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Commercial Contracts - February, 2018

255 articles

• Calif. Panel Revives Contract Suit Against Trader Joe's
• MassMutual Didn't Stiff Policyholder Class, Jury Finds
• Houston Co. Says African Brewer Wrongly Cut Off Deal
• McAfee-Tied Investment Firm Beats Securities Fraud Suit
• Judge Cuts Usury Suit From TD Bank Fee Overdraft MDL
• Outfront Breached Sports Media Deal, Univ. Of Utah Says
• Serbia Settles $40M Award Row With Greek Industrial Co.
• Tobacco Co. Merits A Loss In Asset Transfer Row, Judge Told
• M&T Bank Had No Duty To Give Bond Payoff Info: NJ Court
• 3rd Circ. Backs Litigation Funder That Helped Sue Reed Smith
• Settlement Averts Swartz Campbell, Chartwell Poaching Trial
• Dye Co. Sues Oakley Over Military Tech Secrets After Sale
• Calif. Court Says Patient's Son Didn't Sign Away Own Rights
• Why Machine Learning Should Matter To Lawyers
• Pa. Firms' Poaching Trial Shows Market's Fierce Competition
• 5th Circ. Keeps Fannie In Foreclosure Row, Not Wells Fargo
• Drinks Festival Founder Wants Tax Docs In Racketeering Suit
• Googles TM Owner Says Google Broke Pact Over Kids Media
• Calif. Tribe Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Claims Against Bank
• Shari Redstone Seeks To Trim Spying Claims By Dad's Ex
• Dog-Sitting App, Ex-Baywatch Star Sued After Dog's Death
• Ga. Appeals Court Says Elderly Patient Has Right To Sue
• FTC, Consumers Lose Special Master Bid In Qualcomm Row
• Strip Club Can Arbitrate Dancer's Claims, Texas Court Says
• Zinc Smelter Halts Claims With Aussie Mine After New Deal
• Texas Justices Nix Health Co.'s 'Death Penalty Sanctions'
• Power Of The Fiduciary Duty Contractual Waiver In LLCs
• Atty Interfered With Ex-Law Firm's Web Rights, Jury Says
• Court Frees Dealership To Sell Assets After Audi Roadblock
• Texas Justices Revive Law Firm's Fight For Fees
• Insurer's Liability For Fatal Train Crash Limited To $3.75M
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Insurer Says Policy Won't Cover Claims Over $3B Verizon Deal
• Texas Justices Say Payday Lender Can Arbitrate Claims
• Trump Golf Club Members Seek OK Of $5.4M Settlement
• NJ University Sued Over No-Bid Vending Machine Contract
• Trump Hotel Cos. Fight to Keep Law Firm Arb Suit Federal
• Thompson Coburn Adds Two New Partners To DC Office
• Licensee Wants Out Of Stolen-Car Tech Arbitration Row
• Unnamed Hastert Accuser May Ask For Closed Courtroom
• Mass. Justices Revive Long Row Over Computer Contract Tax
• T-Mobile Fights For 3rd Labor Bargaining Option At DC Circ.
• Understanding Texas Mechanic's Liens And Bonds: Part 3
• 2nd Circ. Raises Bar For US Jurisdiction Over Foreign Banks
• Managing Aircraft Lease Novations: A Primer
• Tex. Appeals Court Says Mining Co. Can Redo Atty DQ Bid
• Calif. Law Firm, Ex-Partner Take Web Domain Row To Jury
• Judge Wants Class Attys' Billing Records In Qualcomm Row
• Qualcomm Blasts FTC's Special Master Bid In Antitrust Suit
• Judge OKs $9.3M Settlement In Ambit Rate-Hike Suit
• Judge Tells Marlins To Cough Up Financial Info On $1.2B Sale
• Mexican Real Estate Co. Wants $15M Factory Suit Back In US
• Condo Owners Want $1.6M Costa Rican Award Enforced
• Trump Hotel Cos. Want Unit Owners To Arbitrate Panama Row
• 6th Circ. Hands Union Win In Dues Checkoff Case
• Olshan Frome Adds Ex-Miller & Wrubel Securities Pro
• 10th Circ. Backs Hess, Statoil Wins In Drilling Deals Row
• Electric Car Co. Says Rival Must Arbitrate Trade Secret Spat
• Texas Court Affirms $288M Judgment Against Credit Suisse
• Sidley Austin Adds Ex-Winston & Strawn Global Finance Atty
• Jessica Alba's Honest Co. Hit With $8.5M Contract Suit
• Ousted Host Says PBS Used Harassment As Pretext For Firing
• Ex-Boston Guitarist Asks 1st Circ. For Redo In Bandmate Row
• Westinghouse Cleared To Solicit Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• Express Scripts Beats NY Pharmacy's Antitrust, Contract Suit
• 'Convoluted' Construction Loan Row Remanded Again
• Huawei Fights Samsung Bid To Block China Patent Injunction
• 3rd Circ. Ruling Can't Doom Venezuela Case, Oil Giant Says
• Understanding Texas Mechanic's Liens And Bonds: Part 2
• Cozen Can't Exit Suit Over Ex-Atty's Alleged Conspiracy
• Payment Method Puts Contractor On Hook For Covering Injury
• Tops Supermarkets Opens $1.2B Ch. 11, Plans Debt Rework
• FERC Won't Budge On Trans-Alaska Pipeline Rate Calculation
• Disney Suit Against Redbox Is Copyright Misuse, Judge Says
• ALI Insurance Restatement Oversteps Its Boundaries
• ETE's Warren Defends Fairness Of $1B Private Unit Issue
• Logistics Co. Must Face At Least 1 Claim In Lobster Theft Suit
• Hospital Can't Arbitrate Patient Death Suit, Ohio Court Says
• Wilmington Suit Over Ex-Chesapeake CEO's $464M Debt Stays
• Ex-Citadel Plastics CEO Demands Advancement Of Legal Fees
• Frank Ocean Sues Producer Over 'Blonde' Tracks Authorship
• Miami-Dade Sues Marlins For Cut Of Profits From $1.2B Sale
• Judge Transfers Storage War Over Search Engine Optimization
• Medical E-Records System Maker Counters Rival's $30M Suit
• $1.7M Coal Shovel Row Should Stay Paused, Court Hears
• NBA Player Gets OK To Exit Damaged Rolls-Royce Suit
• 3M Inks $850M Dumping Deal With Minn. On Eve Of Trial
• DC Circ. Upholds Entercom's Station Buy Amid Owner Dispute
• Justices Won't Review Reinstated $3M Verdict In Contract Row
• Yiannopoulos Ends $10M Suit Over Canceled Book Deal
• Tampa Bay Rays Call Foul On Concessionaire's Dismissal Bid
• Boston Grocers Seek Conditional Cert. In Antitrust MDL
• Insurer Says Utah Bank, Finance Co. Can't Duck Award
• No Money, No Merchandise, Solar Panel Co. Tells Court
• Topgolf tells 5th Circ. Rival Can't Pursue Future Claims
• Tribal Casino Operator Seeks OK Of $3.7M Arbitral Award
• Rams Owner Avoids Deposition In Suit Over Move To LA
• Travelers Let Off The Hook In Lease Row Over Roof Damage
• Md. Court Raises Red Flag On Midcase Ethics Complaints
• Texas Oil Co. Can't Duck $14M Award, Transocean Unit Says
• Judge Iffy On Spiking Bank's $45M Fraud Suit Against Tilton
• Actress Deschanel's Countersuit Axed As Case Nears Trial
• Car Dealer Too Late To Seek Reconsideration In Fraud Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• How Emerging Sources Of ESI Will Impact Discovery
• Orthodontist Backs Off On Extension Challenge In Award Row
• Door-Maker Wins $59M In Antitrust Suit Against Parts Supplier
• John Cena Says Ford's Contract Didn't Include GT Resale Ban
• DynCorp Still Hasn't Returned $5.1M Aircraft, Suit Says
• Pa. Auto Leasing Co. Defaulted On $10.7M Loan, Bank Says
• Uber Drivers Win Class Cert. In Fair-Share Pay Suit
• Chancery OKs TransPerfect Buyout By Shawe
• $380M Trade Secrets Claim Against Avaya Gets Pushback
• Russian Arbitral Award OK'd Against No-Show Pharma Biz
• Uber Accused Of Forum-Shopping In $19M Ad Contract Case
• Daddy Yankee Dodges $1.7M Attys' Fees In Defamation Row
• Costa Rican Condo Developer Seeks To Toss $1.6M Award
• Arbitrators Toss Bulk Of Swedish Co.'s $113M Royalties Case
• Houston Homeowners Can't Revive Flood Negligence Suit
• Mining Co. Wants $6.9M Award Confirmed After No-Show
• Forfeited $10M Deposit Not Capital Gain, 11th Circ. Says
• Hedge Fund Owner Convicted Of $4M Fraud, Lavish Spending
• Chinese Firm, Ashurst Team Up In Shanghai Free Trade Zone
• Put The Brakes On Acceleration Bay Litigation Funder Ruling
• Judge Blasts Tilton Removal As 'Objectively Unreasonable'
• A Chat With Hogan Lovells HR Chief Allison Friend
• Tobacco Co. Merits Win In Transfer Fraud Row, Judge Advises
• Arbitrator Chided For Ignoring Mexican Court In Mining Row
• Timeshare Exit Firms Deny Diamond's Breach Allegations
• Orthodontist Says Supply Co. Can't Keep Stalling €3.9M Award
• TD Bank Dodges Repayment Bid Over NJ Atty's Check Fraud
• Disney Sued Again Over Allegedly Ripping Off 'Zootopia'
• Statoil Unit Owes No Damages In W.Va. Drilling Contract Suit
• US Insurers Want Door Shut On $50M Brazilian Bank Claim
• Illumina Uses Mosaic Of Trial Assets To Score $27M IP Win
• NJ Utility Can't Arbitrate Solar Row With Blackstone Unit
• Reebok-CCM Fights Deposition Of Sidney Crosby, Others
• NJ Justices To Determine If Malpractice Suit Was Barred
• Utes Can't Force Judge's Recusal In Dispute With Ex-Worker
• Ice Cube's Basketball League Misled Court, Rival Alleges
• 4 Ways Blockchain Will Transform The Insurance Industry
• Considerations For Attorneys Using Artificial Intelligence
• Kaspersky Opens New Front In Legal Fight With White House
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Lab Vendor's RICO Suit
• Del. Ruling Gives Schorsch, Others Part Of $18M Fee Tab
• Starz, Altice Reach Carriage Agreement After Stalemate
• Split 9th Circ. Backs EpiCept Win In Patent-Deal Suit
• IBM Says Exec's Microsoft Move Flouted Noncompete
• Disney Says DVD Box Clearly Bars Redbox Download Resales
• Contractors Smeared Telecom For Bucking Racism, Suit Says
• Nomadix Must Cough Up Patent Info In $11M Licensing Row
• Meditate On The Clause
• Judge Denies Phoenix New IP Trial But Refuses VMware Fees
• Sunoco Pipeline Driller Files $25M Suit Over Equipment Woes
• Agency Accused Of Running MLB Doping, Bribery Scheme
• Tavern On The Green Co. Keeps Fighting NYC For TM Rights
• NJ Court Reinstates Suit Over Bank's Anti-Harassment Duties
• FERC Gave Fuel Pipelines Unfair Leverage, DC Circ. Told
• Tips For Drafting Contractual Nonreliance Clauses
• Shareholders Must Pay Bond In $573M Pakistan LNG Row
• Potlatch To Pay $6M To EPA, DOT Over Pollution Cleanup
• Wyndham Wiggles Out Of Suit Targeting Timeshare Operations
• Debt Co.'s Wording In Notices Could Mislead, 3rd Circ. Says
• 7th Circ. Nominee Once Rebuked Trump During Trial
• La. Eatery Owner Can't Duck Breach Claim In TM Spat
• Houston BBQ Joint Owner Seeks $1M For Alleged Shutout
• Judging A Book: Duncan Reviews 'Justice And Empathy'
• Connell Foley Nabs LeClairRyan Trial Group In Newark
• 'Home Country' Arbitration Clauses — Worth The Trouble?
• Bucs Look To Dodge Player's Negligence Claim In Injury Suit
• Shell Loses $300M-Plus Oil Cleanup Claim Against Dole Unit
• Solar Co. Gets OK To Seize Panels In $20M Dispute
• Texas Judge Keeps Suit Over 'Ice Cold' Distribution Alive
• Eversheds Sutherland Snags 2 Jackson Walker Attys In Texas
• Network Co. Can't Duck Claims In $11M Patent Licensing Row
• Archer & Greiner Nabs NYC Bankruptcy Boutique
• Haynes And Boone Hires 2 Andrews Kurth Attys In Houston
• Door Skins Supplier Denied Quick Win In Antitrust Suit
• 'Weak' Evidence Dooms Booz Allen Investors' Stock-Drop Suit
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over Bum Super Bowl Tickets
• UBS Escapes $2.9B Madoff Feeder Fraud Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Weil, Latham
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Uber Drivers' Pay Suit 'Classic' Class Action, Judge Says
• SF's Law Regulating Tenant Buyouts Upheld By 9th Circ.
• NJ Hedge Funder In Fraud Case Grilled Over His Spending
• Ex-Worker Sues Credit Suisse Over $300M In Unpaid Wages
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Crystallex $1.4B Venezuela Mine Suit
• Logistics Co. Can't Intervene In $139M Arbitration Action
• Bankrupt Hotel Developer Must Face Bid For $15M Payout
• Tribe Wants Bank's $1M Fees Nixed After Embezzlement Row
• NY Appeals Court Nixes €433M Bid To Enforce Albanian Award
• Ropes & Gray Hit With Malpractice Suit By Fund Co-Founder
• Apple Sanctions Nixed In Qualcomm Antitrust Battle
• TerraForm Can't Use SunEdison To Halt $231M Suit
• The Art Of The Litigation Funding Deal
• Mexican Diving Co. Gets $19.5M Award OK'd In Ship Dispute
• Judge Sinks Suit Against Royal Caribbean Over Harvey Cruise
• Solar Co. Asks To Take Panels In $20M Chinese Contract Row
• Aetna Sues, Settlement Admin Counters In HIV Privacy Case
• Co. Drops Suit Over Tribe's Canceled Super Bowl Venue
• Language Key In Builder's Coverage Fight At NY High Court
• Infineon Still Can't Sell Some Semiconductor Products
• AT&T TCPA Class Claims Nixed Over Atty Husband's Fees
• 7th Circ. Revives Class Action Over MetLife Insurance Plan
• Suit Funder Can't Seek Payout In NJ After Ky. Loss: Judge
• Smart Contracts Need Smart Corporate Lawyers
• Oncor Urges Texas Justices To Toss Energy Contract Row
• Judge Won't Nix $50M Deutsche Win, Citing 'Gamesmanship'
• Tronc Sells LA Times, Calif. News Portfolio For $500M Cash
• MassMutual Stiffed Policyholders On Dividends, Jury Told
• Pursuing $15M Award, Cardno Says Death Doesn't Halt Default
• NY Wheel Parties To Mediate Ch. 11 Issues, Contract Suits
• Adocia Adds $200M To Arbitration Demand Against Eli Lilly
• How To Fix Your Broken Client Teams
• Romania Awarded $73M Against Chevron In Oil Contract Row
• Duane Morris Malpractice Suit Deserves 2nd Shot, Atty Says
• $4.1M Refund Ordered In US-Halted Engine Sale
• NBC Pushes To Arbitrate $30M 'Housewives' Defamation Suit
• Omnicare Settlement: Outlier Or Beginning Of Broader Trend?
• 5th Circ. Says Ohioans Can Be Sued For Fraud In Texas
• ICSID Had Record Caseload In 2017, Report Says
• Jury Awards Developer $26M In Fight Over Miami-Area Condos
• Disney Seeks Early Block On Redbox Digital Movie Sales
• FCC Clears DirecTV On Hawaii TV Broadcast Spat
• Comcast Rival Hits Back In Sports Network Dispute At FCC
• Fed. Circ. Backs Toss Of AbbVie's Humira License Suit
• Ford Fends Off Patent Atty's 'No Poaching' Suit
• NextEra Says Group Shut Access To Personnel Database
• Samsung Seeks US Block Of Huawei's China Patent Injunction
• Apple Fights Deadline Sanctions In Qualcomm Antitrust Row
• 'Grand Theft Auto' Maker's Insurer Seeks Out Of Royalty Row
• Sixth Circ. Says City Approval Needed FM Station Upgrade
• 11th Circ. Seeks Clarity For Shipping Row Arbitration Forum
• Biomed Co. Appealed Too Late In Trade Secrets Row: 7th Circ.
• Mass. Appeals Court Upholds $16.6M VAT Claim
• Chuck Norris Sues CBS, Sony For $30M Over Unpaid Profits
• Weinstein Co. Hit With $7.2M Suit Over 'Paddington 2'
• Tampa Bay Rays Concession Co. Moves To Nix Contract Suit
• UNC, Duke Med Faculty Get Cert. In No-Hire Antitrust Suit
• Law Firm Wants Trump Panama Hotel Row In State Court
• Biofuel Trader OK'd To Register $32M Award Out Of NY State
• Penn State, Ex-Coach Settle $1M Contract Dispute
• How To Serve Your Blind Client Effectively
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NYC Contractor Beats Union Challenge, To Sell Biz In Ch. 11
• Gymgoers Say They're Being Cheated On 'All Access' Passes
• Judge Blasts 'Conspiracy Wonderland' In Axing Satellite Suit
• Judge Trims Suit Claiming Lenders 'Rented' Banks & Tribes
• Landowner Can't Overturn Energy Co.'s Win In Spill Suit
• Approaching Restaurant Leases As A Tenant: Part 2
• Evolving Due Process In The Digital Age
• The Allure And Pitfalls Of Earnouts: Part 2
• An Overdue Re-Examination Of Antitrust Policy Toward SEPs
• An Expansive View Of Noncompetes At Wis. High Court