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Commercial Contracts - August, 2019

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• T-Mobile Urges Subpoena's End In Access Fee Suit
• Texas High Court To Hear $100M Church Case, Utility Fight
• Texas High Court Will Ref $230M Energy Asset Deal Fight
• Contractor Says Insurer Must Cover Miami Stadium Claims
• The Antitrust Showdown Rocking Hollywood
• Atty Can't Use SLAPP Law To Kill Breach Claims: Calif. Panel
• Limiting Contract Breach Liability For Construction Cos.
• Financial Advisers Seek To Nix Insurer's Coverage Suit
• New Best Practices Under E-Discovery Spoliation Rule
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Florida Atty Disbarred For Misuse Of Elderly Clients' Funds
• Split Calif. High Court Pans Toyota Dealer's Arbitration Deal
• Blood Glucose Meter Row Must Be Arbitrated, Fla. Court Hears
• Singapore Co. Seeks Discovery In $6.7M Mountain Bike Fight
• Samsung Arbitration Pact Notice Raises Eyebrows At 9th Circ.
• Jets Fan Can't Revive Suit At 3rd Circ. Over Ticket Policy
• Fla. Contractor's Suit Over Flubbed Airport Design Is Revived
• 3rd Circ. Says 'Nominal' Jury Award Can't Influence Punitives
• Navigating The Mysterious NCAA Verbal Commitment
• Keep Nokia 5G Tech Suit In Calif., Judge Is Urged
• Lift Maker Wants Attys Sanctioned In $25M Contract Dispute
• Beyonce's Dad's Claims Of Shoddy Legal Work Can Continue
• Hospital Slips Retaliation Claim After Whistleblower's FCA Win
• Calif. Tribe Asks NY Court To Nix Wells Fargo Loan Suit
• How Law Firms Can Create Content Decision Makers Will Read
• Spirit Airlines' Purse Charge Policy Irks 2nd Circ. Judge
• Tribe Loses 9th Circ. Discovery Fight In Casino Battle
• Changes In Texas Laws Will Shape Workplace Policies
• 4 Cybersecurity Cases That Are Shaping Phishing Defense
• Health M&A Opportunities Demand Special Care
• Colombian Beer Co. Can Arbitrate Investment Row: Fla. Panel
• Hymnal Giant Accused Of Pushing Rivals Out Of Pews
• Investors Say Pa. Firm Was Asleep At Switch In Fraud Scheme
• Google, U. Chicago Want Out Of Patient Data Disclosure Suit
• Tech Co. Investors Can't Sue Over AT&T Contract Projections
• Cabinet Biz Partner Falsified Status, Filched Cash, Suit Says
• The Future Of Int'l Mediation After The Singapore Convention
• Ex-Zimmer Exec Fights To Keep Discharge Claim Alive
• Bankruptcy Courts' Turf War With FERC Escalates
• 11th Circ. Revives Suit Over Credit Union Overdraft Fees
• 5th Circ. Backs Contractor's Narrowed Noncompete Pact
• 2 Firms Duck DQ Bid In Insurance Fraud Case
• Drywall Co. Says Bloomberg, Turner Can't Dodge Bid-Rig Suit
• Breakaway Pa. Union Sues AFL-CIO To Recover Dues, Books
• Transportation Co. Can't Ditch $5.3M Saudi Arbitration Award
• Contract Attys Lose Sanction Against Lawyer Over Fake Note
• Fisker Bankruptcy Estate Can't Claw Back $33M From BMW
• Texas Utility's Liability Capped At $60M In Wind Farm Fight
• Leasing Co.'s $115M Suit Aims To Ax Boeing 737 Max Order
• Kirkland Atty Aims To Sink Malpractice Suit Over Loan Docs
• Hagens Berman Atty Accused Of Witness Tampering
• NXIVM Must Pay $1.3M In Fees Over 'Garbage' Probe
• Chancery Says It Can't Enforce NuVasive Noncompete In Del.
• Bryan Cave Gets $1.25M Award Against Gabon OK'd
• DOJ Tells 4th Circ. Doormaker's Divestiture Argument Sinks
• Investors Say Overwatch Maker Knew Developer Was Leaving
• FTC, AT&T Settle 2014 Data Throttling Suit
• Conoco Details Venezuela Service Efforts In $8.75B Award Suit
• Qualcomm Pushes 9th Circ. To Upend FTC's Antitrust Win
• RiverPay Seeks Sanctions Against Citcon Atty Over Threats
• As Demand For Contract Attys Grows, Firms Outsource Risk
• Anesthesiology Company Wants Hospital Attys DQ'd
• Using Clawback Provisions For Employee Incentive Pay
• Saudi Heirs Say $18B Chevron Award Fight Should Continue
• NLRB Ruling Clarifies Class Waivers For Employers
• Texas Judge Pauses Magellan's Fine Bid In Late-Payment Row
• Pot Giant's Acquisition Plans Stymied In Competition Dispute
• Fees On Crypto Purchases Didn't Breach Contract: Chase
• Hotel Owner Hits Insurer With $1.3M Harvey Damage Suit
• Vera Bradley Undercut NFL Deal, Sportswear Co. Says
• Asarco Hits Cleanup Trustee With Ch. 11 Adversary Suit
• Wells Fargo Can't Shake Sacramento Redlining Suit
• Court Wants Info On Arbitration Of $200M Burford Suit
• Driller's Inaction Voided Gas Lease Rights, Pa. Panel Rules
• Sprint Gets $4M Contract Dispute Kicked To Arbitration
• ConocoPhillips Told To Detail Venezuela Service Efforts
• Judge Won't Nix Shopping Center's $16M Insurance Claim
• Disaster Clean-Up Co. Accused Of $1.6M In Illegal Liens
• USI Suit Claiming Spilled Secrets Can't Fly In Pa., Insurer Says
• Adocia's $1.8B Claim Against Eli Lilly Dies In Arbitration
• 6 Pitfalls Of California Commercial Cannabis Leases
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Qualcomm Wins Partial Stay In FTC's Chip Licensing Case
• Software Co. Wants AIG To Cover Deal In $6M Spoofing Scam
• At Trial, BART Blames Developer For Botched Retail Plans
• Racetracks Owner Sued For $46M Over Lease For Generators
• Hertz Must Face Trimmed Unfair Rental Fees Suit
• HomeAway Fights Class Cert. Bid In Traveler Fee Suit
• Police Suit Over Ford SUV Fumes Fails, Judge's Report Says
• Legal Staffing Co. Seeks $100M From Former Subcontractor
• Contractor Seeks $1.3M For Work On Medical Office Project
• Putnam Seeks Coverage, Payment From ACE For SEC Probe
• Westgate Resorts Gains Ground In Timeshare Suit Win
• Turkish Bus Co., US Distributor End Contract Payment Row
• Synchrony Investors Fight Bid To Toss Suit Over Walmart Exit
• 3 Questions After The 9th Circ. Greenlights ERISA Arbitration
• SEC Win Marks Close Of $70M Husband-Wife Ponzi Saga
• Timeshare Exit Attys Can't Leave Wyndham False Ad Suit
• ADHD Drug Indirect Purchasers Lose Antitrust Class Cert. Bid
• Chamber Wants 9th Circ. To Rethink AT&T Arbitration Loss
• Toll Bros. Can't Arbitrate Suits From Secondary Homebuyers
• Trustee Still Unimpressed By McKinsey App In Coal Co. Ch. 11
• Pharmacy Retailers Fight Glenmark's Bid To Exit Zetia MDL
• Fla. Power Hopes To Zap AT&T Dismissal Bid In Pole Rent Suit
• 9th Circ. Lets Sprint, Intel Into Qualcomm Class Appeal
• Wireless Store Operators Can't Kick PAGA Suit To Arbitration
• 3rd Circ. Says Atty Isn't Liable For Husband's Malpractice
• Tilton Fails To Convince Judge To Toss Bank's Fraud Suit
• CBD Producer Says Ex-VP Lied About Having An Equity Stake
• Biotech Cos. Say Cancer-Killing Cell IP Fight Can Be Litigated
• Landlords Say Coal Co. Is Overreaching In Ch. 11 Plan
• Litigation Finance Can And Should Protect Its Reputation
• Chinese Co. Wants Tycoon Enjoined To Protect $12M Award
• Tomato Suit Is Outside Importer's Policy, Insurer Says
• Consol Energy Wants Ex-Prez Sanctioned Over Damages Math
• Qualcomm And LG Ink 5-Year Patent Licensing Deal
• Ex-De Niro Aide Stole, Binged 'Friends' On The Job, Suit Says
• Walmart Claims Faulty Tesla Solar Panels Are Starting Fires
• Ex-Davis Wright Partner Can't Shake Arbitration On Appeal
• Investor Slams Bid To Ax Claim In $28.7M Award Row
• Army Contractor Says Unpaid Rest Breaks Didn't Violate Law
• Money Laundering Row Can't Be Litigated, NY Court Hears
• Qualcomm Can't Put 'Blinders' On 9th Circ., Cell Buyers Say
• Panel Ruling Undermines Tribal Court Authority, 8th Circ. Told
• No-Show Hotel Tech Co. Liable For Over $40 Million Debt
• PTAB Ends VR Patent Challenges After Forum Clause Ruling
• Dean Foods Ex-Chair Diverts $9.7M Fraud Restitution Suit
• Feds Want Annuity Of Atty Who Copped To $11.8M Scheme
• Crane Rental Co. Owes Over $13M To Pension Fund, Suit Says
• WGA Takes Antitrust War With Talent Agencies Federal
• Husch Blackwell Boosts Phoenix Office With Lewis Roca Team
• Doormaker's Trade Secret Claims Shut Out By Antitrust Case
• Attys Who Are Defendants Can't Rep USAA, Firm Says
• Neil DeGrasse Tyson Beats Ex-Biz Partner's Copyright Suit
• Shareholders Say $29M Wine Co. Award Is Unenforceable
• Sprint Distributor's Fraud, Contract Case Sent To Arbitration
• Fresenius Seeks $46M In Del. For Broken Merger Legal Fees
• Oil Co. Hits Timor Leste With $23M Arbitration Counterclaim
• ADP Cases Show Pitfalls Of One-Size-Fits-All Noncompetes
• John Hancock Broke Contract With Energy Manager, Suit Says
• Crisis Messaging To Protect Law Firm Brand And Bottom Line
• Insurer Needn't Cover All Costs In Turbine Fight: 8th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Revives Exotic Dancers' FLSA Suit Against Club
• Celebrity Chef Says NFL Star Stiffed Him On $39K Bill
• 5th Circ. OK's Rejection Of $123M Moroccan Oil Judgment
• Billy Casper Golf Co. Suit Seeks To Recoup Management Fee
• Glenmark Wants Out Of Pharmacies' Pay-For-Delay Lawsuits
• Contractor Launches $20M Suit Over Philly Hotel Tower Plans
• The Escalating Sanctions Against Venezuela, Russia And Iran
• Injunction Needed To Protect $14M Awards, Court Told
• When A Click Doesn't Count As Arbitration Acceptance
• Feds Pulling For Comcast In High Court Racial Bias Battle
• Weirton Hospital Gets Manager's Audit Suit Moved To W.Va.
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Helicopter Co. Gets Partial Win Over Boeing In Contract Suit
• Mass. Logistics Co. Found Liable For Fishy Lobster Theft
• Billing Co. For Bankrupt Hospital Says Pay Us Or We Want Out
• Where Franchise No-Poach Agreements Stand Today
• Insurers Say Platinum Receiver's Fraud Claims Are Flawed
• American Airlines Takes Uniform Fight To Texas Justices
• What You Should Know About Courtroom Closures
• Bodum Gets 2nd Shot At Starbucks French Press Libel Suit
• Mexican Taxi Co. Owner Escapes Contempt With Mediation
• Dental Co. Wins Arbitration Row After Loss At Supreme Court
• Biz Groups Back Comcast In High Court Race-Bias Battle
• Private M&A Indemnification Clarified In Chancery Ruling
• Fla. Judge Warns Attys Of 'Duty Of Candor' In Property Suit
• 11th Circ. Chides Alabama Firm Over Last-Minute Subpoena
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear $43M Jury Verdict In Well Plugging Suit
• Petrobras Has Paid Vantage $690M Under Award, Driller Says
• Pharma Co. Mallinckrodt Gets Firing Suit Kicked To Arbitration
• 1st Circ. Revives Automated Call Suit Against Verizon
• Lenders Seek Payment For Shipowners' $266M Default
• Shifting Arbitration Pact After Being Sued Is Legal, NLRB Says
• Tenet Asks To Bar Suit From Center City Healthcare Hearing
• Nationwide Must Cover Worker's Lift Accident
• GE Units Already Arbitrating $500M LNG Case, Judge Says
• Fraud Claims Dropped Against Texas Firm In Syngenta Suit
• Ex-Cruise Worker Fights Bid To Ax Onboard Injury Suit
• Game Platform ICO Hype Caused 'Mass Confusion,' Suit Says
• Blackhawk Mining Gets OK For $240M Ch. 11 Financing
• Modeling Agency Says Former Exec Lied About Sick Husband
• NJ Court Tells Developer To Pay Up In $4M Condo Spat
• 9th Circ. Judge Questions Quarles & Brady Malpractice Claim
• Ticket Biz Gets $280K In Atty Fees For Rival's Sanctions
• Cheniere Can't Foreclose Over $46M Loan In LNG Partnership
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Seaweed Scientist's Odyssey
• BMW Says Deal Spurned In Fisker Ch. 11 Bars $33M Clawback
• FTC Win Irrelevant To 9th Circ. Class Appeal, Qualcomm Says
• Fuel Supplier's Arbitral Award Should Be OK'd, Judge Says
• Ex-NFLer's Settlement Put On Ice In Funder Repayment Row
• Insurers Off Hook For Lost Payment At Margaritaville
• Emerson's IP Loss To BladeRoom Rises To $77M With Interest
• Tucker Arensberg Can't Slip Suit Over Pa. Oil Property
• Gaming Patent Fight Kicked Out Of NJ, But Trade Secrets Stay
• Outsiders Defend Calif. Class Action Law In Qualcomm Appeal
• Riddell Can't Keep Ex-Employee From Working For Rival
• Litigation Finance Co. Gets $2.4M Win Against Injury Firm
• AT&T Seeks Full 9th Circ. Review In Roaming Fee Case
• Applebee's Franchisee Can't Bring $20M Suit Against His Dad
• Activision Wants Out Of Investors' Stock-Drop Suit
• Security Co. Denied Partial Win In $4.5M Hurricane Suit
• TCPA Opinion Highlights Strategies For Avoiding Class Claims
• 11th Circ. Upholds Split Verdict For Hilton Resort, Unit Owners
• Insurer Skirts Some Liability For Worker's Fatal Cell Tower Fall
• Zetia Buyers' Pay-For-Delay Lawsuits Will Press On
• Credit Union To Pay $1.8M Over 'Misleading' Overdraft Policy
• Delta Sues Software Provider Over Data Breach
• Globant Accused Of Defrauding Client On Software Project
• Turkish Co. Slams Kyrgyzstan Bid To Nix Sanctions Award
• Top Hospitals' $55M Joint Bid Wins Hahnemann Ch. 11 Sale
• Pension Fund Drops Fight Over $6M Withdrawal Debt
• Adviser Claims Ex-Employee Stole Client Info For New Firm
• Comcast Wants Justices To Fix 9th Circ. Standard In Bias Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Health Benefit Battles Sink Or Swim Based On CBA Strength
• Wilson Elser Sued By TransPerfect Over Unpaid Bills
• Saints Fans Tell La. Justices No Reason To Stop 'No-Call' Suit
• Marvel Writer Says Comicsgate To Blame For Dropped Deal
• Women Can't Get Redo Of Goldman Sex Bias Trial's Focus
• Atty Fee Ruling In Mall Stabbing Row May Need Time To Bake
• Chancery Halts Early Appeal Of Chase's $69M IP Royalty Bid
• BladeRoom's $21M Fee Bid For IP Win Sent To Special Master
• Bimbo Workers Can't Take Privacy Suit To State Court
• Energy Co. Can Pursue $100M Trade Secrets Theft Claim
• VW, Audi, Bosch Slam Sales Reps' Lost Commissions Suit
• NJ City Beats Anti-Trump Bias Suit In Kushner Project Fight
• Investors Want 2nd Shot At Bank Over Oilfield Co. Foreclosure
• Ex-Client Can't Arbitrate Legal Malpractice Claim, Ill. Suit Says
• Clark Hill Atty Ducks Sanctions In $10M Real Estate Dispute
• Clients Benefit From Law Firm Expense Growth
• Marketing Firm Says Comcast Link Puts Pitt Row In Pa. Court
• CBS, AT&T Ink New Multiyear Carriage Deal To End Blackout
• Texas Justices Asked To Seal Trade Secrets In $706M Dispute
• 'Textbook Conclusory' Price-Fixing Claim Tossed In Mill Row
• Cozen Can't Escape Suit Over Ex-Partner's Philly Project Role
• Fed. Circ. Befuddled In Hearing On Ericsson IP License Rates
• DOJ Urged To Leave Intact Music Licensing Orders
• ISN Merger Breached Contract, Damages TBD, Judge Says
• 10th Circ. Won't Pause Mexican Cement Co.'s $36M Award
• Chancery Orders Troubled Nursing Care Business Dissolved
• Insurers Want $220M Cobalt Coverage Fight In Fed Court
• Hawaii Judge Won't Toss Steel Contract-Breach Row
• Changing Ethics Rules Is Key To Law Firm Innovation
• Anthem Customers Say Arbitration Provision Not Legal
• $37M Award Over Assets Should Be Revived, 2nd Circ. Hears
• 9th Circ. Judge Laments 'No End' To Steinbeck IP Fight
• Temp Agency's Race Bias, Antitrust Suit Against Rival Axed
• Turbine Repair Co. Fights Bid To Stay $6.2M Award
• ConocoPhillips Wants $54.6M Award Against Venezuela OK'd
• Plastic Film Co. Found Liable For Defective Coke Packaging
• National Coordinating Counsel: Key To Virtual Mass Tort Team
• Restaurant Owner Says Atty Lied About Pa. Bar Admission
• Calif. Justices Create Arbitration Compromise Conundrum
• Old Spice Facing Copyright Fight Over Whistle Jingle
• 3rd Circ. Continues Momentive Trend For Secured Creditors
• Atty-Turned-Writer Can Fix CAA Contract Suit
• Unprecedented Agency Divergence On Antitrust Enforcement
• A Novel Theory Of Implied Copyright License In Paparazzi Pics
• Bitcoin 'Creator' Rebuts Expert's Forgery Finding In $10B Suit
• Chancery Orders Trial On Alleged 'Loan To Own' Art Scam
• 6th Circ. OKs Atty Sanctions In Pistons Arena Funding Row
• Pa. Woman Wants Court To Decide If Crash Was Job-Related
• Pfizer Defends Arbitration Pact's Confidentiality Language
• Judging A Book: Castillo Reviews 'Raising The Bar'
• Qualcomm Can't Hang Up On Class Cert., 9th Circ. Told
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive WorldLink's Wage Suit Coverage Bid
• NJ Justices To Mull Geico's Motorcycle Crash Coverage Win
• NJ Hospital Network Ducks Doctor's Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Quick Wins Denied In Golfer's 'Perpetual' Commissions Suit
• Law Firm Says Memphis Tigers Rep Sold Bogus Ad Rights
• Husch Blackwell Sued Over Airplane Deal Gone South
• Saudi Oil Co. Unit Escapes Suit Over $18B Arbitral Award
• Helicopter Co. Didn't Prove Antitrust Claims, Judge Says
• Sidley, Schulte Roth Steer Guidehouse's $1.1B Navigant Buy
• Botched Closing Arguments Force Retrial Over Prof.'s Firing
• Venezuela's Oil Co. Sees ConocoPhillips' $1.5B Claim Nixed
• Online Pharmacy Says Anthem Illegally Axed It From Network
• Competitor Poached COO, Investigator, Detective Firm Says
• Fla. High Court Is Asked If Rent Claim Is OK In Insurance Row
• Borrowers Slam Litigation Funder's Bid To Beat Class Claims
• Door Maker Merger Case May Transform Behavioral Remedies
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FaZe Clan Counterstrikes ESports Gamer With $20M Suit
• Chase Can't Ditch Cardholder Suit Over Crypto Switch
• EBay Accuses Amazon Managers Of Poaching Top Sellers
• Turkish Bros. Aim To Nix Co.'s Bid To Enforce $388M Award
• UK Fines Casio $4.5M For Online Piano Pricing Restrictions
• Contractor Sues Over Unpaid Pa. Highline Project Work
• 7th Circ. Says NJ Atty Not Allowed To Pursue Former Clients
• Stein Riso Wants Weapons Maker's Malpractice Suit Tossed
• Financial Adviser Claws Back $2M From Waste-To-Energy Co.