Commercial Contracts Archive » January, 2015

Commercial Contracts - January, 2015

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• Warner Bros. Scores Win In 'Gravity' Dispute With Novelist
• Chancery Trims Renco Suit In Humvee JV Row With MacAndrews
• Texas Supreme Court Takes Up Chesapeake Gas Royalty Feud
• Uber Bid To Call Drivers 'Contractors' Unpersuasive: Judge
• CVS Accuses Former Director Of Stealing Trade Secrets
• UAW Ponies Up $355M To End Row Over Retiree Plan Changes
• Fla. Logistics Firm Accuses Felon Arms Dealer Of Shakedown
• No Coverage For Alleged Ex-Associates' $3M Suit, Insurers Say
• Texas Justices Revive $21M Oil Royalties Suit Over Well Site
• Zipcar Can't Ditch Claims It Gouged Drivers On Late Fees
• Texas Justices To Review Faulty Deed, Gas Lease Dispute
• Flight Schools Flew Away With Cash, Foreign Students Say
• Texas High Court To Hear Dispute Over Plains' $83M Award
• Tackling Energy Loan Defaults At A Time Of Cheap Oil
• Nelson Brown Hit With Suit Over NJ Office Lease Breach
• Coupa Can't Ditch Rival Ariba's Trade-Secret Theft Claims
• Law Firms Beat Malpractice Suit By Coal Royalty Claimants
• Michael Jackson's Mom Loses Bid For New Trial Against AEG
• 5 Key Factors For Retail Tenants In Property Upgrade Talks
• New Chrysler Not Liable For Old Fraud Claims, Judge Says
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Tips On Calif. Wage-And-Hour Law
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Ogletree's Danielle Ochs
• Caterpillar, Komatsu, Volvo Sued Over Monopoly Attempt
• AutoNation Case Shows High Bar To Undo Arbitrator Awards
• Rexam Claims Plastics Co. Broke Pension Pact In $135M Sale
• Brown Rudnick Gets Partial Win In Malpractice Fight
• Immunomedics Sidesteps Securities Fraud Suit
• Lil Wayne Smacks Record Label With $51M Breach Suit
• NJ Beach Town Plans Thwarted By Conspiracy, Promoter Says
• Country Club Can't Force Arbitration With Late Bylaw Change
• NLRB Defied 5th Circ. In Class Waiver Fight, Murphy Oil Says
• No Research Tax Credits For Enviro Consultant: 11th Circ.
• Patterson Belknap Escapes DQ In Mexican Auto Parts JV Row
• M&G Polymers May Impact Private And Public Sector
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Apple Beats Bid To Recertify Calif. Warranty Suit On Appeal
• Union Pacific Wins Toss Of Insurers' Suit Over Okla. Crash
• NJ High Court Set To Tackle Consumer Arbitration Question
• Quincy Jones Slams Sony Over Docs In 'Bad' Royalties Row
• Iskanian V. CLS Will Continue To Divide Calif. Courts
• TracFone Will Pay $40 Million In FTC Throttling Suit
• Hormel Ducks Trade Secret Claim Over Bacon Process
• Yes, You Can Appeal An Arbitration Award
• Who Owns Your Company Facebook Account? #unclear
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs Authors Of Ozzy Guitarist Book
• 'American Idol' Winner Launches Fight To End Talent Deal
• Sly Stone Wins Contract Suit Against Ex-Manager, Atty
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• Urging Focus, Fla. Judge Sends Egg Cooker IP Spat To Jury
• McDermott Snags Health IT Pro From Mintz Levin
• 10th Circ. Denies Jurisdiction In Decades-Old Insurance Row
• EEOC Says MacLean Bolsters Bid To Revive Allstate Suit
• Debt Collector Takes NJ Arbitration Ruling To High Court
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive EBay Sellers' Contract Claims
• Verizon Will Face Bulk Of $20M Contract Suit, Judge Says
• Atty Blasts 'Baseless' DQ Bid In Enviro Settlement Fight
• Muscle Milk Nutrition Claims Are Lean On Facts, Class Says
• Orioles Beef Over Proskauer Ties 'Baseless': MLB Commish
• Normal Contract Rules Apply For E-Signing In Calif.
• Caution To Landlords: Calif. Nonwaiver Clauses Revisited
• Tyco Sues Fire Safety Rival For Stealing Employees, Secrets
• Downey Financial Gets $370M Refund In FDIC Fight: 3rd Circ.
• Developers Can't Shake $19M Suit Over 'Looted' Funds
• NJ Court Backs BofA Over Loan Modification Refusal
• Contractor Hit With Sanctions In Construction Project Suit
• Cargill Bilked Partner To Take Control Of Resort, Suit Says
• Diamond McCarthy Ex-Partner Can't Escape Texas Court
• High Court Denies River Shipper's Oil Pollution Act Case
• Nelson Brown Drops Fee Fight With Ex-Subrogation Attys
• Rank Group, Alcoa Open Trial Over $10M Chilean Tax Burden
• Workers Say ConAgra Wrongly Avoided $160M Injury Verdict
• JPMorgan Accused Of Futures Manipulation In $25M Suit
• DHS Technologies Scoffs At Attys' Fee Request In FCA Row
• Anchorage's Suit Over $302M Port Project Gets Green Light
• Ex-PilePro CFO Gets Former Firm DQ'd In IP Theft Case
• 7 Things For Attys To Watch As Oil Prices Plunge
• Harley-Davidson Can't Kick Dealer's Relocation Contract Row
• Calif. Land Grant Case May Change Railroad Rights Of Way
• Diamond McCarthy Refutes Ex-Partner's Special Appearance
• Mylan Wrings Another $13.7M From GSK In Generic Paxil Row
• Pro Athletes Demand $8.5M Ponzi Dispute Award Be Paid Up
• King Of Pop's Mom Tries To Revive AEG Wrongful Death Suit
• Athletes Slap NCAA, UNC With Suit Claiming Sham Classes
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Egg Donation Payments Not Exempt Damages, Tax Court Says
• Travelers Blames Web Designer In Bank Website Data Breach
• OLG Hits Venable With $6M Counterclaim In Fee Fight
• Pa. Justices To Mull Atty Fees In Contractor Payment Rows
• Baker & McKenzie, Yahoo Rip Contract Row Coercion Claims
• River Shipper Liable For $23M Oil Spill Cleanup, Judge Says
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Dykema's Sherrie Farrell
• Can Consumers Waive Right To Revoke Consent Under TCPA?
• High Court's Refusal To Hear PAGA Case To Spur New Fights
• Longtime Houston Attorney Leaves Beck Redden To Start Firm
• United Airlines Faces Class Action Over Low-Fare Promise
• J&J Makes Final Trial Push Over Failed $21B Guidant Merger
• Calif. Appeals Court Favors Title Insurer In Bad Mortgage Row
• Grape Patent Owner Targets Farm's Unauthorized Vineyards
• Cantor Sues To Scrap Trader's $1.2M Arbitration Win
• Rooftop Owners Call Foul On Cubs' Conduct On Renovations
• Printing Co.'s $35M Jury Award In Antitrust Row Trimmed
• SeaWorld Aims To Sink Auto-Renew Ticket Class Action
• NLRB Joint Employer Redefinition Threatens Franchises
• Fla. Judge Allows Constructive Termination Claim In GM Row
• Unique Challenges In The Panama Canal Expansion
• Dish's Hopper Not Barred By Aereo, Judge Says
• Claims Fidelity Broke Deal To Sell $400M In EFH Notes Tossed
• Kroger Wins Arbitration In Calif. Employment Spat
• Judge Nixes Most Of Al Jazeera Defenses In DirecTV Feud
• NY Judge Axes Lehman Suit Over Meadowlands Loan Snafu
• Bridgestone Hopes For Justices' Eyes Despite Iskanian Snub
• High Court Lets Samsung's Panasonic Antitrust Suit Go On
• E&Y Didn't Waive Arbitration In OT Fight, 2nd Circ. Says
• GPS Cos. Seek End To LightSquared, Harbinger Liability Suits
• Moving The Needle For Prepetition Waiver Permissibility
• High Court Turns Away Calif. PAGA Carveout Case
• Dish, Fox Pause Hopper Battle For 'Highly Likely' Settlement
• 6th Circ. Clarifies Chrysler Dealers' Position In Ch. 11 Deal
• P&G Sues Ex-Employees, ShaveLogic Over Secrets
• Exchanges Defend Data Fast Lane For High-Speed Traders
• Satellite JV Partner Drops Some Claims In $350M Boeing Suit
• IPhone Class Takes Apple Antitrust Battle To 9th Circ.
• EBay Pays $6.4M To Settle Recurring-Fee Class Action
• 5 Insights From Garden City Group GC Karen Shaer
• Men's Wearhouse to Pay Former Licensee $42.6M
• Grocery Chain Gets Data Leak Funds Returned
• Disney Didn't Use Its Force To Foil Real Star Wars X-Wing
• Amkor To Pay Tessera $155M To Settle Chip Patent Suit
• PharmAthene Gets $195M In Final Judgment On SIGA Fight
• Life Partners Tells Texas Court Offerings Weren't Securities
• Insurer Asks High Court To Tackle Texas Biz Sale Arbitration
• Xe Can Arbitrate Worker Misclassification Claims, Judge Says
• Ford Slams Ex-Employee's Patent Rights Claims
• Bradley Arant Expands Into Fla. With Tampa Firm Merger
• Stroock Faces Malpractice Suit Over Ryan Reynolds Film Fight
• Data Center Sues Bitcoin Miner For $5.4M Delinquency
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Lori Lightfoot
• Kimble V. Marvel — A Tangled Web Of Patent Licensing
• Latham & Watkins Settles Trade Secret, Contract Claims
• Condo Developers Lob $200M Suit At Fla. City Over Delays
• Wachtell Says Prior Ruling Bars Icahn's Malpractice Claim
• Express Scripts Using FCA Deal To Destroy Rival, Suit Says
• Defunct Co. Can't Claim Atty-Client Privilege, Pa. Court Says
• Petrohawk Can't Nix $12M Award Over Texas Oil, Gas Lease
• USPS Can't Ax Trade Secrets Suit In Fed. Claims Court
• Darwin Must Pay $8.7M To Cover Millennium False-Ad Suits
• Apple, Ericsson Trade Lawsuits In FRAND Patent Fight
• EEOC Asks 3rd Circ. To Save Allstate Retaliation Suit
• Apple In The Doghouse Over Alleged Misuse Of Puppy Photos
• Hyundai Gets Atty Fees For Defending Dealer's Fee Appeal
• Porsche, Class Reps Join Forces Against Appeal Of $37M Deal
• OFAC Sanctions Compliance: Sample Contract Provisions
• Software Vendors, 3rd-Party End Users And The CFAA
• Greenberg Traurig Sued Over Alleged Dallas Venue Mischief
• NCAA's Federal Fight Over $60M Penn State Fine Shut Down
• Texas High Court Asked To Reinstate $3.9M Hurricane Award
• Diablo Can't Halt Chip Sale Ban As Rival's IP Trial Looms
• Ex-Paul Hastings Atty's Retainer Row With T-Mobile Trimmed
• Fla. Cellphone Distributor Sues Samsung Over Supply Contract
• How To Avoid An Unwanted Oral 'Settlement'
• Dewey & LeBoeuf, Proskauer Rose Face Tax Malpractice Suit
• Injunction Issued On Chips For SanDisk, IBM Memory Products
• Ross Gets Co-Tenancy Provision Upheld In Calif. Lease Row
• MasterCard Hits Nike With $5M Cyber Talent Poaching Suit
• Moncrief CEO Says Gazprom Stole Trade Secrets In $1.3B Trial
• Firm Wants To DQ Arbiter In $5.6M Texas Contract Dispute
• Kramer Levin Hit With Sanctions For Misrepresentations
• Azalea Blocks Ex-Boyfriend From Releasing Early Recordings
• High Court Denies Due Process Appeal Over Miss. River Spill
• State Farm Nixes Mortgagee's Suit Over $2.9M Fire Deal
• BMW Fights To Keep Battery Class Action In Fed. Court
• Exxon, Chevron Dodge Some Claims In Waste Disposal Suit
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Ted Yi
• Ecuador Fights $106M Award For Chevron In DC Circ.
• Making Sense Of Delaware's Cigna V. Audax Decision
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Tiffani Lee
• A Growing List Of Nonassignable Contracts In Bankruptcy
• Troutman Sanders Says Bankruptcy Deadline Extension Invalid
• Roetzel Atty Jumps To Burr & Forman's Litigation Team
• Reorganized Developer Hits Fla. Law Firm With Contempt Suit
• Robinson & Cole Seeks Ruling It Didn't Copy Consultant's RFP
• Adobe Escapes Class Action Over Cloud Subscription Fees
• Atty For Apparel Co. Chastised For Calling Defendant 'Racist'
• REIT Says Shoddy Info Dooms $465M Pa. Casino Deal
• A Lesson On Financial Adviser Engagement Letters
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• Ozzy Guitarist's Family Can't Block Book, Authors Argue
• 4 Noncompete Cases You Might Have Overlooked In 2014
• Diamond McCarthy Says Texas' Long Arm Reaches Ex-Partner
• Landowners' Absence Sinks Exxon Royalty Row: Texas Court
• New Caperton-Massey Trial After Atty Swayed $5M Jury Award
• GM Beats Retirees' Pension Cuts Suit In Divided 6th Circ.
• Dallas Immune To $1B Back Pay Suit, Texas High Court Told
• NFL, Reebok Blast Class Cert. Data In Antitrust Suit
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Robyn Smyers
• Troubled Atty Faces Probe For Bailing On Homeaway Suit
• What Constitutes An Enforceable E-Signature?
• An Illustrative Lesson In Make-Whole Litigation
• Trade Secrets And 3rd Parties: Litigation Traps To Avoid
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• Yamaha Motor-Corrosion Suit Dead In The Water, Judge Rules
• Azalea Asks Judge To Block Album Based On Ex's 'Forgery'
• GSK Stuck With Experts From First Abbott HIV Drug Trial
• Wet Seal Loses Arbitration Bid On Appeal In Calif. Wage Suit
• Jeffer Mangels Targets Aramid Deal's Funds For Unpaid Fees
• US Attys Blast Ceglia's Public Filing Of Confidential Doc
• Kean University Loses Fight Over Rights To Merck Parcel
• 3rd Circ. Agrees $50M Suit Against Nestle Doesn't Hold Water
• PharmAthene Gets $113M Lost Profits Award In SIGA Spat
• Ill. Towns Lose Class Cert. Bid In Travel Site Tax Row
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Danielle Conley
• Secrets To In-House Cost Control
• Sly Stone Manager Swiped $6.8M, Song Rights, Calif. Jury Told
• Atty Puts Screws To Azalea's Ex Over 'Bootleg' Album Deal
• Ex-Allstate Workers Can't Stop Clock On Claims Over Release
• Monster Sues Beats, Dr. Dre For Fraud Over Headphone Deal
• 11th Circ. Upholds TD Bank Win In Resale Of $27M Loan
• McDonald's Settles Ocean City Lease Row
• NJ Gov. Hit With Ethics Complaint Over Cowboys Game
• Scotts Denies 'Scare Tactics' In Toxic Bird Food Suit
• Don't Become A Casualty Of Lease Casualty Clauses
• $12.5M Verdict Stands For Kodak In DuPont Contract Fight
• Michelin Targets Dealer In Fraudulent Tire Sales Row
• Dish Pays $13.9M To End CenturyLink Incentive Fee Dust Up
• Burger King Europe Says Investor Can't Sue In Texas
• Benihana Wrongly Scrapped Hawaii License, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Panasonic Again Urges High Court To Nix Memory Cartel Row
• Lender's $7.3M Suit Accuses Hotel Developer Of Lying
• Attys Scolded For Feud After $36M EW Bank Verdict
• Texas Court Restores $2.8M Punitives In Law Partner Dispute
• Mackie Wolf Asks Texas High Court To Weigh Atty Immunity
• Texas Justices Told State Court Can't Sanction Case Removal
• Fox Accuses NBC Of Trying To Hide Dish Deals
• ArmorWorks Slams Houlihan Lokey's $1M Fees Request
• The Real Impact Of Daimler V. Bauman
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Susman Godfrey's Srinivasan
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Rolls-Royce Gets Chopper Crash Claims Severed At 5th Circ.
• Capital One Wins Approval Of $7.2M Deal In Customer Fee Row
• Former Partner Sues Miami's Podhurst Orseck Over Pay
• Uber Must Hand Over CEO, Exec Emails In Tips Class Action
• Contractors Sued Over Flood-Prone NJ Convention Center
• Dish Network To Pay $2M To Colorado Over Price Increases
• Lehman Trustee Inks $20M Deal With Pimco
• Motorola Urges 9th Circ. To Overturn Landmark RAND Ruling
• Attys Accused Of Not Repaying $5.9M Loans For Drug Torts
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley Austin's Yvette Ostolaza
• Thompson & Knight Seeks Arbitrator DQ In Texas Energy Beef
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Facebook Ad Buyers' Overcharge Suit
• DLA Piper Says Facebook Suit Over Failed Case Falls Short
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice
• 5 Key Contractual Provisions To Prevent A 'Midnight Raid'