Commercial Contracts Archive » April, 2015

Commercial Contracts - April, 2015

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• Federal Class Pushes To Block $30M HSBC Overdraft Deal
• NIGC Urges 8th Circ. To Uphold Gaming Co.'s $5M Fine
• Fans Say NFL Can't Collect Costs In Super Bowl Ticket Fight
• 8th Circ. Urged To Restore H-2B Carnival Workers' Wage Row
• Ex-Schlumberger Atty Says Anti-SLAPP Rulings Support Her
• Heller Ehrman Says Ex-Client Waived Second Shot At $20M
• 3rd Circ. Renews Restaurant.com Suit For Lead Plaintiffs Only
• Ex-Diamond McCarthy Atty Denied Early Win In $1.4M Fee Row
• Out-Of-Staters Can't Void Pa. Releases, Appeals Court Says
• Top NY Court Weighs Time Limit On ACE's $330M MBS Suit
• Partners From Chicago Health Care Firm Decamp For Roetzel
• Citi Tells 2nd Circ. Customers Must Arbitrate Air Miles Row
• GM Supplier Sued For $7M Over Nixed Parts Purchases
• Bakrie Execs Urge NY Court To Toss $380M Bond Suit
• Texas High Court Augurs Arbitration In Health Care
• Paramount Can't Can Filmmakers' Video Profits Class Action
• Soleus CEO Says Vindictive Ex-Partner Ruined $150M Venture
• Lewis Brisbois Malpractice Suit Transfer Sets Precedent
• EBay Digs In Heels On Giving User Info To Mary Kay
• Calif. City Defends $2.4M Fee Bid In Tribal Casino Feud
• Lawmakers Renew Bid To Ban Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
• Aon Can't Escape Northrop's $255M Katrina Coverage Suit
• Tribes Risk Alienating Non-Native Biz In Discovery Row
• Judge Surprised Solar Panel Co. Failed To Notice Class Cert.
• Fla. Appeals Court Grants Atty Stay In Ex-Partner's Suit
• Dish, Ergen Escape Harbinger's $1.5B Suit Over LightSquared
• Exchanges Win Dismissal Of High-Speed Trading Cases
• BofA Can't Bleed Child Actor Trusts, Calif. Appeals Court Rules
• Donald Sterling Says $600M Suit Doesn't Rehash Probate Case
• Dahdaleh Settles 3rd Circ. Appeal In Racketeering Fight
• Courtney Love Bailed On Memoir Deal, Owes $200K, Suit Says
• 11th Circ. Says $20M Highway Fraud Suit Belongs In Mexico
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Ruling Reviving Schwab CMO Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says Judges Can't Pre-Ban Arbitration Arguments
• Judge Tosses Duplicative Lien Suit Over Offshore Oil Work
• Locke Lord Evades Tidel DQ Bid But Draws Judge's Flak
• Mich. Judge Certifies Retiree Class In TRW Benefit Spat
• How The Defense Can Win Verdicts And Influence Juries
• Sweet Briar Professors File $44M Suit Over Planned Closure
• Gramercy Client Wants Indemnity Suit Over Tax Shelter Tossed
• Sheppard Mullin Can't Trim Claim It Shielded Client Assets
• Highland Claims Ex-Sales Director Stole Client Data
• DreamWorks To Face Some No-Hire Pact Claims In Arbitration
• High Court Declines To Hear Tribal Lender Arbitration Row
• Barrack Rodos $1.5M Nonlawyer Consultant Claims Dismissed
• Calif. Court Nixes Ex-Firm's Malpractice Arbitration Bid
• Best Buy Slammed For Bid To End Stolen Nudes Suit
• Del. Chancery Backs ATK In Bushnell Accounting Row
• Marine Science Institute Says Resort Co. Botched Dolphin Deal
• Fracking Investors Being 'Swindled' Out Of Buyout, Suit Says
• Pa. Looks To Make Highmark, UPMC Arbitrate Contract Row
• Sprint Can't Dodge Tribe-Owned Co.'s Unpaid Fee Claims
• Comcast, Time Warner Cable Blast $20B Race Bias Suit
• ESPN Sues Verizon Over Custom TV Offerings
• Finder's Fee Suit For $250M Pittsburgh Tower Gets Axed
• Cooley Prevails In Private Bus App Founder's DQ Fight
• Cybersecurity Sanctions: 5 Questions To Consider
• Studios' Score Outsourcing Sour Note For Musicians' Union
• Firm Wrapped Up In Partner's Malpractice Row: Ex-Client
• Diablo Beats Ban On Chip Sales After Trade Secrets Trial
• Tidel Asks Chancery To DQ Locke Lord From Contract Fight
• Bergstein Fights To Keep Stroock In Atty Betrayal Fight
• Morgan Stanley Wanted A Dark Pool 'Feast,' Suit Says
• Del. Justices Nix Cyveillance Shareholders' $40M Bonus Bid
• Carnival Settles With Many Of Cruise Disaster Plaintiffs
• NJ Firm, Dentons Exit Malpractice Dispute Over $41M Loan
• Judge Keeps Breach Of Contract Claims Against Ambit Alive
• Transport Co. Wants Discovery Sanctions In Shipment Row
• A Strategy For Nixing FLSA Collective Actions After Filing
• 5 Tips For Negotiating Native American Land Leases
• Calif. Landowners Sue Union Pacific Over 'Illegal' Land Use
• Texas Court Pauses CB&I Suit Against Ex-GC, Hogan Lovells
• Ex-Jones Bell Atty Can't Shake Former Firm's Fee Bid
• Charter Tells Del. Chancery Avaya Can't Halt NJ Suit
• Credit Suisse Beats Lender's Fraud Suit Over $1.5B CDO
• Oil Group Says Texas Justices Got $21M Royalty Ruling Wrong
• NJ Devils Sued For Restricting Season Ticket Resales
• 'Paw Patrol' Toy Co. Gets Toon Ripoff Claims Trimmed
• Md. High Court Frees Insurers From Joint Venture Fight
• Mineral Park Seeks $2.8M In Unpaid Copper Deliveries Claim
• Miami Hospital Says Humana Underpaid For Services
• Jury Awards Enterprise $2.2M In ETP Contract Suit
• Ex-Soros Fund Manager's Bid For $3M In Fees Gets Axed
• Buchanan Ingersoll Nabs Former McDermott Litigator
• Fla. Appeals Court Clarifies Construction Lien Law
• Tesla Stock Options Breach Suit Revived By Calif. Court
• NY Contractors Settle FLSA Violation Claims For $1.42M
• Perrigo Wants Akorn's Antitrust Counterclaims Tossed
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Argentina Ordered To Divulge Details Of $1.4B Bond Sale
• Prolias Blames PDI For Sinking Cornell Licensing Deal
• Idaho Tribes Say FMC Bound By Tribal Court's $21M Judgment
• Safeway Just Stalling In 'E-Grocery' Overcharge Suit: Class
• NJ Borrowers Under HAMP May Pursue State Law Claims
• Data Center Service Terms Becoming Sticking Point
• Maximizing Value In The Disposition Of Portfolio Cos.
• Arizona Iced Tea Founders Settle $1B Buyout Dispute
• Blue Bell Troubles Just Beginning After Listeria Recall
• Hospital Brass Wouldn't 'Play Ball' In Scheme, Judge Hears
• ETP Veep Defends Cutting Enterprise's Pipeline Pressure
• Auto Parts Co. Can't Appeal Morrison Ruling, Court Hears
• Domino's Franchisee Says Driver Must Arbitrate Pay Claims
• SunTrust Suit Says Morgan Stanley Broker Took Trade Secrets
• Helicopter Co. CHC Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $310M IPO
• Calif. Dater Sues Match.com Over No-Cancel Contract
• Shutts & Bowen Sues US Century Bank For Unpaid Fees
• Shasta Axes PharmaTech's $2M Glucose Strip Suit
• KBR Subcontractor's FCA Win Can't Be Permanent, US Says
• Volvo, Caterpillar, Komatsu Try to Buck Antitrust Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Atty Deceit Action Headed For Trial
• NHL Hits Swedish Co. With $22M Licensing Fee Suit
• Enterprise Never Had Pipeline Pressure Rights: Ex-Employee
• Mayer Brown Snags Ex-McDermott Int'l Arbitration Ace
• Aussie Co. Says Defamation Suit Doesn't Belong In Calif.
• Schwartz Simon Sues Ex-Attys Over Fee Spat
• Sheppard Mullin Botched Whistleblower Suit, Playboy Says
• DC Circ. Asked For $10.5M In Indian Trust Suit Fees
• Hartford Suit Over $15M Squire Patton Tab Has Firms On Edge
• Film Co. Jumped Summary Judgment Gun In $45M EB-5 Suit
• Tips For Guiding Your Client Through The Mediation Process
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• Homeless Case Fee Fight Imperils Other Suits, 11th Circ. Told
• Logistics Co. Wants High Court To Review DHL Contract Row
• Littler Mendelson Fights Contract Claims In Malpractice Suit
• Brooklyn Property Owners Can't Duck Developer's $76M Suit
• SBE's Nazarian Bilking Hotel Investor In $125M Deal, Suit Says
• Two Sigma Can't Extend VP's Work Ban In Contract Fight
• Agents Can't Strike Out 'Trouble With The Curve' Suit
• Harris County To Appeal Int'l Paper River Pollution Judgment
• Atty Can't Prove Insurer Promised To Hire Him, Judge Says
• NJ Judge Blocks Straub's Plan To Re-Energize Revel
• American Apparel Sued Over Improper Notices Of Mass Layoff
• Ex-Franchisees Seek To Sanction Texas Food Chain In TM Row
• 7 Negotiating Points In Broker Listing Agreements
• DOJ Official Warns Against Anti-Steering In Contracts
• Trump Agency Blasts Model's Opposition To Dismissal Bid
• Virginia's 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar
• ETP Says Enterprise Changing Tune On Contract Interpretation
• Corning IP Suit Against Supplier Allowed To Proceed
• Judgment Nixed Against Ex-Mostyn Atty In Referral Fee Fight
• FTC To Dive Deep In Pay-To-Delay Analysis, Brill Says
• Kmart Says 5th Circ. Misunderstood Testimony In Flood Case
• Natrol Buyer Tells Judge It Resolved Row With Ex-Owners
• Misfits Founder Loses Fight Over Band Merchandise
• NY Courts Can Decide Brazil Investment Battle, Ruling Says
• Ex-NBA Player Laughs Off Judgment Bid In $45M EB-5 Suit
• Louisiana Law Firm Can't Dodge Hospital Conspiracy Suit
• Protecting Company And Athlete In Endorsement Deals
• Del. High Court Keeps LG's Nondisclosure Row In Arbitration
• Gov't On Defensive Over Antitrust Activities In IP Space
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Artist's 'Avatar' Rip-Off Suit
• McDermott Will Attys Duck Sanctions For Not Dropping Claim
• Atty In NFLer's Stock Scheme Loses Insurance Defense Row
• 2 Routes To Hourly Rates For Lawyers
• Attys Want Texas High Court To Rule On $1B Back Pay Suit
• Branch Law Firm Says Former Atty Bound To Arbitrate Claims
• Swimsuit App Sues Facebook For Photo Access
• SIGA Asks Judge To Nix Financial Adviser's Legal Fee Claims
• NC Tribal Trust Dodges Contract Claim In Bank Loan Row
• Chobani CEO's Deal With Ex-Wife In Ownership Spat OK'd
• KPMG Can't Shake Ron Burkle's $10M Blown Tax Shelter Suit
• UMG Pays $11.5M To Settle Artists' Digital Royalty Row
• FTC's Wright Slams Shortcuts In Evaluating IP Antitrust Claims
• Hedge Fund Gets Jury Trial In JPMorgan Revenue Dispute
• Uber Drivers Want PAGA Penalties In Tipping Class Action
• Travelers, Web Design Co. Settle Bank Data Breach Battle
• 9th Circ. Must Clarify Morrison's Scope, Calif. Judge Told
• Michael J. Fox Foundation Settles Over Spoiled Lab Samples
• Ex-Ford Dealers Can't Revive $30M Verdict, 3rd Circ. Says
• Judge Stands By Sanctions Ruling In Starbucks Chair Fiasco
• FRAND Regime 'Not Working Very Well,' DOJ Official Says
• Bulk Buyer Can't Beat Ford's Contract Suit Over Exports
• Atty DQ'd From 7-Eleven Row Over Payments For Insider Info
• NJ Court Axes Row Over $5.5M In Wetlands Project Judgments
• Solar Co. Sues Attys Who Inked Contract With Bogus Firm
• Uber Swaps Morgan Lewis For Gibson Dunn In Drivers' Suit
• Ex-Ford Employee Loses Patent Row Over Hands-Free Tech
• Oksana Baiul Turns To 2nd Circ. In Quest For Royalties Gold
• BakerHostetler Adds International Arbitration Partner In DC
• PE Backers Of Ex-Chesapeake CEO Exit Trade Secrets Suit
• Philly Health Nonprofit Sues Over End To $81M Alliance
• Citibank Says Ex-VP Ran Off With Trade Secrets
• Tolkiens Say Warner Can't Seize Atty Docs In $80M IP Suit
• Low Pipe Pressure Not Covered In ETP Contract: Enterprise
• Conn. State, Tribal Officials Slam Okla. Payday Lenders
• Ex-Scientologists Challenge Arbitration Order In Fraud Suit
• DLA Piper Snags Another Morgan Lewis Atty For Philly Office
• Pa. Top Court To Decide Who Gets Fees When Atty Moves On
• Delta Beats EU Pay-For-Travel-Delay Claim In 7th Circ.
• Lockheed, Security Co. Move $5M Contract Row To NJ Court
• Google Rips Privacy Class Action Over Data Value Claim
• Travel Sites Say Exhaustion Defense Is Solid In Ill. Tax Row
• Title Due Diligence Tips For The Oil Patch
• How To Weather Media Inquiries In High-Profile Cases
• Calif. High Court To Mull Fewer Limits On Arbitration Deals
• PR Firm Says Tribe Integral To Skywalk Defamation Suit
• Ex-Diamond McCarthy Atty Can't Depose Banks In Fee Row
• Judge's Recusal Sought In $175M Cognitive Code Battle
• HSBC Can Pursue $30M Overdraft Fee Deal In State Court
• Cobbled-Together Defect Suit Should Be Nixed: Chrysler
• Taking Legal Analytics To The Next Level
• Auto Parts Co. Can't Rely On 2nd Circ. Ruling In Securities Suit
• Williams Mullen Snags Employment Partner For NC Office
• Dreyfuss Sues Disney Over Ducking 'What About Bob?' Audit
• Squire Patton's $15M Row With Hartford Set For May Hearing
• Siga Creditors Seek Probe Of Execs' 'Bad Faith' Conduct
• Pittsburgh Riverhounds Finance Row Sent To State Court
• Morgan Stanley Reaches $4.5M Deal To End HAMP Suit
• Execs' $18M Suit Over Morgans Takeover Reinstated
• Lexus Buyers Seek Fla. Toyota Melting Dash Suit Remand
• Builder Won't Raze Casino Over Tribe's Desecration Claims
• Why Counsel Should Direct Your Data Security Investigations
• Wis. Tribe Wants $50M Bond Deal Row Back In Tribal Court
• Ex-Dewey Partners Strike Records Deal Over $45M Rent Fight
• Pa. Justices Won't Revive Gas Lease Middleman Class Action
• Caesars Debt Battle Escalates With Credit Suisse Suit
• ETP Took Bad Approach On Pipeline Cracks, Enterprise Says
• Abbott Wants GSK HIV Suit Axed Weeks Before Retrial
• Axiom Can't Dump Ex-Exec's Claims In $25M Sabotage Case
• Argentina Sues Citi Over Holdout Bondholder Agreement
• Texas Consulting Firm Wins $6.8M In Tech Contract Dispute
• Arbitrator Exceeded Authority In Contract Row, 5th Circ. Says
• Hustler Club Says Dancer Wage Suit Must Go To Arbitration
• Texas Court Will Rehear $600M Eagle Ford Dispute En Banc
• Biolitec Exec Still Ducking Depositions, Sanctions Bid Says
• Jimmy John's Noncompete Pact Survives Worker Challenge
• Travelers Sues KB Home Over Construction Row Defense
• FMC Wants Idaho Tribe's Courts Probed Over $21M Judgment
• Pa. High Court Denies Rehearing In Cabot Gas Lease Row
• Tropicana Hits NJ Construction Co. With Suit Over Oil Leak
• Mischa Barton Claims Manager Mom Stole Earnings For Years
• Expert's Testimony Keeps Volkswagen Warranty Suit Alive
• Plaintiff's Atty Survives DQ Bid In Enviro Settlement Fight
• Leech Tishman Drops Fee Dispute With Biotech Co.
• Boehringer Asks DC Circ. To Rethink Doc Ruling In FTC Probe
• Tribe Sues BNSF Railway Over Quadrupled Crude Oil Hauls
• Starbucks Sanctioned For Willful Spoliation In Defect Row
• NY Pharmacy Sues CVS Over Suspension, Withheld Money
• McDermott Deserves Sanctions In Food Truck Row, Court Told
• Investment Firm Accuses Rothstein-Kass Of $11.3M Mistake
• Tips For Enforcing Failed-Bank Notes Purchased From FDIC
• Houston Judge Rejects Bid To Revive Int'l Paper Pollution Row
• ETP Cut Pipeline Pressure To Run Off Enterprise, Jury Told
• Citibank Case Puts Another Breed Of Class Action In Peril
• Argentina Takes $2.3B Bond Payment Row To 2nd Circ.
• Georgia-Pacific Wants Out Of $2M Debt To Standard Register
• General Atlantic Settles Suit Over ProxyMed Bankruptcy
• 9th Circ. Could Shape FRAND Patent Law In Motorola Case
• Hedge Fund Wants To Vacate Default In Hotel Developer Suit
• Lehman Settles Dispute Over $40M Swap Fund
• Google App Users Claim Privacy Class Action Still Has Legs
• Firms Beat DQ In Row Over Asset Purchase Litigation Fees
• 'Smart Contracts' Won't Eliminate Need For Lawyers
• Haynes And Boone Ducks Legal Mal Suit Over Arbitration Bill
• Natrol Ch. 11 Buyer Sues Ex-Owners Over 'Sham' Contract
• Betting Machine Co. Says Racetrack Stole Trade Secrets
• High Court Won't Hear After-Acquired Evidence Use Appeal
• High Court Told $1M Arbitral Award Not For Illegal Contract
• Saab Trustee Settles With Ex-Execs To End Severance Claims
• High Court Rebuffs Loan Servicer In Tribal Arbitration Row
• Playing In Peoria: Hospital Exclusive Dealing Case Proceeds
• 5 Insurance Tips For Deal Makers
• Blecher Collins Hit With $50M Malpractice Suit
• Contractor Seeks Win In Insurance Spat Over $140M Project
• Judge Says BMO Must Arbitrate Poaching Suit Against UBS
• Curvature Pays $2M To Avoid Charges Over Cisco Resales
• CAA Sues UTA For 'Midnight Raid' Of Star-Repping Agents
• ResCap Judge Won't Toss Mortgage Bond Suit
• Amedisys Hid Medicare Overbilling In Hospice Sale, Suit Says
• Citgo Dodges Conoco Depo Over Alleged Secret PDVSA Sale
• Chamber Fights Class Arbitration In 11th Circ. Timeshare Row
• Ex-NBA Player, Others Want $45M EB-5 Suit Axed
• Rooftop Clubs Can't Halt Wrigley Field Signs, Judge Rules
• Energy Co. Fights Pa. Verdict On Underpaid Gas Royalties
• Tips For Subcontractors Following Binghamton Simulator
• Dr. Dre Can't Get Straight Outta Beats Royalties Row
• NLRB Asks Full 5th Circ. To Hear Murphy Class Waiver Fight
• Calif. High Court Takes Up Citibank Arbitration Dispute
• Bryan Cave Can't Get Ex-Client's Docs In $1.5M Fee Row
• Ferrari Slammed With Suit Over Computer System Contract
• A Look At Oral Arguments In Kimble V. Marvel
• Is The Future Of Oil Storage Here?
• Google Can't Shake All Of Wallet User's Privacy Claims
• Friedman Slammed With $72M Suit Over Accounting Errors
• Bank Can't Drag Developers Back Into $200M Loan Fight
• 3rd Circ. Told $1M Settlement Doesn't Bar Malpractice Suit
• Striking Balance Between Ch. 11 Retail Debtors, Landlords
• KBR Witheld Docs, $1.2M Scan Fee In DOD Contract, Suit Says
• High-Rise Buyer Defaulted on $137.5M Sale, Suit Says
• 4th Circ. Axes $10M Award In Travel Agency Contract Row
• Can You Be Liable For Legal Malpractice To Nonclients?
• SEC Declares Open Season On Employee Agreements
• Facebook's Fraud Counterclaims Cut From Antitrust Suit
• Baker & McKenzie, Yahoo Deny Corruption In $2.7B Reversal
• Wal-Mart Gets Pa. Land Development Row Tossed
• DLA Piper Lures Life Sciences Deal Maker From Morgan Lewis
• CohnReznick Rips 'Gilmore Girls' Widow's $14M 'Money Grab'
• Baker Donelson Rips Apart Hedge Funds' Legal Fee Fraud Suit
• Schwab Case Opens Litigation Doors Most Thought Closed
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider