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Commercial Contracts - April, 2018

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• Ashley Judd Claims Weinstein Torpedoed Her Career
• Ute Contract Fight Belongs In State Court, Fed. Judge Rules
• Gordon Ramsey In Hot Water Over Caesars Eatery Contracts
• Chemical Plant Seeks OK Of Award Over Soured Pipe Deal
• Catching Lies Landed Susman Godfrey $706M IP Verdict
• BNSF Pushes For Appeal In Wash. Tribe's Right-Of-Way Suit
• Arbitrators Nix Parts Of Ukrainian Oil Co.'s Shareholders Deal
• Canadian Mining Co.'s Counterclaims Wrongly Nixed: Judges
• 24 Hour Fitness Seeks Final OK On Rate-Hike Settlement
• Fla. Club Unlikely To Win Aborted Sale Suit, Judge Says
• Broadway 'Mockingbird' Cast Given 15 Days To Put On Show
• Chinese Solar Co. Slapped With $897.5M Arbitration Claim
• Daniels Sues Trump For Defamation Over 'Con Job' Assertions
• Texas Court Rejects 5th Amendment Plea In $72M Fraud Suit
• Canadian Airline Wants Counterclaims Tossed From Site Fight
• Texas Justices Embrace 'Sham Affidavit Rule' In Truck Row
• The Fastest Federal Civil Court For A Decade
• Ex-Lundy Beldecos Client Gets 3rd Shot At Malpractice Suit
• Michael Cohen Gets 90-Day Stay In Stormy Daniels Case
• Pension Fund Says Bankrupt Grocer Should Be Arbitral Ally
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Olympian's Royalty Suit Against NBC
• Lumber Co. Says Credit Manager Withheld Millions In Fees
• Consumer Harm Ruling May Hobble NJ Contract Class Actions
• Shumaker Loop Faces DQ Bid In $25M Trade Secrets Suit
• Oncor Gets Texas Justices To Toss Energy Contract Row
• Canadian LNG Project Names Joint Venture As Contractor
• ConocoPhillips Bids To Enforce $2B Venezuela Oil Co. Award
• Tampa Bay Rays Seek To Nix Concessionaire's Counterclaims
• Senate Democrats Float Bill To Curb Noncompete Agreements
• Cushman & Wakefield Must Face Suit Over Philly Project
• Nostra Terra's Egypt Oil Dispute Referred To Arbitration
• A More Mobility-Friendly Approach To Noncompetes In Ill.?
• Cardi B Hit With $10M Contract Breach, Defamation Suit
• Developer Wins At NY High Court In Atlantic Yards Bond Row
• Not Enough Proof For Fees In Property, Investor Suits: Panel
• Singapore Judge OKs $129M Award Despite Fraud Claims
• Atty Cites 1st Circ. In Seeking Contempt In Biolitec IP Case
• KPMG Negligence Row Over $1B Fraud Pegged For Chancery
• Calif. Appeals Court Says Secret Brief Not OK In Arbitration
• Ranbaxy Takes Patent Arbitration Fight To Texas Justices
• Revamping Contracts For GDPR: How To Get Organized
• Michael Cohen To Plead 5th In Stormy Daniels Case
• Value Dispute Revives Dissolved LLC, Del. Court Rules
• Horizon Can't Divvy Up Trial With Hospitals Over Tiered Plan
• Ex-Trump Golf Club Members Get Final Nod For $5.4M Deal
• Marlins Say $1.2B Sale Dispute Belongs In Federal Court
• Arbitral Award Confirmed In Kuwaiti Dealer Row With Ford
• Demolition Salvage Value Can Pay Liens, NJ Panel Rules
• Ex-Nelson Levine Attys Can't Dodge Firm Wrap-Up Dispute
• AXA Seeks 2nd Circ. Rehearing In Annuities Suit
• ConocoPhillips Wins $2B In Claim Against Venezuela Oil Co.
• Pineapple Biz Slams Del Monte Bid To Enforce $32M Award
• Architecture Co.'s Error Cost $12.6M, NY Building Owner Says
• 5 Signs Of Trouble For Customers In Software Contracts
• Payment Processing Co. Hits Rival With Antitrust Suit
• Warner Bros. Wins Bid To Arbitrate 'Mad Max' Director Row
• W.Va. State Court Receiver Ducks Fraud, Assault Suit
• BofA Fights Sanctions Bid In Suit Over Allegedly Shady Docs
• NJ Car Dealers Can't Force Arbitration Of Fraud Claims
• Greenspoon Marder Nabs Eisner Attys For New LA Office
• Cement Buyers Look For Cert. In Deceptive Fee Suit
• Ballard Can't Arbitrate IP Malpractice Suit, Judge Told
• FERC Can't Regulate Tenn. City's Gas Sales, DC Circ. Says
• Crypto Set To Drive Demand For Traditional Services: Part 2
• Avaya Ch. 11 Judge Pegs SAE's Trade Secrets Claim At $1.2M
• NBC Wins Bid To Arbitrate $30M 'Housewives' Defamation Suit
• Bulgarian Telecom Fights Injunction Bid Over $6.7M Claim
• Weinstein Co. Skirting Film Ownership Issue, Producer Says
• Covington Hires Ex-Wilson Sonsini Tech Deals Pro
• Zohar Reaches Deal To End Dismissal, Stay Fights In Ch. 11
• Failed Fraud Doesn't Doom $4.9M Award In Steel Sale Row
• Construction Firm Says German Solar Panel Co. Has NJ Ties
• Jury Rejects Antitrust Claims Against Grocery Wholesaler
• Miami Slams Marlins' 'Sour Grapes' Push For Arbitration
• Pediatrix Accuses Aetna Of Pressure To Lower Claims
• Dealerships Slam Fiat Chrysler's Bid To Bury RICO Claims
• Shell Unit Can't Duck Class Action Over Pa. Lease Bonuses
• Brooklyn Nets Slap Ex-Headphone Sponsor With TM Suit
• Ethical Advocacy In Mediation: You May Need A New Plan
• Romo's Co. Can't Revive Suit Against NFL Over Fan Confab
• Crypto Set To Drive Demand For Traditional Services: Part 1
• Michael Cohen Says FBI Raid Must Pause Stormy Daniels Row
• NJ Won't Join FCA Suit Over Turf Sold To Schools, Towns
• Gazprom Files For Contract Termination In Gas Supply Row
• Disney Workers Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Valeant ERISA Suit
• Arnold & Porter Picks Up Antitrust Partner In London
• Models, Management Cos. Spar In NY Over Wage Suit
• Kraft Unit's NY Peanut Butter Arbitration Paused In Australia
• NY Wheel Dismissal Ruling Put Off For Renewed Mediation
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Tribe Opposes Railroad's Appeal Bid In Right-Of-Way Suit
• ATM Co. Wants Back Funds Transferred In 'Clerical Error': Suit
• 3rd Circ. Revives Suit Over $2.5M Bond Investment
• Rule 23 Changes: Avoid Delays In Class Settlement Approval
• Forum Selection Clauses Can Doom PTAB Review
• Lehman Judge Fumes At RMBS Trusts' Distribution Moves
• MoMA Trustee Says Koons, Gagosian Delayed Art Deliveries
• Bio-Pharm Must Face Generic-Drug Supply Contract Suit
• AMC Can Update Bid To Kill Ex-'Walking Dead' Exec's Suit
• Invenergy To Pay $1 In Damages For Investor Sale Dispute
• Calif. Tech Co. Wants $1M Award Against Pakistani Firm OK'd
• NJ Hedge Fund Owner Can't Escape Convictions In $4M Fraud
• ENGlobal, NASCO Denied Quick Wins In Plant Contract Row
• CBS Directors Must Face Bulk Of Redstone Pay Suit
• Suit Over Treadmill Injuries Is Revived Against NJ Gym
• Margaritaville Developer Dodges Some Investor Claims
• Conservative Pundit Wins $4M From Network That Fired Him
• Common Pitfalls In Cross-Border M&A
• Ex-Playboy Model Settles Dispute Over Trump Story Rights
• Mediation Progress Pushes Zohar Dismissal Trial One Week
• CEO Leveraging Under Armour For Personal Gain, Suit Says
• Investment Fund Looks To Get $27M Golf Club Co. Award OK'd
• Jurisdiction Gives NY Judge Pause In Trust Atty Fee Suit
• Bimbo Foods Distributor Seeks Revival Of Contract Suit
• 'Hotel Mumbai' Producer Sues Weinstein Co. To Nix Contract
• No Quick End To Relativity Co-Founder Fraud Claims: Judge
• Privilege Can't Halt Depos In Timeshare Co.'s Contract Suit
• Ex-Pharma Staffing Exec Gets Noncompete Suit Tossed
• Girardi Can't Use Atty-Client Relationship To Nix Class Claims
• Best Practices For Building A Better Meeting
• US Film Cos. Won $4.4M Distribution Row Fairly, Judge Says
• Construction Co. Ordered To Pay $10M In Gold Mining Row
• Surveyor Co. Settles Its Unpaid NY Construction Work Claims
• Where's The Harm? NJ Justices Offer Consumer Law Insights
• DC Circ. Puts Union Blocking Charges On Chopping Block
• Fee Suit Against HomeAway Should Be Trimmed, Judge Says
• Ex-Liddle Partner Hammers Firm In $32M Equal Pay Suit
• Ad Co. Sues Golf Drink Maker Over President's Cup Ads
• A&P Creditors Seek Upwards Of $26M From Pepsi, Frito-Lay
• Malaysian Co. Faces Hitachi's $4M Claim Over Emirati Project
• Bitcoin 'Founder' Slams $10.2B Suit As A 'Shakedown'
• Home Builder Must Pay Bible College $4M In Donation Row
• Ex-ADP Employee Hit With Sanctions For Soliciting Clients
• Wells Fargo Defeats Class Cert. Bid In Royal Park RMBS Suit
• 5 Ways Law Firms Are Becoming More Like Hotels
• PetSmart Seeks $1.9M In Attys' Fees Over $21M HVAC Co. Suit
• India Energy Row Award Missed A Crucial Point, Judge Says
• Claims Against AXA Trumped By SLUSA, NJ Panel Says
• Why BigLaw's Partnerships Are Shrinking
• Dropping Ranks: Lathrop's Rough Patch
• Dropping Ranks: Andrews Kurth's Pre-Merger Dip
• Dropping Ranks: Stroock's 'Shrink To Grow' Strategy
• Investors Say ETE's Convertible Unit Plan Was Unauthorized
• Relativity CEO Says Investor Can't Beat Claims Injunction
• 'Aggrieved Consumer' Must Have Suffered Harm: NJ Justices
• Coffee Exec Scores Win In Suit Over Race Car Driver's Image
• 'Fifth' Pleas Admissible In $270M Fraud Trial, Court Rules
• Latimer LeVay Atty Should Be DQ'd Over Conflict, Judge Says
• DLA Piper Adds 2 Securities Litigators To Dallas Office
• Patent Atty Asks 6th Circ. To Revive Ford Employment Fight
• Morgan Lewis Denies Liability In $30M Malpractice Suit
• AAI Fights Boeing's Bid To Stall Sanctions In $100M Suit
• Gorsuch's 1st Year Shows He Is A Conservative Activist
• Investment-Row Fee Spat Should Go To Tribunal, Bank Says
• High Court Is Asked To Review Arbitration Standards
• Tennis Club Serves Up Suit After Would-Be Buyer Quits Deal
• Miami Says Marlins Waived Right To Arbitrate Sale Dispute
• Megafirms Find New Heights In Grounded Market
• How 5 Firms Grew Without Merging
• The Law360 400
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Samsung Wins US Block Of Huawei's China Patent Injunction
• 'Fifth' Pleas To Be Heard In $270M Citadel Fraud Trial
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• No One-Size-Fits-All Ruling In Texas Retained Acreage Cases
• Utah Urges Justices To Take Up Tribal Court Exhaustion Case
• MLB Player Says Fund Made 'Unconscionable' Loan Deal
• Machine Tools Co. Says Distribution Deal Was Wrongly Axed
• Tax Increment Financing Faces New Scrutiny In Missouri
• Zohar Ch. 11 Dismissal Hearing Procedures Set By Court
• Underwriters Push Arbitration In $500M Oil Rig Payout Row
• Horizon Didn't Justify Sealing Tiered Plan Docs, Judge Says
• CSS, Rosenthal Will Lead Gas Partnership Conversion Suit
• A Chat With Baker Botts CMO Gillian Ward
• Gym's Membership Rules Violate Ill. Law, Customers Claim
• Hunt Petroleum Heir's Attys Lose $7.3M Fees In Estate Row
• British Airways, Flyers Seek OK On $42M Deal To End Suit
• 1st Circ. Tosses Duped Renter's Suit Over Phony Resort
• Atty Denied Class Cert. In PACER Document Fee Fight
• Audi Can't Toss Last Claim In Fight Over $17M Dealer Sale
• Investors Say Pa. Vertical Farm Owner Bilked Them For $1M
• There Is Middle Ground For US Lawyers On AML Regimes
• GDPR And HR: 8 Steps To Compliance For US Companies
• Olympian Urges 9th Circ. To Rescue $10M NBC Royalties Suit
• NuVasive Urges 9th Circ. To Toss $27M Poaching Verdict
• Drinks Co. Appeals Fees Award, Saying Arbitrator Would Profit
• Gov't Subcontractor's Breach Row Was Tardy, 4th Circ. Says
• NFL's Rams Must Hand Over Pricing Data In Ticketholder Suit
• Avee Objects To Abbott Dismissal Move In $36M Escrow Suit
• Attys Vie To Lead Challenge To Gas Partnership Conversion
• Expedia Says Ryanair Site-Scraping Suit Belongs In Ireland
• Former Snap Employee Must Arbitrate Dispute Over His Firing
• What To Watch As The Surface Transportation Board Staffs Up
• 7th Circ. Tosses Banks' Suit Over Schnuck Data Breach
• Leveling The Purchase Price Adjustment Playing Field
• Finance-Savvy Millennials Are Shifting Business Of Law
• Audi Looks To Avoid Trial In Suit Over Dealership Sale
• Rackemann Adds Local Condo Law Attorney In Boston
• Operator Gets Korean Satellite Dispute Award OK'd
• Payment Processor Slams Bad-Faith Fees Bid In Patent Row
• Suppliers Fight Roofing Co.'s Attys' Fee Bid At 11th Circ.
• UK Football Club Accuses Utah Kids' Group Of Stealing TM
• HK High Court Lets Media Biz Fight $130M Award
• Travel Company Told To Restore Canadian Airline's Website
• Hercules Must Cover $5.5M In Fees In Oil Rig Fire Suit
• Macquarie, KKR $100M Auction-Rigging Claims Advance
• Attorney-Client Privilege Is Alive And Well
• Dissolving Practice
• Emerson Targets Rival's Inexperience In Trade Secrets Trial
• Fox Takes Netflix Exec Poaching Row To Calif. Appeals Court
• Calif. Court Rejects Bid To Arbitrate Suit Over Patient's Death
• NY Judge Iffy On Credit Suisse's Bid To Kill $1B RMBS Suit
• Panel Questions Gas Co.'s Stake In West Texas Oil Leases
• 2nd Circ. Says AXA's Annuity Deception Didn't Trigger SLUSA
• Fitbit User Seeks To Keep Alive Heart Rate Monitor Row
• Mass. Nurses Union Seeks Toss Of Hospital's Suit Over Strike
• Royal Caribbean Gets Harvey Class Claims Nixed
• Jackson Lewis Snags 2 Ogletree Deakins Employment Vets
• Capital One Hit With Proposed Class Action Over ATM Fees
• Rams Can't Pause Ticket Holders' Suit During Appeal
• ENGlobal Says NASCO Contract Terms Require Payment
• Dissolving Practice: How To Fix A Dysfunctional Law Firm
• Ex-Commish Wants Records From Ice Cube's Hoops League
• Feds Raid Trump Atty Cohen's Office, Seize Emails
• Ticketmaster's IP, Hacking Claims Don't Play, Scalpers Say
• Patriot National Creditor's Bid To Continue $110M Suit Denied
• 49ers Fans Urge Cert. In Suit Over Disabled Stadium Access
• Dallas Restaurateur Says Atty Betrayed Him In Tex-Mex Row
• Ballard Spahr Wants IP Rental Malpractice Claims Arbitrated
• Mass. Justices Say Passive Debt Buyer Doesn't Need License
• Nigerian Oil Co. Says Shell Won't Repay Lifted Oil
• Disney Tries Again To Shut Down Redbox Code Sales
• Uber Drivers Push For Punitives In 'Safe Ride Fee' Row
• Dissolving Practice: Partner Agreement Clauses That Can Help
• Facebook Settles $365M Trade Secrets Case Mid-Trial
• Facebook, Emerson Argue Trade Secrets Public In $365M Trial
• Ice Cube Slaps Qatari Investors With $1.2B Defamation Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• MLB Digital Tech Co. Poached Worker, Infringed IP, Suit Says
• DLA Piper, BakerHostetler Dodge Fraud Claims In Billing Row
• 11th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Suit Over Seminole Subpoenas
• Auto Parts Co. Says Summit Exclusivity Deal Has Expired
• Finnish Co. Gets $553M Areva, Siemens Reactor Settlement
• FirstEnergy Supplier Fight Deemed Purview Of FERC, Ch. 11
• Columbia U. Seeks To Slip $16M Tower Construction Suit
• St. Louis Sewer District Ducks Most Of Construction Co. Suit
• Dissolving Practice: The Unfinished Business Doctrine
• Cozen Must Face Suit Over Ex-Partner's Philly Project Role
• Standardized Term Sheets May Not Protect Your Interests
• Facebook Stole Data Center Ideas, BladeRoom CEO Testifies
• Maine Lab Will Arbitrate Mice Row With University
• Cobalt Ch. 11 Wind-Down Plan Approved After Settlement
• JPMorgan Fights To Nix $6B Punitive Award In Probate Case
• Blue Bell Seeks To Toss Investor Suit Over Listeria Outbreak
• Magistrate Slams Oracle's 'Overheated Rhetoric' In HP Row
• BP Negligence Suit Governed By State, Not Maritime, Law
• Mercedes-Benz Dodges Attys' Fees In Engine Defect Suit
• Good Technology's $35M Settlement With JP Morgan OK'd
• Aussie DNA Test Co. Keeps Win In Patent Row With Texas Dr.
• Trump Says He Didn't Know Atty Paid Stormy Daniels $130K
• Charter Alleges Calif. City Is Meddling In Carriage Fee Talks
• $84M Awardee Says Offshore Assets Are Within Court's Reach
• Anadarko Wants To Keep Drilling Dispute Win At 10th Circ.
• Fiat Chrysler Looks To Bury RICO Claims In Dealership Suit
• Revamping Contracts For GDPR: 3 Ways To Prepare
• Skanska Says New Miami Science Museum Owes Millions
• Facebook's 'Arrogance' Behind Trade Secret Theft, Jury Told
• 8th Circ. Affirms Iowa City's Win In Cable Provider Row
• Korean Satellite Co. Seeks To Halt Interest On $1M Award
• Tupac Estate Can't Take Over Albums, Record Label Says
• Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley Settle RMBS Suit
• Amazon Unit Seeks OK Of Award Against UK Book Cos.
• Zohar Funds To Mediate Ch. 11 Issues Ahead Of Hearing
• Bankrupt Payday Lender Can't Move Pa. AG's Suit To Texas
• Ex-Chrysler Dealer's Franchise Fight Hits Snag At 6th Circ.
• Ex-Tribal Construction Exec Gets 3 Years For $5.3M Kickbacks
• Dallas Tex-Mex Chain Sues Founder Over Rival Eateries, IP
• TBS Founder's Estate Sues Execs For $90M Over Lost Shares
• Tribe Says Cannabis Co.'s $10M Suit Based On Void Contract
• What To Expect When Litigating Smart Contract Disputes
• Judge Rejects $6.2M Land Rover Deal As Unfair To Drivers
• Mining Co.'s $7M Award Should Be Confirmed, Judge Finds
• Raytheon, Peraton Settle Trade Secrets Dispute
• Facebook's 11th-Hour Discovery Merits Sanctions, Judge Told
• 'Acrimony' Warrants Ch. 11 Trustee For Zohar, UST Says
• SAC Capital, Founder Beat $8B Stock Scheme Suit In NJ
• Truck Stop Chain Nets $10M In Atty Fees After Contract Row
• Trust Attorneys' Fee Fight Decision Deferred To NY Court
• 'Stranger Things' Creators Stole Netflix Show Idea, Suit Says
• Mo. High Court Denies NFL Bid To Duck Suit Over Rams Move
• Insurer's Late Offer To Defend Can't Nix Builder's Suit
• Apt. Complex's Policy Covers Water Damage But Not Pipe
• Another Cops To Bribery Over NJ Medical Device Contract
• Nordea Bank Looks To Toss Fraudulent Transfers Suit
• Drinker Biddle Faces Defamation Claim Over Scotched Clinic
• Rival Hits MiMedx With $6.8M Breach, Trade Secrets Suit
• Casino Owner Freezes Vendors' Shares In $120M Arbitral Row
• Class Claims Pared In Suit Over Faulty Wood Shingles
• A Cautionary Tale For Sublicensees
• Contractor Can't Get New Fraud Trial After $3.65M Verdict
• Trump Seeks To Arbitrate Stormy Daniels' Hush Contract Row
• Judge Scolds Attys For Facebook, BladeRoom As Trial Looms
• NJ Car Dealer Escapes Class Action Over Fraud Claims
• NJ Casino May Settle Defect Dispute With Playing Card Maker
• Pension Fund Asset Managers Sue To Block Hostile Takeover
• Ex-Solar Co. Exec Wins On Claim Stock Was Withheld
• Merck Says Holding Co. Must Arbitrate Pay-For-Delay Claims
• Tax Software Co. Evades Class Action Over Glitches
• No Fees For Roche Or Nova After Failed IP, Breach Row
• Defense Firm's Arbitral Award Over Floating Armory Upheld
• Navigating The Protections Of Various Lien Waivers
• ArcelorMittal Gets OK Of $1.4B Award Over Steel Supply Pact
• Kimberly-Clark, Halyard Get $450M Punitives Slashed
• Yahoo Beats Claims $17M Human Rights Fund Was Drained
• Pa. Atty Wants 2nd Shot At Duane Morris Malpractice Appeal
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Talent Agency's Antitrust Suit