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Commercial Contracts

  • June 27, 2025

    Wells Fargo Beats Some Claims In Cash Sweep Litigation

    A federal judge on Friday nixed some claims in a proposed class action accusing Wells Fargo of harming customers through its cash sweep deposit program by giving them only minimal interest on their holdings, including a claim that the bank breached its fiduciary duties to its indirect clients.

  • June 27, 2025

    Puerto Rico Soccer League Slims Down FIFA Antitrust Lawsuit

    A now-defunct Puerto Rican soccer league on Thursday filed a fourth amended complaint in its suit against FIFA, eliminating previously dismissed claims under the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, as well as claims that had been put forward by an attorney disqualified from the antitrust case.

  • June 27, 2025

    Insurer Seeks End Of Golf Co.'s $3.1M Hurricane Claim

    A property insurer for a golf course owner told a North Carolina federal court it should toss the owner's claims that the insurer failed to pay an additional $3.1 million in coverage for Hurricane Helene-related damage in bad faith, saying it failed to back up such claims with specific factual allegations.

  • June 27, 2025

    Jury Adds $30M More To Fleet Tech Co.'s Trade Theft Trial Win

    An Illinois federal jury on Friday more than doubled the $28.9 million in damages it awarded a day earlier to a fleet management technology firm after finding a garbage truck manufacturer poached its former executive and capitalized on stolen trade secrets, slapping a $30 million punitive award atop the initial verdict.

  • June 27, 2025

    Off The Bench: Tatis Says Loan 'Predatory,' Tennis Player Suit

    In this week's Off The Bench, a Major League Baseball star wants out of a "predatory" loan from a future earnings investment company, a group of migrant workers keep alive their suit accusing companies that helped develop World Cup facilities in Qatar of exploitation and abuse, and the tennis Grand Slam tournaments may be in the crosshairs of players suing the sport's hierarchy.

  • June 27, 2025

    Vertical Farm Co. Owner Cops To Tax Evasion, Fraud Scheme

    The owner of a business that helped people set up vertical farms admitted to skipping his income taxes and taking money from customers, including an autism charity, without holding up his end of the deal, according to filings in a Pennsylvania federal court.

  • June 27, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Sidley Austin

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Spectris backs a takeover offer from Advent, C&S Wholesale Grocers acquires SpartanNash, NBA team owners approve the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx to a consortium led by former limited partners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, and Illumina Inc. acquires SomaLogic from Standard BioTools.

  • June 27, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen the British Basketball Federation sued by members of the men's professional basketball league for alleged competition breaches, songwriter Coco Star file an intellectual property claim against Universal Music Publishing, and the Solicitors Regulation Authority file a claim against the Post Office amid ongoing investigations into law firms linked to the Horizon IT Scandal. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • June 27, 2025

    NC Biz Court Bulletin: Last-Minute Settlements Head Off Trials

    Untouched by the summer slump, the North Carolina Business Court kicked off June with a sanctions order against a biogas company caught spurning court orders and a new complaint by a former NFL player accusing his longtime financial adviser of defrauding him for decades.

  • June 26, 2025

    Student Loan Servicer Must Face Class Action Fraud Claims

    A Chicago federal judge has kept alive a proposed class action accusing student loan giant Great Lakes Educational Loan Services Inc. of misleading borrowers about how it would automatically apply payments above their monthly minimums owed, though he trimmed an unjust enrichment claim from the suit.

  • June 26, 2025

    Phillip Morris Moves To Arbitrate Rivals' Tobacco Deal Suit

    Philip Morris USA is urging a Washington state judge to force arbitration in a dispute with R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies over deals delineating billions of dollars in annual payments owed to states under Big Tobacco's 1998 master settlement agreement.

  • June 26, 2025

    Fleet Tech Co. Wins Nearly $29M In Trade Secret Theft Trial

    An Illinois jury awarded fleet management technology firm Sonrai Systems LLC more than $28.9 million Thursday, finding a garbage truck manufacturer the company had worked with had poached an executive and used confidential information he stole to develop a competing product.

  • June 26, 2025

    Buyer Sanctioned For Scrapping $16M Deal With Cattle Co.

    A Texas federal judge sanctioned a would-be buyer of assets for a defunct cattle trading company at the center of an alleged $161 million Ponzi scheme, saying during a Thursday hearing that the buyer should not have stalled before confessing it didn't have the funds.

  • June 26, 2025

    Peru Seeks Info For Criminal Cases Tied To Toll Road Row

    Peru asked a New York federal judge to allow discovery on a Brookfield unit and major North American banks to aid criminal proceedings involving an allegedly corrupt toll road contract at the heart of $200 million worth of arbitral awards the South American country's capital city has been unable to shake.

  • June 26, 2025

    Italian Winery Claims $53M Loss From Importer's Interference

    The Italian maker of Kris wine is suing its former importer in California federal court on claims that it asserted exclusive rights to the brand and sabotaged new deals after their agreement was terminated, saying the U.S. company breached an arbitration award and caused more than $53 million in damages.

  • June 26, 2025

    Ga. Appeals Court Reverses Sanctions In Sinkhole Fight

    The Georgia Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court's decision to strike the complaint of a property owner over discovery violations in a fight over a sinkhole, ruling that Peachtree Renaissance Property LLC was not given a fair hearing before the sanctions were handed down.

  • June 26, 2025

    Grocer Drops Insurer From NC Opioid Coverage Suit

    A grocery chain and a Chubb unit told a North Carolina state court they've agreed to drop their insurance coverage claims against each other with prejudice over a raft of underlying opioid lawsuits.

  • June 26, 2025

    UHC Accused Of Withholding $2M In Claims From NC Provider

    UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. siphoned millions of dollars from a North Carolina emergency medicine provider in an "extortionate scheme" by refusing to pay its customers' emergency medical claims, the provider has alleged in North Carolina federal court.

  • June 26, 2025

    Del. Justices Mull New Appeal In $1.5B Pipeline Co. Cashout

    An attorney for cashed-out minority unitholders of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP urged Delaware's Supreme Court to consider whether a controlling investor's interests "subverted" a crucial attorney fairness opinion used to justify a 2018, $1.5 billion deal that took the company private.

  • June 26, 2025

    2nd Circ. Won't Void Aerospace Co.'s $5M Hedge Fund Loan

    The Second Circuit has said a New York federal judge was correct in rejecting aerospace company Xeriant's bid to void a $5 million loan deal with Auctus Fund LLC, ruling that while the hedge fund was not registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a dealer, the contract didn't obligate it to do so.

  • June 26, 2025

    Fla. Suit Claims Popeyes Unfairly Targeted Franchisee

    A longtime Popeyes franchisee has brought a petition in Florida federal court to halt what he claims are unfair tactics to sell his two stores in Virginia, claiming the restaurant corporation has engaged in a campaign to push him out in favor of a larger, corporate-backed operator.

  • June 26, 2025

    Conn. Atty Can't Intervene In Ex-Partner's Digital Data Bid

    Connecticut Trial Firm LLC co-founder Ryan McKeen cannot intervene in a discovery bid launched by his former 50-50 law partner Andrew Garza because the proceeding is not a "civil action" under the relevant statute, a state court judge has ruled.

  • June 26, 2025

    Calif. Judge Rejects CoStar, CREXi's Early Win Bids In IP Row

    A California federal judge has rejected cross partial summary judgment bids made by property listing rivals CoStar Group Inc. and Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. in CoStar's copyright infringement suit against CREXi, which is accused of stealing nearly 50,000 CoStar commercial real estate images.

  • June 26, 2025

    9th Circ. Rejects Amazon's Bid To Claw Back Antitrust Docs

    A Ninth Circuit panel has summarily refused to reverse a Washington federal court ruling that rejected Amazon's bid to claw back documents inadvertently produced in a trio of proposed antitrust class actions.

  • June 26, 2025

    '50 Cent' Liquor Biz Can Target Ex-Boss's Home In Ch. 7

    A Connecticut bankruptcy judge ruled that famous rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's liquor company Sire Spirits LLC can enforce its lien on its former brand manager Mitchell Green's home in Westport to get some recovery for a $7 million fraud judgment against him, even as Green goes through Chapter 7 proceedings.

Expert Analysis

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    Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

  • Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    The first quarter of 2025 was filled with the refinement of old theories in the property and casualty space, including in vehicle valuation, time to seek appraisal and materials depreciation, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.

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    Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing

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    Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.

  • 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

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    As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.

  • Reviving A Dormant Criminal Statute In Antitrust Prosecution

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    The U.S. Department of Justice is poised to revive a dormant misdemeanor statute to resolve bid-rigging charges against a foreign national, providing important context to a recent effort to entice foreign defendants to take responsibility for pending charges or face the risk of extradition, say attorneys at Axinn.

  • An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

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    Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.

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    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Digesting A 2nd Circ. Ruling On Food Delivery App Arbitration

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    The Second Circuit recently rejected Grubhub's attempt to arbitrate price-fixing claims, while allowing Uber Eats to do so, reinforcing that even broad arbitration clauses must connect to the underlying dispute and suggesting that terms of service litigation may center on websites' design and content, say attorneys at Greenspoon Marder.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Precision In Jurisdiction Clauses

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    The High Court recently held that a contract requiring disputes to be heard by U.K. courts superseded arbitration agreements between long-time business affiliates, reinforcing the importance of drafting precise jurisdiction clauses that international commercial parties in multiagreement relationships will use to resolve prior disputes, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • Strategizing For Renewable Energy Project Success In Texas

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    The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has long been a key market for renewable energy projects, but rising financial and regulatory uncertainty means that developers and investors must prepare for inflation and policy risks, secure robust insurance coverage, and leverage tax equity transferability to ensure success, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

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    The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.

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