/commercialcontracts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Commercial Contracts Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:20:24 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350614?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350614 A Puerto Rico-based crypto holding company can pursue a counterclaim against its former president who alleged the company's CEO fraudulently recruited him to the venture and then fired him, a Delaware vice chancellor ruled Friday, finding legal expenses the company incurred are recoverable. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:32:27 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350410?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350410 A Florida insurance fraud investigator faces a third federal lawsuit alleging he lied in a report that led to the malicious prosecution of an independent roofing contractor whose charges were later dismissed because prosecutors couldn't substantiate the accusations. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:22:37 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350574?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350574 A California federal judge allowed a proposed class action accusing Google of illicitly scooping up users' personal data from healthcare providers' websites to continue Friday, but only for certain claims based on communications made before the company started instructing healthcare provider clients not to send it their health information. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:15:49 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350544 R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco producers have accused Philip Morris USA of trying to derail a deal with Washington state last spring to resolve longstanding payment disputes stemming from Big Tobacco's 1998 master settlement agreement, according to a new lawsuit in Washington state court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:39:15 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350517?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350517 Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris have urged a California federal judge to reject MGA Entertainment's motion to reverse a jury's $71.4 million verdict finding the company infringed the trade dress and publicity rights of the OMG Girlz pop group, saying the rehashed arguments fall flat. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:16:21 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350629?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350629 Southwest Airlines can't nix a racial discrimination suit after a flight attendant incorrectly reported a mother and her young daughter for suspected child trafficking, a Colorado federal judge ruled Friday, noting the case turns on conflicting testimony that can't be adjudicated via summary judgment. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:12:58 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350571?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350571 A Wyoming federal judge awarded more than $5 million in attorney fees and expenses Friday to attorneys for a class of landowners that accused an oil extraction company of hoarding permits to block oil and gas projects. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:29:38 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2348947?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2348947 An employee has asked the en banc Eleventh Circuit to rethink its ruling that wholesale restaurant supply store McLane Foodservice Inc. is not liable for injuries suffered by an employee who was set on fire at work by a former partner, arguing it took too narrow a view on foreseeability. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:22:14 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350455?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350455 OpenAI and Microsoft have urged a California federal judge to again trim Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned transition to a for-profit enterprise, arguing the billionaire and his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, have not made any changes to their previously nixed claims for contract breach and fraudulent enterprise. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:37:50 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350500?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350500 Tenants at a Denver apartment complex have filed a proposed class action against the owner as well as current and former property managers in state court, alleging the property became dangerous and unsanitary because the defendants refused to pay for necessary repairs. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:36:29 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350436?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350436 California-based biotech firm Genentech Inc. has asked a D.C. federal court to recognize a $17.8 million arbitral award against Novartis Pharma AG stemming from a dispute over a licensing agreement for an eye medication. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:13:37 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350332?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350332 A Federal Circuit panel on Friday wrestled with its authority to consider arbitration appeals dealing with patent law, with at least one judge appearing skeptical that it could consider Acorda Therapeutics Inc.'s bid to increase a $16.6 million award in a fight with Alkermes PLC over a multiple sclerosis drug. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:40:48 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350363 An Illinois federal judge threw out class claims in a suit accusing Procter & Gamble of failing to provide promised prizes to people notified they were winners of a monthly sweepstakes to promote the sale of Charmin toilet paper, saying class actions are barred by the rules of sweepstakes and those who entered agreed to those terms. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:39:35 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350348?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350348 A lobbying firm, its owner and an employee have been sued in Georgia federal court by a legal and consulting firm for breach of contract after they allegedly accepted partial payment for but never delivered on a $500,000 deal to arrange meetings with senior White House officials: the president, vice president and secretary of state. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:35:46 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350021?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350021 An Orthodox Jewish family has filed a $50 million lawsuit against a Boca Raton, Florida, country club for allegedly suspending them after the father posted a viral social media video of him helping an Instagram personality wrap tefillin — a traditional Jewish prayer ritual — on the golf course. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:19:56 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350444?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350444 A New Jersey state appeals court on Friday revived a Paterson property owner's suit against a would-be dispensary and its principals alleging they broke a deal to share profits from the dispensary, finding that the trial court wrongly conflated the contract's requirement for local approval with a cannabis license. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:06:52 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350533?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350533 California homeowners accused AAA and USAA of systematically undervaluing the replacement cost of their homes all while advertising adequate coverage and financial security, telling a state court that many cannot now afford to replace or rebuild their homes following the wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:53:05 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350531?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350531 JAMS has welcomed a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to its roster who spent more than three decades on the bench, where he presided over individual matters, as well as complex civil litigation from mass torts, labor, toxic contamination and insurance disputes. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:39:52 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2350580?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2350580 Aetna is seeking an immediate midstream appeal of an order in Connecticut federal court forcing it to face $20 million in emergency billing claims by six air ambulance companies, saying a quick decision could help settle a circuit split and stop copycat cases. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:08:21 +0000 /commercialcontracts/articles/2349395?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /commercialcontracts/articles/2349395 Tariff policy uncertainty is unlikely to be a basis for allowing a party to avoid contractual obligations, but businesses can still plan for future disputes related to pricing, operations and the supply chain, including with the addition of tariffs to any force majeure provision, say attorneys at Arnold Porter.