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Commercial Contracts

  • August 19, 2025

    $8M Lake Michigan Dock Damages Suit Sent To Florida

    A Michigan federal judge has said a Lake Michigan marine transportation company accusing Lockheed Martin Corp. and the U.S. Navy of causing more than $8 million of damage to its facility while testing a naval vessel must pursue the litigation in the Middle District of Florida.

  • August 19, 2025

    Insurers Pull Back From Discord Liability Coverage Fight

    Four insurers jointly have agreed to dismiss a complaint, counterclaims and crossclaims focused on insurer risks and liability related to social media site Discord Inc., now the target of multiple suits accusing the site of facilitating child exposure to graphic content, abuse and exploitation.

  • August 19, 2025

    11th Circ. Bars Salvage Claim Over Historic French Shipwreck

    The Eleventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that an underwater salvage outfit cannot recover payment for locating la Trinité, a French ship sunk off the coast of Florida in 1565, because the Sunken Military Craft Act blocks salvage rights without France's consent.

  • August 19, 2025

    Family Alleging Firm's Girardi Conflict Denied Partial Win

    A Los Angeles judge Tuesday denied a family's motion seeking judgment on declaratory relief claims in a $1.8 million malpractice lawsuit against a firm that represented it in recovering millions lost in Girardi Keese's embezzlement scandal, saying disputed facts remain in the "unusual" case.

  • August 19, 2025

    Prospect Medical Says Yale Deal Is Top Offer For Hospitals

    Hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. has asked to assume a $435 million pre-bankruptcy agreement to sell its three Connecticut hospitals to Yale New Haven Health Services Corp., arguing it contains the "highest possible recovery" for its creditors.

  • August 19, 2025

    Suno Says Indie Artists' AI Copyright Claim A Stretch

    Artifical intelligence music generator Suno on Monday asked a Massachusetts federal judge to trim a proposed class action on behalf of independent musicians, saying the plaintiffs fail to offer any support for their novel claim that the songs generated by the tool are copyright-infringing copies.

  • August 19, 2025

    NASCAR Fights Jordan Team's 3rd Bid For Injunction

    Facing a third preliminary injunction bid from Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing team, private stock car company NASCAR told a North Carolina federal court that the team still fails to show irreparable harm and is unlikely to prevail at trial.

  • August 19, 2025

    Wisconsin Mall, Tenant Drop All Claims In Rent Dispute

    A mall and its tenant told a Georgia federal judge that they have jointly dismissed their claims over an unpaid rent dispute, ending their motions including the mall's bid to have Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP disqualified from representing the tenant due to an alleged conflict of interest.

  • August 19, 2025

    NASA Gets Sensor Co.'s Patent Deal Breach Claims Tossed

    A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge axed an Ohio company's claims that NASA breached contracts to license and commercialize the agency's patented sensor technology, ruling that NASA fulfilled its side of the bargain before ending the agreements.

  • August 18, 2025

    Tesla Drivers Nab Class Cert. In 'Full Self-Driving' Suit

    A California federal judge Monday granted class certification in a consolidated lawsuit that accused Tesla Inc. of duping drivers into falsely believing that its cars can fully pilot themselves, but made some modifications to proposed class definitions.

  • August 18, 2025

    Mexican Co. Slams 'Grotesque' $46M Award In LNG Plant Fight

    A Mexican construction company asked a New York federal court Monday to vacate a $46 million arbitral award favoring industrial conglomerate Honeywell's subsidiary in a dispute over a contract to fabricate equipment for a liquefied natural gas plant, calling the award invalid, unjust and "grotesque."

  • August 18, 2025

    Crypto Game Co. Accuses Jump Trading Of Pump-And-Dump

    A crypto video game developer has accused high-frequency trading firm Jump Trading of engaging in a pump-and-dump of its token after striking a deal to provide market making services.

  • August 18, 2025

    Subcontractor Accused Of $10M In Damages In Condo Dispute

    The general contractor in charge of building a 461-unit condominium complex in downtown Denver told a state court Friday that a concrete subcontractor caused more than $10 million in damages due to an alleged breach of contract on the project.

  • August 18, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Executives and board members of Cencora Corp. tentatively settled a stockholder derivative suit for $111.25 million, VectoIQ board members reached a $6.3 million deal on stockholder claims over electric carmaker Nikola's prospects, and class attorneys who secured a $50 million derivative suit settlement saw their proposed 25% attorney fee cut by almost half. Here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.

  • August 18, 2025

    Life Sciences Data Rivals Settle Trade Secrets Battle

    Life sciences data company IQVIA Inc. has settled a suit that alleged data rival Veeva Systems Inc. used "crowdsourcing" to misappropriate trade secrets, the two companies said Monday.

  • August 18, 2025

    Del. Justices Reject CVS Bid For Opioid Claim Insurance

    CVS Corp. lost its bid on Monday for Delaware Supreme Court reversal of a lower court ruling rejecting the healthcare giant's argument that insurers should cover government, hospital and third-party payer claims for economic losses related to the company's opioid dispensing practices.

  • August 18, 2025

    Judge Rejects Energy Co.'s Bid To Toss $200M Hemp Suit

    AES Clean Energy Development LLC's argument that it was not the party responsible for breaking irrigation lines leading to an alleged $200 million in damages to two hemp growers is a problem to still resolve in a lawsuit against the company, a Colorado federal judge found in denying a motion to dismiss on Monday.

  • August 18, 2025

    Infosys Can't Ax Trade Secrets Suit Over Healthcare Software

    Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc.'s trade secret and breach of contract claims against competitor Infosys Ltd. were filed in a timely fashion and are detailed enough to move forward, a Texas federal judge has found.

  • August 18, 2025

    Ex-Conrail CEO Loses Bid To Overturn $11M Arbitration Award

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has upheld an $11 million arbitration award against former Conrail CEO David LeVan over a failed Gettysburg casino project that later spurred a legal malpractice case against Saul Ewing LLP in which LeVan claimed he was poorly advised during the deal's fallout.

  • August 18, 2025

    Whiteford Taylor Must Face Wire Fraud Malpractice Suit

    A Maryland federal judge has declined to toss the majority of a malpractice and gross negligence suit brought by the founder of a construction company who accused his former business partners and their shared counsel of being partially to blame for hackers stealing his $4 million share of proceeds from the sale of their business.

  • August 18, 2025

    Burr & Forman Must Face Claims From Healthcare Scheme

    A Georgia federal judge has denied Burr & Forman LLP's bid to escape a lawsuit accusing the firm of being party to a massive healthcare fraud scheme, ruling that it must largely face malpractice and breach of fiduciary claims from a pair of bankruptcy trustees.

  • August 18, 2025

    Fox Corp. Sues Mexican Broadcaster Over Use Of 'Fox Sports'

    Fox Sports has filed a lawsuit in New York federal court accusing a Mexican media company of misusing its sports-related intellectual property rights and trying to interfere with its other business relationships in Mexico after Fox nixed their trademark agreement.

  • August 15, 2025

    Carpatsky Fights Bid By Ukrnafta To Duck Disclosure Order

    Carpatsky Petroleum Corp. is urging a Texas federal court not to let Ukraine's largest oil company duck its disclosure obligations as the U.S.-based company looks to enforce a confirmed $150 million arbitral award, arguing that the obligations are legitimate and not unduly burdensome. 

  • August 15, 2025

    Argentina Can Stay YPF Stake Turnover, 2nd Circ. Says

    The Second Circuit on Friday paused a New York federal judge's order requiring Argentina to give up its 51% equity stake in the nationalized oil company YPF SA to partially pay off a $16.1 billion judgment in investor litigation, while the country appeals.

  • August 15, 2025

    DC Circ. Says $92M Sprint, T-Mobile Privacy Fine Is Here To Stay

    The D.C. Circuit said no way Friday to knocking out $92 million in fines that T-Mobile and Sprint were slapped with for selling users' sensitive location data even after they knew the data was being used inappropriately, saying the fines accounted for the "egregiousness of their conduct."

Expert Analysis

  • Proactively Managing Tariff Impacts On Megaprojects

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    President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs may compound the complexity, duration and risks associated with financing and building large-scale infrastructure projects — so owners and contractors should plan to take possible tariff-related cost and schedule overruns into account when drafting contracts, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • US-China Deal Considerations Amid Cross-Border Uncertainty

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    With China seemingly set to respond to the incoming U.S. administration's call for strategic decoupling and tariffs, companies on both sides of the Pacific should explore deals and internal changes to mitigate risks and overcome hurdles to their strategic plans, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Considering The Status Of The US Doctrine Of Patent Misuse

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    A recent Ninth Circuit decision and a U.K. Court of Appeal decision demonstrate the impact that the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment has had on the principle that post-patent-expiration royalty payments amount to patent misuse, not only in the U.S. but in English courts as well, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Series

    Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Reviewing 2024's Evolving EdTech Privacy Regulations

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    Lawmakers are trying to keep up with the privacy and security risks of the increasingly prevalent education technology, with last year's developments including the Federal Trade Commission's proposed amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and the U.S. Senate passing two new children's privacy acts, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Opinion

    No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.

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    A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

  • Top 10 Noncompete Developments Of 2024

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    Following an eventful year in noncompete law at both state and federal levels, employers can no longer rely on a court's willingness to blue-pencil overbroad agreements and are proceeding at their own peril if they do not thoughtfully review and carefully enforce such agreements, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond

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    In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Best Practices To Find Del. Earnout Provisions That Hold Up

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    Recent Delaware earnout litigation illustrates the need for careful drafting and proactive planning to avoid later divergent interpretations of the signed contract, and a series of drafting tips can help, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • UBS Ruling Shows SDNY's Pro-Award Confirmation Stance

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    A New York federal court's recent ruling upholding an arbitration award in Lakah v. UBS, a long-running dispute over a bond debt default, serves as a reminder that New York courts carry a strong presumption toward binding parties to arbitration agreements and enforcing arbitral awards, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • Celebs' Suits Show Limits Of Calif. Anti-SLAPP Laws

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    Two recent cases including Amanda Ghost v. Rebel Wilson and Leviss v. Sandoval highlight the delicate balancing act courts must perform in weighing free speech against privacy and reputational harm under California's robust anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation laws, say attorneys at Nixon Peabody.

  • Where Payments Law And Regulation Are Headed In 2025

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    The Trump administration will likely bring significant changes to payments regulations in 2025, but maintaining internal compliance efforts in the absence of robust federal oversight will remain key as state authorities and private plaintiffs step into the breach, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • 2 Cases May Signal Where FTC Is Headed On Labor Issues

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    Two recent Federal Trade Commission challenges to no-hire clauses in agreements between building service firms and their customers include comments by future FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson that may offer insight into the direction the FTC is headed on labor issues, says Michael Wise at Squire Patton.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

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