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Commercial Contracts - December, 2015

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• Insurance Cases To Watch In 2016
• How To Woo In-House Counsel In 2016
• Consumer Protection Cases To Watch In 2016
• 3 Things To Expect From Legal Tech In The New Year
• Vikings Say Wells Fargo Signs Would 'Photo Bomb' Stadium
• Pharmacies Ask Justices To Nix Arbitration In CVS RICO Suit
• Charter Boat Suit Damages Must Reflect Sale Price, Court Says
• Calif. Judge Can Hear Contract Row, Canadian Tour Co. Says
• $1.5B LightSquared Suit Against Dish Network Dropped
• Del. Justices Uphold $195M Award To PharmAthene
• $40M Judgment Against Mining Co. Stayed In Stock Dispute
• DC Atty Accused Of Slipping Private Info In Chiquita MDL
• No Easy Win For Taiwan Co. Seeking $7M In Pa. Award Row
• Casino Owner Settles With Tribal Co. Over Nixed $125M Deal
• Atty Who May Need To Testify DQ'd From Malpractice Row
• Generic Paxil Flap Ends Without Explanation
• Lehman Sues Retirement Home Operator Over Swap Deal
• Time Warner Cable To Pay $1.25M To Settle OT Row
• Throw Golf Stick Inventor Wants Mass. Claim Out Of IP Suit
• Sears To Face Bulk Of Patent Claims In Weber Grill Feud
• Carl's Jr. Says Franchisee Broke Deal To Open New Locations
• Sprint Can't Keep Malicious Prosecution Row In Fed. Court
• Developer Says Partner Double-Crossed On Colo. Hotel
• Capitalizing On Mexico's New Wholesale Electricity Market
• Washington's New LLC Act: Out With The Old, In With The New
• Chancery Keeps Calif. Atty On The Hook In Startup Lawsuit
• Fed. Circ. Lets EchoStar Revive License Defense In IP Suit
• Dippin' Dots Insurer Sues Over Failed Refrigerator
• Boston Scientific Can't Get Fees From Blank Rome DQ
• Judge Won't Clarify Scope Of Refinery Row Ruling
• Trends In Privilege And Post-Accident Investigations
• Booz Allen's Counterclaims In ERISA Suit Dropped
• FERC Must Justify Winter Power Program Costs, DC Circ. Says
• Attys Want Securities Claims Axed In Buyout Malpractice Row
• UAW Says VW Refuses To Negotiate With Local Tenn. Union
• Japan Fines Ernst & Young Unit $17.3M Over Toshiba Audit
• Ares Nabs $741M UK-Based Loan Portfolio From Barclays
• AVIC's Ex-Biz Partner Wants $70M Arbitration Award OK'd
• In Congress: A Year-End Review
• Petroleum Co. Can't DQ Atty Suing Over Consulting Fees
• Pandora Ends Royalty Fight With ASCAP, BMI
• Mining Tycoon Can't Nix $40M Award In Stock Row
• Lil Wayne Stiffed Atty Out Of $375K, Suit Claims
• UPS Store Owner Can't Defend Franchise Breach, Court Hears
• Belize Asks DC Circ. To Nix $4.4M Airport Contractor Award
• NFL Teams Say Ex-Players' Painkillers Claims Preempted
• Disputed IP Rights Properly Awarded To Biotech Co.: Judge
• Hanes Must Face $36M Contract Row In Haiti, Court Told
• AMC Carriage Row Shows Cable Market Issues, FCC Hears
• Chiquita Wants No Interlopers In Colombia Discovery
• Aussie Solar Panel Co. Can Serve Claim In US, Court Says
• Visa Says Retailer Using Old Arguments In Data Breach Suit
• Worker Injury Claim Sent To Arbitration By Texas Court
• Shippers Ask High Court To Rule FAA Trumps State Claims
• HP Laptop Buyers Win Class Certification In Warranty Suit
• Caterpillar Hit With $74M Verdict In Trade Secrets Case
• Ford Wins $800K In Damages From China-Exporting Dealer
• The Firms That Dominated In 2015
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Why All US Attorneys Should Read Justice Breyer's New Book
• Texas Justices To Weigh Subcontractor Liability In Injury Suits
• Cessna Asks Court To Affirm $51M Judgment Against UAE Co.
• Quincy Jones Digs For Docs In King Of Pop Royalties Row
• Fla. Service Centers Win $5.8M For Comcast Contract Breach
• Cricket Wireless, Customers Settle Portions Of False Ad Suit
• Katy Perry Suit Over $14M Convent Purchase Can Proceed
• Pair Says HBO, Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson Stole 'Ballers'
• $84M Arbitration Award Shouldn't Freeze Assets, 9th Circ. Told
• Texas Justices Won't Rehear $67M Methane Field Case
• Porzio Bromberg Can't Sink Defamation Claims Over Email
• Texas Justices Take Independent Contractor Injury Suit
• Texas High Court Takes Suit Over City Lake Lease
• Chemical Co. Challenges Shipper's $850K Arbitration Dodge
• EFH's Bid To Force Sale Of Oncor Minority Stake Kept Alive
• Texas Justices To Eye Utility Contractor's Immunity Challenge
• Fans Fight Costs In NFL Super Bowl Ticket Suit
• NY Judge Axes Scarinci Hollenbeck Malpractice Suit
• GameStop Twists Case Law In Privacy Suit, 8th Circ. Hears
• Stearns Must Pay $1.2M In Real Estate Dispute, Jury Says
• 3 Lessons From Stockton's Bankruptcy
• FTC Tells High Court To Nix Boehringer's Appeal In Doc Row
• Hospitals Win Discovery Fight In Horizon Tiered Coverage Row
• Ford Shakes Dealership Repurchase Dispute
• In Calif., Meet And Confer, Then Demur
• EEOC Can't Skip Steps To Sue CVS, 7th Circ. Says
• Scottish Co. Asks Court To Enforce Arbitration Award
• $100M Twitter Pre-IPO Dispute Hits Del. High Court
• NJ Hospitals Look To Force More Discovery In Horizon Suit
• Insurers On Hook For Exxon $4M Plant Explosion Settlement
• Baker Hughes Valve Row Paused During Related Arbitration
• Prize Insurer Takes Yahoo March Madness Fight To 5th Circ.
• Bombardier Accused Of Selling Unusable Jet To Insurance Co.
• News Co. Unfairly Rushed Sanctions Bid, AT&T Says
• Arista Owns Files In OptumSoft Licensing Row, Judge Says
• Nike: Just Do It, Unless You Have A Noncompete
• The Biggest NJ Decisions From The Second Half Of 2015
• Gatekeepers No More: Del. Defines M&A Adviser Liability
• Human Rights Expert To Work His Magic On FIFA Bid Process
• LA Archdiocese Looks To Bury $250M Cemetery Lease Suit
• Marriott Gets $16.5M Judgment Axed In Bahamas Project Row
• Forbes Investors Strike Back At Suit Over Botched $415M Deal
• US Still Mulling Its View Of $43M Greek Contract Dispute
• Siemens, Outokumpu To Mediate Steel Contract Row
• Navy IT Consultant Fights $5M Trade Secrets Theft Judgment
• Investors Can Pursue Del. Suit Over Fund's Facebook Shares
• How Much Control Of Your Contracts Do You Really Have?
• Peanut Co. Says 4th Circ. Flubbed Ruling In $19M Fire Row
• Turkish Scrap Metal Co. Ordered To Pay Up In Shipment Row
• Bimbo Driver's Suit Greenlighted Despite Class Deal
• Biz Service Provider Loses Bid To Get Tech Co.'s Asset Info
• 3rd Circ. Revives Deceptive-Contract Class Action
• Exco On Hook For $43.6M, Can't Divvy Proceeds, Judge Told
• Photogs Want 'Sham' NFL-AP Deal Out Of IP, Antitrust Suit
• Sephora Says Palmer Reifler Is Liable For Shoplifting Suit
• Avoiding Bankruptcy Via Distressed Oil And Gas Sales
• Airbnb Renter Says Hosts Were Spying With Hidden Camera
• Hanergy Unit Accuses Co. Of Going Back On Solar Deal
• Software Co.'s Dispute With UAE Bank Moves Toward Appeal
• Judge Wrongly Cut Evidence On 'Sham' Deal, Court Told
• 8th Circ. Revives H-2B Carnival Workers' Wage Suit
• Deutsche Bank Says $330M RMBS Suit Can't Be Brought Twice
• Afghan Trucking Co. Seeks Affirmation Of $6.5M Award
• 4th Circ. Hands DynCorp Win, Tosses $6M Discrimination Suit
• Ex-Broker Dealer Employee Gets 3 Years For $60M Bribe Plot
• Dealer Loses 2nd Bid To Arbitrate Used Car Class Suit
• FCC Exceeded Its Authority In Cable Reg Shift, DC Circ. Told
• DC Circ. Questions If $460M Czech Arbitration Row Is Moot
• Brazilian Satellite Co. Wants Quick Win In $65M Row
• Underwear Co. Says Jeter Owes $30M In Endorsement Row
• 7 Deadly Business Mistakes That Can Tank Your Law Practice
• Verizon To Take Carrier Shortfall Row To 4th Circ.
• Shipping Co. Accused Of Causing $5M In Damages To Cargo
• 3 Legal Challenges Facing Pay-TV Business Models
• NC Airline Agrees To Arbitrate $98M Row With Air India
• Jay Z Faces Risk Of Revived 'Big Pimpin' Copyright Fight
• Fla. Lawyer Says Texas Biz Stole Legal Services
• Judge DQ'd Over Son's Employment In $60M Loan Row
• Jacoby & Meyers Wants Client Sanctioned For Billing Suit
• Attys React To Supreme Court's DirecTV Arbitration Decision
• High Court's DirecTV Ruling Shows No Leeway On Arbitration
• Developer, Investor Trade Barbs In $25M AstroWorld Row
• Dell Units Get $9M Breach Of Contract Suit Dismissed
• Stradley Ronon Dodges Liability In $200M Malpractice Suit
• Chinese National Sues Calif. Cos. In $8M US Visa Scam
• Protecting Retail Leases From 'Exclusive Use' Provisions
• Ill. Court Shields Architect Firm From Suit Over ADA Violations
• Comcast Says New $20B Race Bias Suit Recycles Failed Bid
• The Biggest Pa. Court Decisions Of 2015: Year-End Report
• Iraq Hits BNP Paribas Again Over Oil-For-Food Bribes
• High Court Boosts Federal Arbitration Rule In DirecTV Case
• Energy Cos. Say Rival Can't Get 'Mulligan' On Atty Fees
• Commerzbank Beats Bankrupt Utility's Payment Recovery Suit
• Prior Arbitral Decisions Apply In Power Rate Row, Court Says
• Judge Slims Down TD Bank Overdraft Suit
• NJ Hospitals Whack Horizon With Contract Suit Over Omnia
• US Shipper On Hook For Undelivered Fish, Judge Says
• 7th Circ. To Be Asked To Revive Dickinson Malpractice Suit
• Texas Court Revives Suit Alleging Fraudulent Apartment Sales
• PE Firm's Sealed Lips Caused Herb Co's Demise, Suit Says
• The Biggest California Employment Cases Of 2015
• Bombardier Joint Venture Partner Cut Out Of $13M, Suit Says
• Chinese Solar Cell Maker Says Calif. Co. Owes $1M Award
• Dish Says Users Not Entitled To Offsets For Lost Channels
• Will Changes To Federal Rules Reduce Scope Of Discovery?
• An Overview Of Bermuda's Flexible M&A Statutory Framework
• Tessera Is Owed Coverage For Patent Spat, 9th Circ. Says
• Watchmaker Fights To Keep Quiksilver Licensing Deal Alive
• Dentons Wants Guinea's Fraud Claims Nixed In $10M Fee Row
• GM Parts Supplier Can't Dodge Suit Over Broken Contract
• Don King Loses 2nd Circ. Appeal Over Botched Fight
• Fla. Judge Tosses $225M Suit Over Miami-Area Condo Project
• ERG Tells Texas Justices Rival Can't Avoid Texas Courts
• Tech Co. Says Evidence Requests Served On Wrong Atty
• Cooper Levenson, Client Hit With RICO Suit
• Time Warner Unit Wants Opposing Atty, Or Testimony, Barred
• Facebook Rips Lack Of Evidence In Users' Privacy Suit
• Dexia Can't Bring $626M MBS Suit, Morgan Stanley Says
• The Art Of The Mock
• Nike Ends Short-Lived Row Over Ex-Designer's Move
• JPMorgan Defends $69M Refund In Patent Licensing Row
• Cohen & Gresser Denies Duty To File $210M Greenberg Suit
• CORRECTED: EisnerAmper Malpractice Suit In Wrong Court, Firm Says
• Surgery Co. Blasts Aetna's Sanctions Plea In Kickback Suit
• Calif. Judge Unsure Of Jurisdiction In Yacht Contract Row
• China's BYD Co. Rejects Arbitration In Apple Contract Row
• Duke Energy Cannot Limit Wind Farm Output, 7th Circ. Hears
• Chinese State-Owned Pangang Seeks OK On $1M ICC Award
• Comcast Must Face Antitrust Claims On Cable Installation
• Chesapeake Accused Of Fracking Royalties 'Bait-And-Switch'
• US Gov't Says Safeco Must Cover Unpaid Work On Ga. Base
• Shipyard Dust Suit Coverage Not Excluded, Contractor Says
• Russian Billionaires Can't Duck Row Over $55B Oil Sale
• Patriot Rail Resists Ex-CEO's Fee Bid In Fight With Sierra
• Ore. Takes Immunity Ruling In Oracle IP Suit To 9th Circ.
• Deutsche Telekom Accused Of 'Toll' At Internet Choke Points
• Conoco Partner Shielded By Workers' Comp. Law: 5th Circ.
• Strategies For Your Evolving Law Department
• Are General Contractors 'Sellers' Under Texas Law?
• NHL's Coyotes In Talks With Phoenix To Stay In Arizona
• 10th Circ. Asked To OK $1.6M Award Over Solar Panel Parts
• Pa. Judge Sends Mitsubishi Rail Car Venture Fight To NY
• First Data, CEO Sued Over Royalty-Free Patent Licensing
• Texas Justices Mull History's Role In Royalty Rights
• German Co. Rejects Arbitration In Baker Hughes Valve Row
• Firm Wants Judge DQ'd Over Son's Employment
• Consumers Push For Judgment In Muscle Milk Ad Suit
• Del. Co. In Default In Pharma Dispute With Swiss Co.
• Nike Sues Top Designer For Jumping To Ralph Lauren
• Ex-Workers Rip Sanctions Bid In Toy Car Trade Secrets Row
• Logistics Co. Can't Trim $3.7M Suit Over Cost Estimates
• Hospital's DQ Motion An 'Intentional Distraction,' Court Told
• Ex-GM Franchisee Says Ally Unethically Shuttered Dealers
• LeClairRyan Fights Sanctions Bid In Trade Secrets Suit
• Co-Investment Trends In 2015
• 6th Circ. Remands AVIC Contract Spat On Immunity
• Military Contractor's $10B Barclays Suit Too Late, Judge Rules
• GCs Love These Firms More And More
• Univision Moves To Chuck Trump's $500M Miss Universe Suit
• Texas Appeals Court Reverses $21.5M RBC Jury Verdict
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Cochran Firm Urges 9th Circ. To Revive TM Injunction
• 5 Firms Make It Back Onto GCs' Most Adored List
• Lawyers Get Little Guidance In Bickel & Brewer DQ Ruling
• 3 Firms Know The Secret To Keeping Clients Happy
• Specialty Pharmacy Can't Keep Express Scripts Contract
• 7th Circ. Urged To Split With Circs. On ERISA Reimbursement
• Arbitration Required In $6M Breach Suit, Pharma Co. Says
• Aircraft Co. Owes $24M In Servicing Contract Row, Suit Says
• Software Co. Wins IP Rights Fight In Chinese Arbitration Court
• Ex-USC Football Coach Sues For Firing Over Alcoholism
• Facebook Continues Push To Toss Class Reps In Privacy Row
• 5th Circ. Says Shipbuilder Still Owes $6.7M In Contract Beef
• Trinity Accused Of $11M Hospital Lease Breach In Newark
• 8th Circ. Says Trucking Co. Policy Covers Suit Against Driver
• Ex-Client Can't Beat Atty's Slander Claim In Appeals Court
• Foresight Energy Evaded Dues On $606M Notes, Judge Says
• Air India Seeks To Arbitrate $98M Charter Flights Row
• Supreme Court Refuses Verizon Billing Arbitration Row
• Del. Group Contests State Use Of $45M BofA Fraud Settlement
• Entergy Asks Texas High Court To Ship Pricing Suit To FERC
• Visteon Says Korean Firm Won't Hand Over $390M Tax Refund
• Where Common Law Litigation And Int'l Arbitration Divide
• Developer Must Share Grand Canyon PR Docs., Court Told
• 5th Circ. Says Travelers Can't Nullify Bond For Fiber Installer
• Del. Supreme Court Rejects HP Appeal In Defamation Case
• US Bank Gave Money To Fraudsters, EB-5 Investors Say
• 'Incoherent' Racketeering Suit Against Snell & Wilmer Tossed
• Shareholder Aims To Save Asset Freeze In $84M Dispute
• Ex-Coyotes Owner Still On Hook For Team Debt, Judge Says
• Plastics Co. Broke Pension Pact After Sale, Del. Court Says
• Texas Supreme Court Clears Brewer Attorneys In DQ Row
• DynCorp Says It Owes Nothing In C3PO's $6.6M Contract Suit
• Calif. Hostility To Arbitration Deals Decried In High Court
• News Co. Wants AT&T Sanctioned In $102M Contract Suit
• Tips On Drafting, Negotiating Disclosure Schedules In M&A
• 9th Circ. Says Consultant Not Covered For Text Scam Report
• Spinning Off? Consider These Top 10 HR Issues First
• Engineering Firm Asks Judge To Reconsider Coverage Denial
• Del. Court Closer To Settling $100M NY Fraud Coverage Clash
• Ex-Cochran Atty Shakes Colleagues' Claims In Trademark Row
• Ex-XTO Landman Gets 5 Years For $1M Oil Lease Scam
• Court Trims $50M Dominican Republic Contract Row
• SAIC Ducks Early Loss In $5M Afghanistan Contract Suit
• Racetrack Escapes Andretti Sports' Fraud Suit, For Now
• Signal Recruiter Beats Most Cross-Claims In Trafficking Case
• 5 Tips To Avoid Spoliation Sanctions
• RBC Bank Wants Claims In Overdraft MDL Dismissed
• Accuser Won't Bow Out Of Outdoor Channel Biz Deal Row
• Swedish Court Upholds Flooring Co.'s Arbitration Award
• DataTreasury Asks 5th Circ. To Nix $69M JPMorgan Refund
• Volvo Incentive Program Gives Edge To Rival, Dealer Says
• Fliers Seek Class Cert. Over British Airways Fuel Surcharge
• $19M Peanut Co. Fire Not On Fumigator, 4th Circ. Affirms
• The Unrealized Promise Of Rule 26 Amendments
• Apple, GTAT Supply Contract Settlement OK'd By Judge
• Baseball Team Beefs Up Suit Over Failed League Expansion
• 'Survivor' Co-Creator's Co. Seeks Ch. 11 On Eve Of $14M Trial
• EBay Seeks To Bar 'Tainted' Cozen Attys From $45M Suit
• PNC To Appeal Funeral Scam Verdict To 8th Circ.
• Investors Want Arbitration Nixed In $1.5M Fraud Suit
• Tour Co. Wants Contract Row With Yacht Co. Streamlined
• HP Blames 'Runaway Jury' For $6.5M Defamation, IP Verdict
• CBS Fights Proposed Overhaul For Cable Co. Negotiations
• NJ Justices Told Court Can't Assess Arbitration Clause Validity
• Calif. High Court Weighs Owners' Right To Fight Foreclosure
• Ill. Agency Has No Say In Electricity Price Rows, 7th Circ. Told
• Foundry Buyer Says It Lost $30M After Ex-CEO Hid Info
• Parlatino Denounces Occidental's $1B Award Against Ecuador
• Safeway To Pay $42M In Grocery Delivery Markup Suit
• Tribe Dodges Defamation Suit Over Grand Canyon Skywalk
• Recruiter Can't Dodge $4.5M Jury Award To Filipino Teachers
• Calif. Tech. Co. Seeks Stay For Arbitration In UAE Bank Fight
• Insurers Say Contractor's Shipyard Dust Isn't Covered
• Tire Maker's Trade Secret Claims Punctured In IP Suit
• Uber, Lyft Say Taxis Can't Sue Over Dallas Airport Service
• Contractor Wants 'Half-Baked' $6.5M Arbitration Award Tossed
• Golf Club Members Say Trump Can't Escape Refund Suit
• Justices Urged To End Calif. Rule On Nixing Arbitration Deals
• JPMorgan Must Face Suit Over $1.9B MBS Trust: NY Court
• 'Bones' Stars Say Fox Cheated Them Of $10M In Profits
• 'Predictable Scheduling' — The Next Big Legislative Trend?
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Armchair Quarterback MDL?
• A Reminder Of The Limits Of Section 365(n) Protection
• Making The Most Of Document Analytics
• Austrian Railway Immune To US Suits, High Court Says
• Varying Views Of Legal Professional Privilege