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Commercial Contracts - October, 2015

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• Int'l Paper Looks To Reopen Cleanup Suit After Mediation Fails
• Cushman Defeats Contract Claim In Sandy Damage Fight
• Wind Energy Group Tells 7th Circ. Not To Hurt Contracts
• Argentina, Cleary Say Hedge Funds Want Privileged Docs
• Collection Co. Says 11th Circ. Ruling Backs Arbitration Bid
• BNSF Owns Track It Left Vacant For Years, 8th Circ. Says
• BIA Wrongly Nixed Tribal Waste Management Lease: Panel
• BNY Mellon Says Revel Casino Owes $1M For Electricity
• Tenn. Surgical Co. Sues Hospital Over Patient Referral Drop
• 3 Kinds Of Legal Battles Being Fueled By Low Oil Prices
• Burlington Gets Another Shot At Shedding Blame For Injury
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Part Of KBR Subcontractor Suit
• 5th Circ. Sides With Okla. On Noncompetes In State Law Clash
• 5 Tips For Arbitrating Patent Disputes
• Both Sides Breached Shipping Partnership, Jury Finds
• Forbes Sues Controlling Investor Group Over Nonpayment
• New Del. Law Can't Invalidate Genelux Stock, Court Says
• American Airlines Loses Sanctions Bid Against Port Authority
• STB Cuts DuPont Rate Challenge Against Norfolk Southern
• Biotech Co. Claims Ex-Partner Stole Research For Chemo Drug
• EEOC Fights To Reinstate Suit Over CVS' Separation Pacts
• Facebook Users Move For Class Cert. In Privacy Suit
• Chamber Backs Uber In Driver Arbitration Fight
• Court Urged To DQ Ex-Orrick Atty's Firm In Trade Secrets Suit
• Timing: An Overlooked Component Of A Successful Mediation
• 5th Circ. Urged To Reject $123M Morrocan Oil Deal Ruling
• Challenge To Tribal Lender's Rates Falls Short, 11th Circ. Says
• Athletes In EA, NCAA Deal Say Appeal Only Benefits Attys
• T-Mobile, Class Tell 9th Circ. They'll Settle Deceptive Ad Case
• Wealth Management For Attorneys
• Argentina Calls Firms' Injunction Play 'Coercion'
• Pa. High Court Says No To Arbitration In Nursing Home Row
• Donald Sterling Can't Call Foul In Clippers Sale To Ballmer
• 5 Law Firms That Inspire Fear With Their Marketing Mojo
• 9th Circ. OKs Warner Bros. Counterclaim In $80M 'Hobbit' Row
• Uber Slams Drivers' Bid To Form 'Megaclass' In Tips Fight
• Ill. Court Says Suit Against Katten Muchin Is Too Late
• 5 Ways Your Ego Is Killing Your Career
• Contractor Says Insurance Policy Covers Shipyard Labor
• Reed Smith Atty Defends Her Work In $25M Malpractice Trial
• Hogan Lovells Defends Lease Dispute With Miami Landlord
• Morgan Lewis Can't Represent Itself In Suit, Ex-Client Says
• 6th Circ. Nixes EQT Gas Tax Win On Ky. High Court's Advice
• Insurer Rips Tyco For Delays In $60M Drug Heist Suit
• Calif. Plaintiffs' Firm Held In Contempt; Creditor Wins $7M
• Dutch Shippers Escape Tobacco Heist Case In UK High Court
• Papa John's Worker Asks 11th Circ. To OK Group Arbitration
• Penske Seeks Return Of $15M In Pension Plan Payments
• LNG Disputes Under Sale And Purchase Agreements: Part 2
• Helen Of Troy Ex-CEO Says Company Must Foot Legal Bills
• GSI Rivals Nabbed $40M Cisco Deal With Pilfered IP, Jury Told
• Dilworth Can't Ditch Frivolous-Suit Claims After Sanctions Bid
• Reed Smith Atty Failed Clients In Loan Deal, Expert Testifies
• User Contract Should Void Class Action, Dish Tells 8th Circ.
• Pimco Founder Can't Slip Suit Over Son's Shuttered Co.
• Pro Bono: The New Associate's Compass To Success
• American Airlines Says Port Authority Can't Skirt Sanctions
• Payday Loan Agency Tells 4th Circ. Claims Can Be Arbitrated
• FCC Outlines Interference Rules For Incentive Auction
• Corporate Energy Sourcing: A New Engine For Renewables
• EA, NCAA Deal Challenger Wants Athletes' Attys Sanctioned
• 5th Circ. Reverses NLRB In Murphy Oil Class Waiver Fight
• Sprint Says Tribal Telecom Can't Bill Fees Before June 2014
• 9th Circ. Upholds JPMorgan's $15M Win In Meritage Loan Row
• Stradley Ronon Urges Judge To Nix $200M Malpractice Suit
• Delta Says Dallas Can't Duck Counterclaims In City's Own Suit
• Texas High Court Won't Revisit Valerus Win Over Equity Stake
• Feds Mull New Contract Rules For Ocean Cargo Shipments
• Hospital Calls Perjury Claims 'Defamation' In FCA Fight
• AIG Demands $2B From Coventry As Racketeering Trial Ends
• Mich. Court Says Tribe Must Face Casino Contract Suit
• Split $2M Verdict Over Robotic Car Part Assembly-Line Row
• Biotech Co. Asks High Court To Enter Patent License Fray
• OHL Mexico Faces Corruption Probe Over Toll Roads
• NFL Tells 5th Circ. Super Bowl Fans Rightly Denied Cert.
• Radio Host's Threats Corrupted Arbitration, High Court Hears
• Refresh Or Rebuild? Website Strategies For Big Law
• An Introduction To The World Bank Sanctions Regime
• DC Circ. Says Fuel Storage Co. Must Pay Late Attys' Fees
• Snell & Wilmer Racketeering Suit Has Legs, Court Told
• Reed Smith Atty Botched Key Release In Loan Deal, Jury Told
• JPMorgan Software Tweaks Breached Contract, Calypso Says
• Grail's Ex-CEO Sues Co., Niro Haller Over Deal In $124M Suit
• Broadcasters Ask FCC For More Time To Talk Retransmission
• Texas High Court Takes ERG's $100M Suit Over Fizzled Deal
• Mylan Argues IRS Can't Keep $100M Tax Dispute From Trial
• How To Mitigate Casualty Liability Risk In Aviation Finance
• Texas High Court Won't Ponder Splitting Plains' $83M Win
• Volvo, Dealership Trade Fire In Discriminatory Pricing Suit
• Argentina Violated Agreement On $234M In Bonds
• Planet Fitness Sued In NJ Over Liability Disclaimer
• DLA Piper Asks Appeals Court To Ax Facebook Reprisal Suit
• Tribe-Owned Telecom Says Sprint Stuck With Tariff Row Loss
• Watch For More CFTC Regulation Of Virtual Currencies
• EisnerAmper Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Expert Testimony
• Yahoo's First Online-Only NFL Broadcast Draws 30 Sponsors
• Uber Tells 9th Circ. Judge Was 'Hostile' To Arbitration
• Builder Not Covered For Shoddy Water Plant Work, Suit Says
• Comcast Slams $20B Racial Bias Suit As 'Publicity Stunt'
• Pandora Pays Labels $90M To Settle Pre-1972 Fight
• Jackson Walker Fights DQ Bid In Utility, Wind Farm Row
• Venable DQ Bid Slammed In Tech Rivals' Trade Secrets Row
• Reed Smith Replaces Sheppard Mullin In $30M Safeway Suit
• 10 Things To Know About Crude Oil Swap Licenses
• Naming Rights: Tax-Exempt Bonds Vs. Tax-Exempt Orgs
• McCarran-Ferguson Lands A Jab On Federal Arbitration Act
• Morgan Stanley, UBS Fight Revival Of $665M MBS Suits
• Chancery Says Bank Not Entitled To $1.3M Tax Payout
• Athilon Beats Quadrant Claims Over Note Repurchase
• Reed Smith Stymied Car Dealer's Fraud Case, Pa. Jury Hears
• Japanese Shipper Wins $3M Over Trucking Fraud Allegations
• Key Takeaways From Gorman V. Salamone
• Perella Weinberg Says Ex-Partners Stole Entire Group
• Ex-Roetzel Partner Seeks Block On Noncompete Action
• NJ Panel Upholds Gov't Win In Camden Police Lawsuit
• Caesars Accused Of Trying To Avoid $51M Interest Payment
• Judge Upholds Magistrate Recusal In Conspiracy Suit
• Brown Rudnick Reps Boston Nonprofit In $1.5M Argo Tea Suit
• NJ Firm Tries To Nix Office Deals With Landlord In Ch. 11
• Jay Z Dodges 'Big Pimpin'' Copyright Suit At Trial
• LNG Disputes Under Sale And Purchase Agreements: Part 1
• 4 Reasons To Use Electronic Deposition Exhibits
• Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Could Fall Apart After Scandal
• TCL Insists Ericsson Willfully Destroyed Patent Evidence
• NJ Chief Justice Wants More Judges Versed In Biz Litigation
• Venable Reaches Confidential Deal In Fee Row With OLG
• Apex Oil Dodges Chevron's $30M Pipeline Leak Suit
• Hearing-Impaired DVD Buyers Sue Over Unsubtitled Lyrics
• Ceglia's Atty Sues Facebook For Defamation In Scam Row
• EFH Sues Oncor Minority Stakeholder To Force Sale
• SAIC Moves To Block Quick Win In Afghanistan Contract Row
• Developer Looks To Duck $25M Six Flags Redevelopment Suit
• Port Authority Looks To Dodge Sanctions In AA Hangar Row
• Q&A With Duke's Dan Bowling III
• The New Risks Of An 'Open Iran' For Global Business
• Borrowers Tell 4th Circ. Loan Claims Can't Go To Arbitration
• NFL, AP Want Discovery Further Halted In Photogs Suit
• Jacoby & Meyers Wants NJ Outsourcing Suit Tossed
• Hedge Funds Blast Argentina, Cleary Over Stalled Discovery
• Plano's Cargo Didn't Cause Train Crash, High Court Told
• NFL Sunday Ticket Runs Afoul Of Antitrust Laws, Suit Says
• Judge Says $370M Philly Hotel Partnership Suit Filed Too Late
• Ford Blasts Dealer's Trade Restraint Claims In Shipping Row
• Jury Dings Global Fitness In Row With Membership Biller
• The New Paradigm In Vendor Management Under CFPB
• Cochran Firm LA Wants 'Sham' Trademark Suit Thrown Out
• A Guide To Navigating The International Commercial Terms
• OPINION: The Bitter Pill Of Competition Within Large Law
• Linkin Park Takes Stage After Jay Z In 'Big Pimpin' Trial
• Greyhound Hit With $17M Suit Over Route-Sharing Deal
• David Copperfield Says Ex-Manager Hid Late Tax Returns
• Joint Employers Who Don't Ink CBAs Off Hook For Benefits
• Marriott Unit Hit With $50M Suit Over Mismanaged NY Hotel
• Fox TV Judge Sued Over Deal For 'Defamatory' Durst Book
• Herrick Feinstein's Arbitration Stay Upheld In Malpractice Suit
• Viacom, Cablevision End Antitrust Row Over Channel Bundling
• Judge Slams Lead Counsel End Run In News Corp. Ad Row
• FCC Examining AT&T, Verizon Business Data Service Terms
• Ford Says Cracked Tailgate Doesn't Cause Safety Risks
• Judge Not Buying Funds' Case For Keeping Facebook Shares
• Europe, Migrants And The Perils Of The Sea
• Athletes Say EA, NCAA Deal Challengers Must Post Bond
• B&N Tablet Buyers Rip 'Irrelevant' Bid To Block Class Cert.
• Haggen's $56M Store Sale Flouts Employee Rights, Union Says
• Boeing Wants Too Much In $355M Suit, Ex-JV Partners Say
• Ex-EMI Lawyer Backs Up Jay Z In 'Big Pimpin'' IP Trial
• Oracle Wins $50M Copyright Infringement Verdict Over Rimini
• Former Meadowlands Builder Says Lehman Unit Owes $1.3B
• $1.2B Quicken Loans Suit Timely, Deutsche Tells 2nd Circ.
• Oil Rig Suit Coverage Void or Excluded, Insurer Tells 5th Circ.
• Ex-Paskenta Tribe Leaders Lose Appeal Bid In Fraud Suit
• Asics Hit With Fraud Suit Over Shuttered Retail Stores
• Metadata 101 For Lawyers: A 2-Minute Primer
• When Crowdfunding Goes Wrong
• Can DraftKings Dodge Class Action Via Arbitration?
• Geotag Must Pay Ex-Counsel For Patent Litigation, Judge Says
• Jay Z Tells Jury 'Big Pimpin'' Rights Not Among 99 Problems
• Coventry Boss Insists AIG Was Not His 'Business Partner'
• Ex-Roetzel Partner Sues Firm Over Noncompete Provisions
• Lehman Seeks Billions In Allegedly Lost Swap Payments
• AT&T Tells FCC To Block Analyst's Access To Data
• UPDATE: Design Co. Drops Suit Over Fees For Fantasy Sports Platform
• Ex-Rail CEO Sues For Fees In Trade Secrets Spat
• Gulfstream Sued Over Pilot Training Agreements For $66M Jet
• Hobart Linzer's Deceit Cost Food Co. $2M, Suit Says
• NY Court Revives Claims Against Nomura Over Bad Mortgages
• Texas Ranch Says Groundwater Has Gas-Style Dominance
• Apple Can't Escape IPhone Antitrust Action, Customers Say
• Golf Club Members Zero In On Trump In Refund Suit
• Rejected! Power To Reject Charterparties In US Bankruptcy
• Expired Lease In Bundle Kills Royalties, Texas Justices Hear
• Justices Say Tribe Is Immune To Energy Project Lease Suit
• Embattled La. Firm Says Rival Atty Conflicted In Hospital Suit
• Lieff Cabraser Defends Removal Of Engle Fee Fight
• Mitsubishi's Ex-JV Partner Rips 'Disingenuous' Arbitration Bid
• Struggle At The Supreme Court Over Arbitration Clauses
• Cantor Fitzgerald Beats Shareholder's Appeal Over BGC Deals
• Credit Suisse Unit Can't Escape $1B MBS Suit
• Athletes In EA, NCAA Deals Seek To Sanction Challenger's Atty
• Jay Z, Timbaland Face The Music As Copyright Trial Opens
• Revel Says Utility Is Blocking Efforts To Heat Casino
• BP Can't Shield Docs In Solar Panel Row, Consumers Say
• Southwestern Decries $11M Royalty For Drilling 'Sweet Spots'
• Levi Says $15M Contract Claims Too Old To Arbitrate
• Insurer Tells Texas High Court Tenants Can Bear Risk
• Q&A With Fordham's James Brudney
• Platinum Can't Duck Fraud Claims Over $88M Stake Sale
• Private Detective Accuses Ford Of Defamation In Versata Case
• American Wants Port Authority Sanctioned In LaGuardia Case
• CFPB Is Attacking Arbitration Via Class Action Waivers
• Agent Says MLB Contracts Dispute Belongs In Arbitration
• Baker Donelson's Global Biz Team Hires Butler Snow Atty
• Fla. Businessman Claims Brightstar Breached Joint Venture
• Disney Can't Beat Injury Claims With Waiver, Fla. Court Says
• FilmOn CEO Prods FCC To Bring Local Broadcast TV Online
• 10 Ways To Become A 360-Degree Lawyer
• Gas Right Reservation Didn't End With Lease, Pa. Court Says
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Kachina Pipeline Contract Row
• Yankees Minor Leaguer Says He Got Fleeced By Phony Agent
• FCC, Lawmakers Told To End TV Exclusivity Rules
• LeClairRyan Adds Ex-Lewis Brisbois Partner In Calif.
• American Apparel Lender Thinks Ex-CEO Might Disrupt Ch. 11
• Warner/Chappell Sues Over 'Porgy And Bess' World Rights
• Venable, OLG Say Settlement Coming In Fees Row
• 'Big Pimpin' Judge Won't Delay Copyright Trial Over No Show
• Sanctions Bid Axed In Cochran Firm's Trademark Feud
• Springtime For 'Implementation Day' On Iran Sanctions
• Recruiter Sues Holland & Knight, Atty For Breached Contract
• Quinn Emanuel Plotted Beverly Hills Spat, Calif. Court Told
• Fla. Personal Injury Law Caps Unclear, 11th Circ. Hears
• Dana Transport Says Banks Pushed It Into $500M Default
• Comcast Defeats Techs' Suit Over OT, On-Call Wages
• Delta Sues Over Canceled Flights Amid Pilot Contract Feud
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Let Arbitrator Decide On Gas Lease Class
• It's Trump Who Owes $8M In Restaurant Spat, Chef Says
• NJ Judge Sinks Challenge To Pension Cuts
• Greenberg's $1B Vegas Project Docs Need Review, Court Says
• Pimco Founder Ordered To Deposition In Tiff Over Son's Co.
• Ex-Heller Ehrman Client Can't Get Third Shot At $20M Claim
• Jackson Walker Hit With DQ Bid In Energy Contract Spat
• Dallas, Southwest, Delta, Feds Urge Action In Gate Suit
• Calculating Damages In Securities Contract Breach Cases
• Lumber Liquidators To Pay $13.2M In DOJ Settlement
• GM, Chevy Dealer Battle Over Venue For Contract Dispute
• SIGA Asks Del. Justices To Ax $195M PharmAthene Ruling
• YMCA Can't Claim Charitable Immunity In Slip-And-Fall Suit
• Rovi Urges Fed. Circ. To Flip TV Software Patent Ruling
• Mitsubishi Urges Arbitration In Fight Over Rail Car Venture
• Certified Calif. Drivers Aim To Expand Class In Uber Tips Fight
• National Car Rental Inks $158M Stadium Naming Rights Deal
• Potato Chip Co. Defends Labor Impasse To DC Circ.
• Clear Contractual Terms Beat Equitable Principles — Again
• Cable Contractors Seek Recusal In Comcast Fraud Row
• Ex-Graubard Miller Atty Sues Over Cut Of $72M Fee
• Old Deed Can't Alter Gas Lease, Anadarko Tells Pa. Justices
• CFPB Weighs Axing Class Action Bans In Arbitration Clauses
• Sprint Fights Tribe-Owned Telecom's Win In Tariff Row
• Coyotes Ex-Owner Slams NHL's Claims Over Reorganization
• Texas Atty Says Deal With Firm Can't Ax Claim Against Client
• Eden Rock Fraud Claims Over $150M Capstone Deals Revived
• High Court Seeks Its Proper Role In DirecTV Arbitration Row
• Freeport Ducks Shareholder Suit Over $35M CEO Stock Award
• 11th Circ. Ponders Who Owns Facebook 'Likes' In BET Case
• Churchill Downs Denied Quick Win In Casino Contract Row
• Pa. Justices Told New Firm Not Bound By Non-Partner's Exit
• 50 Cent Lobs $75M Malpractice Suit At Garvey Schubert
• NJ High Court To Mull Riker Danzig Win In Mortgage Row
• UPMC Says It Can End Highmark Medicare Coverage
• Goodyear, Sears Settle $19.5M Co-Branded Tire Deal Dispute
• Justices Asked To Revive Ex-Cruise Worker's Arbitration Row
• Snell & Wilmer Wants 'Indecipherable' Racketeering Suit Axed
• Perils Of Ignoring Supply Contract Insurance Provisions
• Cayman Eviscerates Liquidation Option For Fund Investors
• 5 Things Clients Never Tell Their Lawyers
• Allergan Beats Miotox's $600M Botox Royalty Claims
• Prudential Hit With Contract Suit Over New $444M NJ Tower
• EBay Textbook Reseller Presses High Court For Atty Fees
• Southwest Credit Expired Too Soon, Travelers Say
• Texas Court Won't Revisit $2M Drug License Arbitral Award
• Skating Group Blasts NJ Olympian In Contract Row
• NJ Devils Ticket Holders Ask For An Assist In Resale Suit
• Contractor Says It Can Show Arbitrator Flubbed $6.5M Award
• Schumer Urges FCC To Keep TV Exclusivity Rules
• Justices Won't Hear Cruise Co.'s Lloyd's Collusion Appeal
• BNY Mellon Can't Dodge RMBS Suit Over Loan Docs
• Justices Still Not Interested In 6th Circ. Preemption Ruling
• Austria Railway Case Brings Wall St. Risks, Justices Told
• 2nd Circ. Wary Of Do-Over In Dispute Over $57M Building
• Jay Z Worried About Video Leaks In 'Big Pimpin' Suit
• Supreme Court Rejects NJ Atty's $200M Meadowlands Appeal
• High Court Declines Challenge To Rolls-Royce Forum Transfer
• WolfBlock Insurer Not Liable For Ex-Partner's Severance Pay
• High Court Denies Schwab Appeal In Crisis-Era Class Action
• Lehman Ruling Offers Much-Needed Guidance On 'Loss'
• Aetna Seeks Sanctions Over Counterclaim In $120M Fraud Suit
• Defense Calls For Discovery Sanctions In Cochran Firm IP Tiff
• Ally Car Lessee Fights To Kill Arbitration At 11th Circ.
• NASA Subcontractor Wrongly Axed From Paint Job, Suit Says
• US Foods Says Sales Aces Took Confidential Info To Rival
• Fed. Circ. Denies Google Rehearing Bid In IP Contract Row
• Reckitt Loses Reconsideration Bid In Mucinex Antitrust Row
• Land O'Lakes Says Tainted Whey Claims Aren't Time-Barred
• Snell & Wilmer Co-Defendants Say RICO Suit Is Full Of Holes
• Pa. Justices Have Chance To Push Gas Law Into 21st Century
• Couple Tells DC Circ. Carnival Can't Bar Them After Suit
• Gordon & Rees Snags Clark Hill Labor, Food, Real Estate Pro
• Cushman & Wakefield Says Ex-Client Can't Nix Complaint
• Photographers' NFL Antitrust Suit Called 'Implausible'
• Broadcasters Say Cable Group Actually Backs Exclusivity
• A Case Study On How To Decertify Common Defect Classes
• Congress Brings Warranties Into The Internet Age
• Pryor Cashman Aims To Ax Malpractice Claim From $37M Suit
• Pension Fund Can't Force Co. To Pay Higher Arbitration Fees
• 'Survivor' Co-Creator Can't Dump Atty's $14M Profit Claims
• US Lab Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit For $37M
• Judge Clears Boston Scientific In $200M Stent Patent Case
• 3rd Circ. Says Land-Side Cos. Can't Invoke Tonnage Clause
• United Fliers Tell 7th Circ. They Want Their Perks Back
• Justices Take On Arbitration Provision In Counselors' OT Suit
• Pa. Court Won't Revive $20M Suit Over Skin Drug Patents
• Cubs Knock Suit Over Wrigley Field Signs Out Of Court
• 5th Circ. Allows $123M Moroccan Judgment Over Oil Deal
• BofA Gets Suit Over $219M Bond Offering Trimmed