A federal judge ruled that the automatic bankruptcy stay does not protect non-debtor management companies from a surety’s breach-of-contract lawsuit, even after the nursing homes they managed filed for Chapter 7 liquidation.
The 8th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a legal malpractice lawsuit against AmLaw 200 firm Porter Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP, ruling that claims related to two matters were barred by Ohio's one-year statute of limitations and a third claim was...
A federal judge in Utah denied a preliminary injunction sought by 16 sports flooring distributors, ruling they failed to show they were likely to succeed on their breach-of-contract claims after canceling mandatory performance meetings.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that former Exocel Bio Inc. CEO Patrick Retif is not entitled to indemnification or legal fee advances while the company's trade secret lawsuit against him remains pending.
A federal judge in Massachusetts denied a motion to dismiss counterclaims alleging that a restaurant software company used patent threats to coerce an acquisition.
A federal judge in Boston dismissed a multi-plaintiff RICO and fraud complaint against PerkinElmer and its successors, ruling that the cannabis testing laboratories failed to plead a coherent enterprise or particularized fraud.
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that state-law contract and unjust-enrichment claims regarding unpaid royalties for sound recordings are not preempted by federal copyright law, allowing key counts in a royalty dispute to proceed.
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a lower court order compelling Gabb Wireless to honor a stock purchase agreement with AIM Ventura Capital Fund, rejecting the company's attempt to void the deal.
A federal judge in New Mexico ruled that an excess insurer acting as a subrogee cannot recover punitive damages or treble statutory damages beyond the amounts it actually disbursed to settle the underlying lawsuit.
A Delaware Court of Chancery opinion clarifies that an employee’s breach of confidentiality does not automatically trigger LLC agreement breaches when the conduct was taken in an employment capacity.
A federal judge in Maryland entered summary judgment for Tecore, Inc. on liability for breach of contract against Yemen, but denied the company's request for $2.5 million in damages due to disputed evidence of actual costs.
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that trial courts must interpret utility settlement agreements de novo to determine if they are ambiguous before deferring to a regulatory agency’s interpretation, reversing a lower court that had deferred to the Public...
A Southern District of New York judge denied a stay pending appeal in a complex commercial dispute, ruling that respondents' claims regarding foreign law conflicts and jurisdictional divestiture were without merit and that they failed to show likely success...
A federal judge allowed a musician's claim that he was a third-party beneficiary of an Amazon-DistroKid agreement to proceed, rejecting Amazon's request to reconsider the ruling.
A Delaware Court of Chancery judge denied Centurion Equity Inc.’s motion for leave to file supplemental briefing, ruling that the buyer’s new counsel could not use public policy arguments to relitigate issues already addressed in extensive briefing and oral...
U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman denied all nine motions in limine Financial Trust’s $1.7 billion lawsuit against the FDIC, allowing the regulator to introduce evidence of the bank run and permitting the Trust to call an economics expert to testify...
A federal judge in Arizona ordered GoDaddy to transfer two disputed domain names to BTQ Technologies and enjoined former employee Nicolas Roussy Newton from using the company's trade secrets, extending a temporary restraining order through June 12.
A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that a Wisconsin distributor must pursue its claims under the state’s protective dealership law in Belgium, enforcing a forum selection clause despite the state’s strong public policy favoring local dealers.
A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that a buyer need not cite specific contract sections in its breach notice, denying a seller’s motion for partial summary judgment and ordering the underlying stock purchase agreement unsealed.
A federal judge in Connecticut ruled that a jury must decide whether Live Nation breached its duty to protect concertgoers from a third-party assault, denying the company’s motion for summary judgment because witness testimony created genuine disputes over...