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Commercial Contracts - December, 2014

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• US Bank Wants $528M From Citigroup For Faulty MBS
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Sirius' Arbitration Bid In TCPA Row
• Kroger Guts Calif. Union Delivery Workers' OT Suit
• Texas Appeals Court Denies EP Energy's $21M Recovery
• Argentina Must Give Creditors Asset Info, 2nd Circ. Rules
• RJ Reynolds 'Camel Cash' Suit Wins Cert. In Calif. Only
• Adam Sandler Ex-Nanny Says High Court 'Only Path To Justice'
• Michael Keaton Beats Suit Over 'Merry Gentleman' Flop
• Oscar Winner Nabs $1M Deal Win After Sensa Attys Quit
• Claims Pared In Michelin Tire Price Discrimination Row
• Ex-Sands Partner Rips Sanctions Bid In $5B Macau Permit Row
• 10 Tactical Omissions In A Commercial RE Buyer's Contract
• Gore Vidal's Nephew Says White & Case Axed His Inheritance
• NJ High Court Takes On Arbitration, Atty Conduct In 2014
• Seminole Tribe Ruled Immune From Ad Agency's $250M Suit
• AP Gas & Electric Subsidiaries Battle Over Arbitration Fees
• Aetna's HIV Drugs Mail-Order Rule Is Biased, Suit Says
• Aramid Settles With Relativity In $44M Sony Film Finance Suit
• What Private Equity Buyers Are Doing To Win
• 2014 NLRB Year In Review
• FirstBank Appeal Fails In Quest For Lehman-Era Collateral
• Doctors Sue Fizer Beck Over 'Seriously Deficient' Contracts
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Texas High Court Will Hear Life Partners Securities Suits
• Lehman Trustee Seeks To Recover $98M From Wells Fargo
• Calif. Panel Says Concepcion Defeats Broughton-Cruz Rule
• Ex-Kedem Biz Partner Ducks Sanctions In Egg Cooker IP Row
• Samsung Tells High Court Memory Cartel Suit Should Survive
• Inside NY Commercial Mortgage Loan Opinion Practice
• FERC To Hear American Airlines' NYC Jet Fuel Row
• Credit Suisse Hit With $40M Verdict In Texas Loan Fight
• OFAC Compliance: 5 Challenges You May Face In 2015
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Ernest Greer
• Calif. Panel Nixes $82M US Bank Win In Skyscraper Loan Suit
• 20 States Climb Aboard Syngenta GMO Corn Class Actions
• Rays Stadium Search Deal Blocked By St. Petersburg Council
• Accused Facebook Scammer Claims Immunity In Criminal Suit
• Judge Stalls Arbitration Bid In Wells Fargo False Ad Suit
• Kogan Trichon Breached Office Lease Deal, Pa. Judge Says
• NFL Dodges Players' Painkiller Class Action
• Reed Smith Nears KO In Promoter's $10M Defamation Suit
• Texas Court Won't Nix Jurisdiction In Pepsi Asbestos Suit
• Louisiana Weighs In On Double Derivative Action Debate
• 3rd Circ. Greenlights Sanctions Bid In Veggie Contract Row
• Fox Can't End Directors' Home-Video Profits Class Action
• C&J Energy Asks Court To Ax Voting Ban In $2.9B Nabors Deal
• Westlake Sues Contractors Over Allegedly Deadly Botched Job
• Highland Seeks $172M From Credit Suisse In Refi Fight
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• Ex-Obermayer Client's Fee Breach Ruling Upheld By Pa. Court
• Option Deals For Biotech: Ensuring They Are Enforceable
• Order Impeded Arbitration Appeal In Avandia Fee Fight: Court
• Grant & Eisenhofer Slaps Bernstein Liebhard With Fee Suit
• NJ High Court Won't Toss Fox Rothschild Malpractice Suit
• Class Says Chrysler's Ram Recall Did More Harm Than Good
• Verizon, Google Latest To Strike Cross-Licensing Patent Pact
• Revel Wants Court To Nix 'Burdensome' Energy Agreements
• Asbestos Atty Sues 2 Ex-Partners, Claims LLP Is A Lie
• Exchange Act Does Not Prohibit Big Boy Letters
• Syntellect Again Fights $4.7M IP Indemnity Loss At 9th Circ.
• GTAT Placates Creditor Worries Over $439M Apple Deal
• Skadden Atty Testifies On Failed $21B J&J-Guidant Merger
• In-House Forecast For 2015: Past Is Prologue
• Kedem Says Ex-Partner Should Be Sanctioned In Patent Spat
• CLS Again Pushes High Court To Review Iskanian Case
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Day Pitney's Namita Shah
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• Bitcoin Mining Hardware Co. Can't Ax Customer Class Action
• Apple Defends $439M GTAT Pact, Fires Back At Creditors
• Sony Breach May Inspire Slew Of Privacy, Employment Claims
• Plunkett Escapes Sanctions In 6th Circ. RICO Row Over JV
• Fujitsu, Tellabs Settle Long-Running Essential Patent Case
• High Court To Reconsider Ban On Expired-Patent Royalties
• Co. Brawling Over Troubled Biodiesel JV Sues For Receiver
• Lehman's Broadcaster Dividend Suit Axed In Del. High Court
• Class Makes Bid To Revive EBay Auction Suit At 9th Circ.
• Freeport CEO's $35M Stock Gift Is Bogus, Investor Claims
• $350M Insurance Suit Was Invalid, Lloyd's Tells 5th Circ.
• Secura Must Defend Filter Co. From Defect Suit, Judge Says
• Ohio Appeals Court Reinstates Ford's Win In Truck Price Row
• 'Gilmore Girls' Actor Hits CohnReznick With $14.5M Fraud Suit
• Safeway Liable For Higher Online Prices, Judge Finds
• Pa. High Court To Clarify Noncompete Restrictions
• Northeastern, BAE Settle $1.2M Contract Breach Suit
• Citigroup Dodges Ex-Salomon Head's Theft Loss Appeal
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• DQ'd 'Top Model' Contestant Hits Tyra Banks With $4M Suit
• Aircraft Co. Sues Over Interference In Philippine Copter Deal
• Chamlin Rosen Faces Malpractice Suit Over Loan Litigation
• Insurer Prevails In Damaged Construction Materials Row
• Hellas Noteholders' $333M Suit Against Sponsors Revived
• DOD Contractor's $3M Car-Shipping Row Goes To Arbitration
• Amazon Wins Bid To Send Hidden-Charge Suit To Arbitration
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Uphold Arbitration In Alcoa Suit
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Hospital Workers' Kickback Convictions
• Insurer Can't Limit Atty Rates Retroactively, Court Rules
• Disgraced Atty Can't Ax Firm's Assault On Arbitration Award
• NJ Supreme Court Won't Hear Ex-AT&T Worker Contract Case
• Uber Charged Fake SF Airport Fee, Rider Suit Says
• Calif. DAs Hit Uber With Consumer-Safety Suit As Lyft Settles
• JC Penney Fights Loss To Macy's In Martha Stewart Dustup
• Rays Reach Deal To Seek Stadium Sites Beyond St. Petersburg
• Fla. Judge Rejects NFL Players' Tolling Claim In BB&T Case
• Fee Suit By Stephen King's Ex-Atty Against Agent Tossed
• Facebook Ad Buyers Ask 9th. Circ. To Revive Overcharge Suit
• Medical Testing Co. Slams Cigna's $84M Billing Fraud Suit
• Dentons Denies Playing Part In Botched $41M Resort Loan
• Producers Beware: When Waivers And Releases Don't Work
• Time To Reassess Those Arbitration-Only Provisions
• More Minor Leaguers Hit MLB With Antitrust Suit Over Pay
• Recusal Bid Derided As Do-Over Ploy In Lease Royalty Fight
• Shumway Van Challenges DQ Bid In Ex-PilePro Exec IP Suit
• Texas City Fights Ranch's Bid To Halt Water Well Drilling
• TD Ameritrade Worker Suit Subject To Arbitration: 3rd Circ.
• Worldview Capital Sues Petroceltic, Calls For CEO's Ouster
• Panasonic, Toshiba Seek High Court Toss Of SD Card Action
• Canal's Sanctions Bid Is 'Self-Serving Nonsense,' Bank Says
• Wellogix Says Judge Wrongly Decided SAP Trade Secret Suit
• Fla. Appellate Puts Insurer On Hook In Doctor Defamation Row
• Uber Says Drivers Aren't Employees In Tipping Suit
• DHS Technologies To Pay $1.9M To Settle FCA Claims
• Supplier Can't Escape Hyundai's Counterfeit Parts Suit
• GTAT Creditors Worry Apple Getting Off Easy In $439M Deal
• USDA Liable For Subcontractor's $10M Claims, Fed. Circ. Told
• EEOC Turns To 7th Circ. In CVS Severance Pact Challenge
• Argentina Creates New Bond-Payment Plan
• Hard Rock Cafe Accused Of Bullying Bahamas Franchisee
• Trump Gaming Partners Settle As Ch. 7 Hearing Looms
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• Ex-Multiplan Exec Gets 1 Year For $2.3M Kickback Scheme
• International Arbitration Is Not Obsolete
• Comcast Faces Class Action Over Public Wi-Fi Network
• Bogus Promises In $439M Apple Deal, Says GTAT Creditor
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: BakerHostetler's Fernando Bohorquez
• Caesars Bondholders Rip $155M 'Backroom' Refi Deal
• 2nd Circ. Remands Prevailing Wage Suit On NY Court's Advice
• Russian Billionaires Want Rival's $2B Contract Suit Nixed
• Lockheed Slammed With $5M Security Dog Contract Suit
• Facebook Slams Ceglia's Litigation 'Shakedown' In 2nd Circ.
• A New Era Of Simplified M&A In Pennsylvania
• Co-Op Board Can't Block Critical Newsletter, NJ Justices Say
• SeaWorld In Deep Water Over Ticket Auto-Renew Policy
• Sears Workers Must Arbitrate OT Claims, Calif. Court Says
• Photogs Suing NFL, AP And Getty 'Blacklisted,' Lawyer Says
• Apple Exec To Give Deposition In GTAT Bankruptcy
• CORRECTED: Aspen Way Can't Duck Coverage Battle Over Spy Software
• Dealer Sues Dollar Thrifty Over Botched Rental Car Buy
• Wendy's Franchisee Sues Pepsi To Defect To Coca-Cola
• $10B Discrimination Suit Targets AT&T, DirecTV Merger
• Vegas Sands Wants Sanctions For 3rd Go At $5B Secrets Suit
• And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
• Beef Supplier Can't Chuck $9M Verdict In E. Coli Suit
• An Inefficient Mix: Arbitration And Rule 68
• Appeals Court Revives UBS Fraud Claim In $331M CDO Suit
• DLA Piper Must Show Ceglia Facebook Docs To Judge
• Judge Bounces Hasbro Contract Claims In Nerf Royalties Fight
• Met Museum Fees Are Unlawful, Patrons Tell NY Appeals Court
• 1st Circ. Says Insurer Needn't Defend Yacht Co. In Defect Suit
• Judge Trims EEOC Suit Over College's Separation Pact
• GT Creditors, Noteholders Seek Grilling Of Apple Exec
• Rothko Painting's Ex-Owner Loses Revival Bid In Contract Row
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis Faulkner's Mansoorian
• Highland Entity Blames Credit Suisse For $285M Refi Loss
• Ambit Energy Hit With NJ Class Action Over Variable Rates
• Kedem Sanctions Bid Slammed As 'Unnecessary' In IP Suit
• Venable Sues Ex-Client Over $300K In Legal Fees
• Aetna Accuses Highmark Of Improperly Axing Contracts
• Hyundai Capital Hit With Class Action Over Repo Practices
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• NJ High Court Casts Doubt Over Arbitration Agreements
• Shell Oil Can't Wipe Out Ski Ticket Coupon Claims
• Marks & Klein Accused Of Lapses In RE Franchise Row
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• Reed Smith Can't End Auto Dealer's $25M Malpractice Suit
• Greenberg Lambastes Pricey Sanctions Bid In $53M Rail Row
• High Court Leaves Merck Licensing Row In Arbitration
• To Enforce Arbitration, Pay 'Sirius' Attention To Contract