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Commercial Contracts

  • May 06, 2025

    Texas Jury Clears Marathon Oil In $123M Force Majeure Case

    A Texas federal jury has freed Marathon Oil Co. from a $123.7 million contract dispute stemming from a natural gas delivery impeded in 2021 by Winter Storm Uri.

  • May 06, 2025

    Cipriani Bellini Maker Says Drink Importer Copies Cocktail Dress

    Cipriani Bellini maker Altunis and its U.S. licensee Bicobi Ltd. have sued alcohol importer Monsieur Touton Selection in New York federal court for allegedly infringing its trade dress by using an Altunis cocktail's seafoam green color bottle and package for its own products after Bicobi walked away from a distribution agreement.

  • May 06, 2025

    DR Horton Sued In Del. Over Property Deal Conflict Claims

    Stockholders of residential land developer Forestar Group Inc. sued national homebuilding giant and Forestar controller D.R. Horton derivatively late Monday for hundreds of millions in potential damages tied to billions' worth of allegedly conflicted, below-market sales to Horton of Forestar-prepared lots.

  • May 06, 2025

    Mich. Judge Urges Contract Suit Settlement After $32M Verdict

    A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday granted a pot farm's bid for prejudgment interest on a $31.8 million verdict in its contract dispute against two Curaleaf units, but declined to sanction the units and said it was advisable for both sides to reach a settlement in post-judgment proceedings.

  • May 06, 2025

    Mylan Agrees To Keep Nausea Generics Off Market Until 2032

    Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. can enter the market in 2032 with a generic anti-nausea drug to compete with Heron Therapeutics Inc. products after the companies settled patent infringement litigation in Delaware federal court.

  • May 06, 2025

    Ex-CEO Can't Shake Conviction In COVID Test Kit Fraud Case

    The former chief executive of a healthcare software company who touted a $670 million COVID test kit deal that collapsed was denied acquittal Monday by a Newark federal judge who ruled the evidence was sufficient for a reasonable juror to find beyond a reasonable doubt that he had engaged in securities fraud.

  • May 06, 2025

    Ill. Judge Trims False Ad Suit Over Smartfood Popcorn

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday partially granted a bid by PepsiCo to dismiss a putative class action alleging popcorn made by subsidiary Smartfoods Inc. was deceptively marketed as containing no artificial flavors or preservatives, when it contains maltodextrin, while saying the plaintiffs had done enough at this stage to allege the ingredient is an artificial preservative.

  • May 06, 2025

    3rd Circ. Won't Review PNC's $106M No-Coverage Ruling

    The Third Circuit declined Tuesday to reconsider its decision that PNC Bank isn't owed coverage for a $106 million judgment it incurred over claims that its predecessor mismanaged funeral trust accounts.

  • May 06, 2025

    $7.5M Verdict For Oil Co. 'A Calamity Of Errors,' Court Told

    A Houston Ship Channel storage facility has asked a Texas appeals court to undo a $7.6 million award in favor of an energy company that contracted for dock space, writing that the trial court's interpretation of their contract set off "a calamity of errors."

  • May 06, 2025

    Moye White Lease Default Left 'Shock', 'Uncertainty,' Co. Says

    A Denver landlord fought back against counterclaims lodged by defunct law firm Moye White LLP in Colorado state court, arguing that the firm wasn't wrongfully evicted from its Denver office space and willingly left the property.

  • May 06, 2025

    No Instant Relief For Yale Student Accused Of AI Cheating

    Yale University does not have to immediately reinstate a student who was suspended for allegedly using artificial intelligence to cheat on a final exam, a Connecticut federal judge ruled in rejecting the student's bid for an injunction that would allow him to graduate amid his lawsuit.

  • May 06, 2025

    Co. Not Liable For Injuries In Employee Attack, 11th Circ. Says

    The Eleventh Circuit ruled Monday that wholesale restaurant supply store McLane Foodservice is not liable for injuries suffered by an employee who was set on fire at work by a former partner because the company could not have foreseen this kind of violent, premeditated act.

  • May 05, 2025

    Calif. Bar Sues Administrator Over February Exam 'Chaos'

    The State Bar of California on Monday sued the vendor it used to administer the February bar exam after "chaos ensued" as a result of pervasive technical glitches, saying the vendor misrepresented its ability to proctor the exam, and it won't hand over data that could shed light on what went wrong.

  • May 05, 2025

    Class Cert. Partially Granted In Auto Insurance Discount Case

    A California federal court partially granted class certification Monday over policyholders' claims that a group of insurers violated the state's rule on good driver discounts.

  • May 05, 2025

    Energy Co. Didn't Mess With Costa Rica Deal, Retrial Jury Told

    A South Dakota energy company urged a Denver jury Monday to reject allegations that it interfered with a deal for oil and gas rights on nearly 2.3 million acres in Costa Rica, in a retrial after an appellate panel threw out a $42 million jury award against it.

  • May 05, 2025

    OpenAI Abandons For-Profit Plan After Musk Suit Is Preserved

    OpenAI announced Monday that it was no longer pursuing plans to transition the ChatGPT maker into a for-profit enterprise, changing course just days after a California federal judge refused to throw out the bulk of Elon Musk's suit challenging those plans.

  • May 05, 2025

    8th Circ. Backs Boehringer's Copyright Win Over Software Co.

    The Eighth Circuit upheld a district court's conclusion that Boehringer Ingelheim's veterinary arm and other companies did not infringe the copyrights of software company InfoDeli, saying in an opinion Monday that some elements of the online platforms that InfoDeli built were not entitled to protection.

  • May 05, 2025

    Animal Toy Co. Can't Stop More Expert Discovery In TM Spat

    A Colorado federal judge rejected Kong Co.'s request to reconsider a magistrate judge's decision to let it and the former collaborators it's suing to disclose an additional expert witness, after the animal toy maker accused the defendants destroying evidence of trademark infringement on social media and website accounts.

  • May 05, 2025

    Regeneron, Amgen Open Drug 'Bundling' Trial In Del.

    The founder and CEO of Regeneron Inc. told a federal jury in Delaware on Monday that a major pharmacy benefit insurer told him in mid-2020 his company was wasting its time in trying to keep a cholesterol-drug supply contract, with Amgen Inc. offering a better-priced but allegedly anticompetitive multidrug portfolio.

  • May 05, 2025

    3rd Circ. Revives Ex-NJ College Prof's Gender Bias Suit

    The Third Circuit said a jury should review a Ukrainian ex-professor's claim that The College of New Jersey declined to renew her contract out of gender bias, finding concerns with her commitment could have been driven by her pregnancy.

  • May 05, 2025

    Judge Rejects Media Matters' Bid To Move X's Case

    A Texas federal judge has shot down a bid by watchdog Media Matters for America to transfer X Corp.'s defamation case against it to the Northern District of California, saying Media Matters has waived any contractual right to transfer venues it may have had.

  • May 05, 2025

    Software Co. Sues After Acquisition Of Allstate's EVB Biz

    A software solutions company has sued Allstate Insurance Co. and StanCorp Financial Group Inc. for copyright infringement and breach of contract, telling a California federal court that the insurance giant distributed and reproduced its copyrighted software in violation of a master agreement.

  • May 05, 2025

    Jeld-Wen Tells 4th Circ. No More Need For Factory Sale

    Jeld-Wen Inc. urged the Fourth Circuit to undo a landmark order forcing it to sell a manufacturing plant, saying a divestiture is no longer needed because the rival door maker that sued is no longer at risk of going out of business.

  • May 05, 2025

    Google Ads Advertisers Ask For Class Cert. In MDL

    A group of advertisers in multidistrict litigation accusing Google of violating antitrust law through its control over key ad technology has asked a New York federal court to certify it as a class.

  • May 05, 2025

    Insurer Needn't Pay $40M Over Surgical Sterilization Claims

    A Colorado health system that settled with more than 6,000 patients after it was found to have inadequate surgical sterilization procedures can't tap into $40 million in excess coverage in connection with the incidents, a Tenth Circuit panel affirmed, finding patient claims could not be combined.

Expert Analysis

  • The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024

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    Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.

  • Private-Bidding Compliance Lessons From Siemens Plea Deal

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    Siemens Energy’s recent wire fraud conspiracy guilty plea shows that U.S. prosecutors are willing and able to police the private, domestic bidding market to protect the integrity of the competitive marketplace, and companies will need a robust compliance program to mitigate these risks, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.

  • FTC Report On AI Sector Illuminates Future Enforcement

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    The Federal Trade Commission's report on cloud service providers and their partnerships with developers of artificial intelligence's large language models suggests that the agency will move to rein in Big Tech with antitrust enforcement to protect startups, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

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    Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.

  • Series

    Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

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    Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

  • The Fed. Circ. In 2024: 5 Major Rulings To Know

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    In 2024, the Federal Circuit provided a number of important clarifications to distinct areas of patent law – including design patent obviousness, expert testimony admissions and patent term adjustments – all of which are poised to have an influence going forward, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling

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    Despite the Ninth Circuit's flawed reasoning in Heckman v. Live Nation, the exceptional allegations of collusive conduct shouldn't be read to restrict arbitration providers that have adopted good faith procedures to ensure that consumer mass arbitrations can be efficiently resolved on the merits, says Collin Vierra at Eimer Stahl.

  • 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.

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