Unpaid Profits
• NLRB Says Arbitration Pact Sans Class Waiver Still Unlawful
• Trump, Condotel Buyers Fail To Reach Settlement
• Gay Juror Wrongly Booted In GSK-Abbott Row, 9th Circ. Says
• HP Counterclaims Survive In Overtime Class Action
• Atty's Suit Over NBA Merchandise Deal Rejected
• Carnival Ends Suit Against Telecom Provider, Inks New Deal
• Ross Not Responsible For Janitors' Low Wages, Co. Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston & Bird's Nicki Carlsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shackelford's Nicole LeBoeuf
• Highland Capital Accuses Ex-PE Head Of Shady Trades
• Texas Justices Rescue Builders From Limbo In Ewing Case
• Texas High Court Fortunately Says 'No' In Ewing
• NJ High Court Refuses Fees Row In Nissan Defects Suit
• Frere-Jones Hits Hoefler With $20M Suit Over Equity Row
• CFPB Study Eyes Financial Services Arbitration Clauses
• Consider An English Alternative To Ch. 11
• Calif. Panel Revives Fraud Claims Against Nissan Lender
• Army Subcontractor In $697M Suit Seeks Lost Profits
• Philly Inquirer Owners Seek Public Auction Of Parent Co.
• Mo. Hilton Condo Investors Drop Fraud Claims
• Texas Justices Narrow Contract Exclusion's Scope In Ewing
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jackson Kelly's Ellen Cappellanti
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cole Schotz's Randi Kochman
• Contract Suit Over $1B Credit Suisse Unit Loan Pool Trimmed
• 3 Cost-Cutting Resolutions Law Firms Can't Afford To Break
• Winn-Dixie Urges 11th Circ. To Revive Lease Exclusivity Suit
• Ex-Arga Exec Told To Pay $42M For Ponzi-Related Losses
• Highland Tells Jury Ex-PE Chief Quit, Stole Trade Secrets
• Houghton Mifflin Gets Claims Tossed In Photo Co.'s IP Suit
• Longtime Investors Sue CME Group Over Trading Changes
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Resnick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Erika Haupt
• Material Adverse Change: Has The Goalpost Moved?
• How A Fla. Choice-Of-Law Clause Got Rejected
• Investor Wants $1.4M Davis Cedillo Contract Suit Revived
• Texas High Court Takes Up Pipeline Trespass Suit
• Texas High Court Takes $10M Carbon-Injection Royalty Fight
• High Court Gives Appeal Deadline Certainty In Contract Suits
• Texas Utility Again Defeats City Immunity In Contract Suit
• Longview Judge Won't Order Mediation In Contractor Fight
• Powertech Breached Chip Licensing Deal, Judge Says
• Wells Fargo Deal Barred Proprietary Trades, 2nd Circ. Hears
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Bloomberg Director's Bias Suit
• GE Can't Dodge BNY Mellon Suit Over $900M MBS Trust
• Blank Rome Malpractice Case Ends At NY Top Court's Door
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Hart's Liz Sharrer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Rhonda Orin
• High Court Says Fee Requests Don't Shift Appeal Deadlines
• Chesapeake's Notice Extends Oil Lease, 6th Circ. Says
• SDNY Strikes A Blow Against Selective Waivers
• Pa. Didn't Bar Asbestos Exclusions, Ex-Insurance Chief Says
• Bombardier Says Dallas Firm Cost It $1M In Repair Suit
• $2.2B Jones Group Offer Shortchanges Investors, Suit Says
• Suit Over $200M UN Plaza Deal Sent To Arbitration
• A-Rod's Unprecedented Attack On Union Faces Long Odds
• Subcontractor Sues For Pay On $1.8M Air Force Base Job
• Advance Realty Co. Beats Stakeholder's Appealed $5M Suit
• T-Mobile Wrongly Hit With $7M In Damages, 3rd Circ. Hears
• New Trial Denied In Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Suit
• Developer Seeks To Revive Morgan Lewis Malpractice Suit
• Morgan Drexen Loses Constitutional Challenge In CFPB Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Mary Beth Hogan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford's Katherine Kimpel
• Pilots Union Wins Seniority Row With Ex-Am West Pilots
• Comcast Wants Examiner For Sports Network Auction
• Objector To $53M IPhone Warranty Deal Can't Depose Atty
• ABC Affiliate Sued By Ad Agency Over Rate Dispute
• Schlumberger Customer Info Sought In Permian Basin Spat
• Pa. Insurance Policy Bars Asbestos Exclusions, Jury Hears
• JPMorgan On Hook For WaMu Leases, 5th Circ. Rules
• A-Rod Fights Ban, Claiming MLB, Union Railroaded Him
• Delta Shakes Class Action Over Frequent Flier Miles
• Justices Won't Weigh Notice Rule For Removal To Fed. Court
• Newspaper Union Wants Judge To Let It Bid On Philly Papers
• Justices Snub Debt Atty's Appeal In Civil Contempt Fight
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Otterbourg's Melanie Cyganowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Joan Disler
• Antitrust Danger Doesn't End When Deal Is Consummated
• Bankrupt Landauer Balks At Rival's Motion To Litigate NY Suit
• Texas Lenders Could Face Pushback On Foreclosure Waivers
• 7th Circ. OKs Shahid Khan's Discovery In Failed-Deal Suit
• Eni's Natural Gas Duties Clear In Contract, NJ Court Says
• Ex-Highland Exec Can't Rip Industry In Trial, Judge Says
• 5th Circ. Greenlights Arbitration For Citi Sex Bias Suit
• AIG, Meadowbrook Raise Swords Over New Docs At 6th Circ.
• Supreme Court To Hear Argentina Bond Subpoena Case
• Landowners Win Rehearing In EQT Fracking Test Fight
• Kuwaiti Labor Law Doesn't Apply In OT Case, Raytheon Says
• Advertiser Says Tribe Owes $250M For Broken Contract
• Sen. Blumenthal Slams United Healthcare Bid To Boot Docs
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Fillmore's $220M Mall Loan Dispute
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Publicover
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fowler White's Rhea Law
• Cotton Cos. Want Arbitration Of Farmers' Contract Fight
• 3 Hot Talking Points In Hotel Renovation Deals
• Minors Allowed Facebook To Use Them In Ads, Judge Hears
• Lenders Don't Owe Brokerage Fee On Energy Loan: 5th Circ.
• Adding Business Owners To Judgment Got Easier In Calif.
• Zacadia Overreached In Herbalife $400M Estate, Court Says
• 9th Circ. Says NetLogix Spoiled Evidence In T-Mobile Suit
• 3rd Circ. Reverses Contempt Order In Bayer Fraud Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Sharon Caffrey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Katy Basile
• Broker's Claims Over Miami Worldcenter Won't Be Arbitrated
• Former Co-Head Writer Of 'One Life To Live' Sues ABC
• Texas Court Finds City Immunity In Power Contract Suit
• Vikings Owners Want NJ Court To Topple $103M Judgment
• WMC Can't Dodge Freddie Suit Over $1B Mortgage Pool
• 9th Circ. Orders New Trial For Stearns In $13M RE Row
• Loan Backer Defends Fair-Market Claims In Texas High Court
• Supreme Court Divide Hampers Nearly All Class Actions
• Condo Owners' $15M Award Over Faulty Stucco Reversed
• Class Certified In Investor Action Against Oil Field Developer
• Perkins Coie Snags Ex-Colo. High Court Judge In Denver
• Mechanic Lien Claims Don't Require Contract, Pa. Court Told
• BMW, Bridgestone Can't Stop Faulty Tire Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnstein's Kathleen Gilligan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Maureen Maly
• NBA Settles Ex-ABA Team Owners' IP Row For $500M
• Danaher Sues Over Soured $72M Merger With Analysis Co.
• Lenders Lose Appeal Of $767M Oppenheimer Suit
• Ex-Proskauer Atty Escapes DQ Bid In Malpractice Suit
• Lawyer Accused Of Hiding $5.5M In Stock Buyback Suit
• Miami Atty Says Law Firm Stiffed Him On Airline Suit Fees
• ATP Oil & Gas Ducks KO Bid In Suit Over Property Deals
• Tessera, Sony Settle Semiconductor Patent License Suit
• Ex-Canes Player Can't Stop Sales Of ESPN Film, Judge Says
• NY High Court Mulls Test For Recall-Related Damages
• Class Cert. Nixed In Marriott ERISA Suit Over Stock Program
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $109M Award For Abengoa In Sugar Deal
• Tenaska Wants $125M Award Nixed Over Arbitrator Bias
• Judge Clears Ex-Ameritox Employee's Jump To Millennium
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Sarah Coyne
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Brett Axelrod
• Detroit Will Shape Muni Debt Market For Years To Come
• LinkedIn Sues Bots Over Member Data Scraping
• $1.4B Credit Suisse Loan Pool Suits Tossed By Judge
• ATP Successor Says Contractor Bungled Well Operation
• Microsoft Suit Against Patent Co. To Survive, Judge Says
• Sony Class Action Over Linux On PS3 Partially Revived
• NY Workers' Comp Law Bars Hospital's Suit, Contractor Says
• Lance Armstrong Seeks End To $15M Tour De France Row
• 6th Circ. Revives Arbitrator's Indemnification Ruling
• StudioCanal, Universal Reach Deal In Contract Spat
• Epic Games' Rival Can't Kick $9M Code-Copying Verdict
• IP Theft Claims Against Latham Should Stand, Judge Told
• Pietragallo Says Client's Duties Bar Malpractice Claims
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ideal Legal Group's Evie Jeang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Christine LaFollette
• LeClairRyan Adds Litigation Team From Clyde & Co.
• Philly Inquirer Owners Want Parent Company Auctioned
• Texas Atty Loses Appeal Over Fee Split With Former Firm
• WolfBlock Says Severance Fight Is Within Coverage Period
• Discovery Beats IP Suit Over Oprah Network Programming
• Pa. Appeals Court Favors J&J Unit In Nonsolicitation Spat
• Arbitrator Slept Through Utility Spat, Couldn't Hear, Suit Says
• La. Co-Counsel Sue Fla. Firm Over Unpaid Oil Spill MDL Fees
• Raytheon's Faulty-Rocket Contract Suit Heads To State Court
• Texas City Asks High Court To End Power Contract Suit
• Madoff Funds Drop Deutsche Bank Suit Over $1.6B Debt
• Landowners Can't Stop EQT's Pre-Fracking Tests: Judge
• Pa. High Court Won't Hear Developer's Arbitration Push
• Meadowbrook Defends Rare Arbitration Halt Before 6th Circ.
• Ex-Flaster/Greenberg Atty's Wrongful Firing Suit Survives
• PE Firm's Stalking Horse Bid OK'd For Car Rental Co.
• Why You Should Stay Away From Oral Agreements
• A Primer On Appealing Arbitration Awards
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Brenda Jarrell
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bond Schoeneck's Ginny Robbins
• Pilots Union Sues US Airways To Force Pay Raises
• Ex-Jenner & Block Client Fights $4.4M Arbitration Award
• REIT Hit With Contract Suit Over Loan In $136M Deal
• PGA Officials' Union Can't Sue Its Ex-Lawyer In Texas
• Courts Can Make Better Use Of 'The Boss'
• When File Type Matters In E-Discovery
• Exxon Can't Dodge Flight Co.'s Suit Over $1.6B Land Deal
• Fidelity Gets BB&T's Suit Over $19M Hotel Loan Trimmed
• Warner Pays $11.5M To Settle Digital Download Royalty Suit
• Martha Stewart, Macy's Settle Fight Over JC Penney Sales
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ulmer & Berne's Patty Shlonsky
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Cynthia Walden
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono
• An Employer's 'Top 5' Action Items For 2014
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• 10 New Year's Resolutions To Boost Firm Gender Diversity
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Class Action Cases To Watch In 2014
• Litigators Say ACA, Shaky Economy Will Spur Suits In 2014