Commercial Contracts

  • March 06, 2025

    Insurance Mogul Can Pursue $8.2M Battle Over NC Office Park

    Convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg and his company Global Growth Holdings Inc. will have another shot at counterclaims in an unpaid rent lawsuit against another company once owned by Lindberg, a North Carolina state appeals court ruled Wednesday.

  • March 06, 2025

    Reuters Won't Have To Turn Over Meta AI Deal To Authors

    A California federal judge has sided with Reuters News & Media Inc. that it doesn't have to turn over its multi-year licensing agreement with Meta Platforms Inc. to use its news content in Meta's AI chatbot to authors suing OpenAI Inc. for allegedly using their books to train OpenAI's large language models.

  • March 06, 2025

    Engineer Denies WSFS Contract In 40-Story Sign Crash Dispute

    A Garden State engineering firm has asked a New Jersey federal judge to dismiss Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB's lawsuit after part of the bank's iconic logo sign crashed 40 stories to the ground in Philadelphia, arguing that it has no contract with the financial institution. 

  • March 06, 2025

    Ga. Attys Fight Bid To 'Hijack' $44M Realtor Settlement

    Attorneys hoping to finalize a $44 million class action settlement in Georgia with four real estate brokerages urged a federal judge Thursday to reject a bid to "hijack" their litigation by the lawyers behind the series of landmark settlements with the National Association of Realtors and various brokerages over their fee inflation practices.

  • March 06, 2025

    Exec Says Signature Was Forged In Case Against Pot Bank

    An executive for a venture capital firm is asking an Oregon federal judge to set aside default judgments entered this week against him and his company in a suit against a defunct cannabis "neobank," saying his signature was forged on the proof of service.

  • March 06, 2025

    NJ Judge Open To FCPA Trial Delay, But Unsure How Long

    A federal judge said Thursday that he is inclined to allow the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for New Jersey some time to review the long-running criminal case against two ex-Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives before going to trial, but ordered both sides to file detailed briefs by Monday to help him determine just how much time.

  • March 06, 2025

    NJ Atty Seeks Exit From Developer Suit Over Escrow Cashout

    A New Jersey attorney who served as agent on an escrow agreement asked to escape a developer's lawsuit that came after a venture capital firm failed to produce a $6 million loan to build a luxury hotel in Taos, New Mexico.

  • March 05, 2025

    Dynata Tells Texas Jury Failure To Indemnify Was 'Last Straw'

    An executive at Dynata LLC on Wednesday told a state jury in Dallas a staffing company's refusal to indemnify it for a wage and hour suit was the "last straw," saying the staffing company had already broken the contract in a variety of ways.

  • March 05, 2025

    AME Church, Plan Admin To Pay $60M To Exit Retirement Suit

    The African Methodist Episcopal Church and a retirement plan manager will pay a combined $60 million to resolve claims that they failed to prevent a rogue church employee from embezzling nearly $90 million from its retirement plan, according to a filing in Tennessee federal court.

  • March 05, 2025

    Ex-USF Ballplayers Denied Class Cert. In Sex Harassment Suit

    A group of former University of San Francisco baseball players on Wednesday lost a bid to have their lawsuit alleging that ex-coaches for the Jesuit university created a sexually abusive environment go forward as a class action.

  • March 05, 2025

    Black Colo. Homeowner Joins DOJ's Race Bias Refi Suit

    A Denver homeowner joined the federal government in its suit accusing Rocket Mortgage LLC and other parties in Colorado federal court of deliberately undervaluing her home because she's a Black woman.

  • March 05, 2025

    Daimler Truck Unit Says Supplier Can't Halt Parts Shipments

    A subsidiary of Daimler Truck North America urged a Michigan federal judge on Tuesday to order a Mexican supplier to keep shipping parts needed to produce heavy-duty trucks, telling the court the supplier's threat to suddenly stop shipments could lead to layoffs and major disruptions to the auto supply chain.

  • March 05, 2025

    Boy Band, Music Exec Hit With $3.4M Verdict In Fla. Trial

    A Florida state court jury has awarded an entertainment company $3.4 million in a lawsuit that accused a former California boy band manager of tortuously interfering with the contracts of individual band members, and also accused the members of defamation for remarks that they were abused and held hostage in their own homes.

  • March 05, 2025

    Judge Says DC Union Station Foreclosure Fight Too Late

    A New York federal judge has cemented the transfer of Washington, D.C.'s Union Station to a South Korean bank, finding the borrower should have raised concerns about the mezzanine lender's foreclosure before an auction was held.

  • March 05, 2025

    Paul Newman's Daughters End IP Suit Against Newman's Own

    Late actor Paul Newman's daughters withdrew their lawsuit from Connecticut state court accusing the Newman's Own Foundation of trading off their father's name for non-food-related purposes and breaching its duty to fund their own foundations despite the deceased film star's intent.

  • March 05, 2025

    Defunct Pittsburgh Law Firm Owes $1.3M In Rent, Suit Says

    The court-appointed receiver for a downtown Pittsburgh office tower says in a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania state court that the defunct law office of Rothman Gordon PC owes more than $1.3 million in rent and fees.

  • March 05, 2025

    Pa. Justices Hint Parents' Liability Waivers Aren't Binding

    Pennsylvania law may not allow parents to waive the right to a jury trial on their child's behalf when signing off on things like letting them use a trampoline park, the state Supreme Court suggested during arguments Wednesday.

  • March 04, 2025

    Musk Fails To Block OpenAI From Turning Into For-Profit Entity

    A California federal judge on Tuesday denied Elon Musk's bid to preliminarily bar OpenAI Inc. from converting into a for-profit entity, saying that a threshold question of whether Musk's over $44 million in donations created a charitable trust was a "toss-up."

  • March 04, 2025

    Scientific American Publisher Can't Ax Meta Pixel Privacy Suit

    A New York federal judge refused to dismiss a putative class action accusing publisher Springer Nature America Inc. of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act by sharing Scientific American subscribers' video viewing data with Meta Platforms Inc. via a tracking pixel.

  • March 04, 2025

    Phillips 66 'Trickery' Merits $1.2B More Damages, Judge Told

    A startup that won a $605 million trade secrets verdict against oil giant Phillips 66 argued Tuesday in California state court that its would-have-been acquirer owes an additional $1.2 billion for reprehensible conduct, including by in-house counsel who supposedly made "efforts to cover up" information theft.

  • March 04, 2025

    Staffing Co. Got 'Honest Pay' For Dynata Work, Jury Hears

    In a tense exchange, an executive for a staffing company told a Dallas jury that market research company Dynata LLC had wrongly withheld $8 million after an attorney representing Dynata said the staffing company had already gotten "honest pay" for "honest work."

  • March 04, 2025

    NJ Judge Nixes Derivative Suit Over $38M Tech Co. Spinoff

    Top brass of a material-handling-equipment maker and the company's controlling shareholder no longer face a shareholder derivative action alleging that they breached their fiduciary duties with a plan to spin off assets to benefit the company's board chair.

  • March 04, 2025

    ACC, Clemson And FSU End Legal Fight Over Revenues, Fees

    Florida State University and Clemson University will stay in the Atlantic Coast Conference under a new athletic revenue distribution model that would resolve the multistate court battles over media rights and exit fees, the parties said Tuesday in announcing a settlement of their disputes.

  • March 04, 2025

    Insurer, Reinsurer Denied Early Wins In Reimbursement Row

    Both sides in an inter-insurer dispute over a reinsurer's share of a coverage settlement for environmental damage claims have adopted reasonable contractual interpretations, a New York federal court ruled, specifically finding ambiguities on whether the reinsurer must reimburse a plaintiff insurer with which it didn't directly do business.

  • March 04, 2025

    Petersen Health Care Opposes Vendor's Ch. 11 Fee Demand

    Bankrupt skilled nursing facility operator Petersen Health Care told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday that a vendor seeking payment of its legal costs in pursuing a $163,000 administrative expense claim against the debtor should have the request slashed because the fees exceed the amount of the claim.

Expert Analysis

  • How The UPC, ITC Complement Each Other In Patent Law

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    Attorneys at Ropes & Gray discuss the similarities and differences between the Unified Patent Court and the International Trade Commission, as well as recent matters litigated in both venues and why parties choose to file at these forums.

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    Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.

  • The 6 Most Significant FCRA Litigation Developments Of 2024

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    From a key sovereign immunity decision at the U.S. Supreme Court to a ruling on creditworthiness out of the Seventh Circuit, several important Fair Credit Reporting Act cases wound their way through the courts in 2024, each offering takeaways for both plaintiffs and defendants, say attorneys at Shipkevich.

  • An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025

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    As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.

  • NLRB Likely To Fill Vacuum After NMB Jurisdiction Ruling

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    The National Mediation Board's recent ruling in Swissport Cargo Services LP abandoned decades of precedent by concluding the Railway Labor Act doesn’t apply to airline service providers, likely leading the National Labor Relations Board to assert its jurisdiction instead and potentially causing more operational disruptions and labor strife, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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    Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    From problem-solving to patience and adaptability to organization, the skills developed working under the hood of a car directly translate to being a more effective lawyer, says Christopher Mdeway at Kaufman Dolowich.

  • Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team

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    In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.

  • Considering European-Style Lockboxes For US M&A In 2025

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    The lockbox mechanism, commonly used in Europe, offers an attractive alternative to the postclosing price adjustments that dominate U.S. merger and acquisition transactions in private equity, particularly with the market's demand for transparency likely to remain steadfast under Trump, says Laurent Campo at Potomac Law.

  • Using Contracts As Evidence Of Trade Secret Protection

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    Recent federal and U.S. International Trade Commission decisions demonstrate an interesting trend of judges recognizing that contracts and confidentiality provisions can serve as important evidence of the reasonable secrecy measures companies must take to prove the existence of protected trade secrets, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US

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    As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • Why Asset-Based Loans May Suit PE Companies In 2025

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    As the prospect of higher tariffs and interest rates expands the need for liquidity, private equity investors would do well to explore the timing and provisions of asset-based loans offered in the burgeoning credit-fund sector, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Why Class Cert. Is Unlikely In Cases Like Mattel 'Wicked' Suit

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    A proposed class action recently filed in California federal court against Mattel over the company's "Wicked" doll boxes accidentally listing a pornographic website illustrates the uphill battle plaintiffs face in certifying a class when many consumers never saw or relied on the representation at issue, says Alex Smith at Jenner & Block.

  • Adapting Force Majeure To A Predictably Unpredictable World

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    As the climate and political landscapes get more complicated, force majeure provisions will likely be triggered increasingly often, demanding an evolving understanding of when events and their impacts are truly unforeseeable, say attorneys at Nossaman.

  • What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

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    The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

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    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.

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