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New York Law Journal

After Decades of Expansion, Palm Restaurant's IP Licensing Suit Leads to $120M Judgment, Fractured Family

In 2012, the Palm's prized intellectual property—its trademarks, service marks and design elements, including its robust menu and caricature-filled walls—became the fighting ground for a legal dispute between long-connected families. Now, an important state Supreme Court bench trial decision has settled the dispute, at least for the time being.
9 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass: Judge Greenlights $300 M in Fees in Currency-Exchange Price-Fixing Case. Plus, Complaint Alleges Online Retailer Spied on Shoppers.

Litigation over banks' pricing of currency trades involved several hundred attorneys working over the course of five years, resulting in what the plaintiffs claim is the third largest antitrust class action settlement in history.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Double Jeopardy Defense for International Corruption Cases Struck Down: What Does this Mean for Houston?

While the prospect of coordinated imposition of penalties is good news for multinational companies facing cross-border investigations, it is doubtful that there will be any decline in FCPA enforcement.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Sin City,' Once Known for Crime and Celebrity Patrons, Strikes Back at NYPD

In a federal lawsuit filed via its aggressive civil-rights attorney, Sin City is claiming that it was the victim of a New York Police Department-driven “campaign of selective enforcement” that pushed it out of business.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Scope of Amended Complaint Defeats Arbitration Clause in Ex-Business Partners' Dispute

The court agreed with the trial judge that three of the counts in Gallagher's complaint fell outside the scope of the arbitration provision of her partnership agreement with defendant Frank Mancuso because they arose from conduct involving members of Mancuso's family, who were not parties to the agreement.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Electrical Contractor's Ex-CEO Can't Disqualify Company's Lawyers in Arbitration, Appeals Court Rules

Gary Segal, facing an arbitration against him for more than $12 million, has failed to establish the elements necessary to disqualify two arbitration attorneys for the company, an Appellate Division, First Department, panel has ruled.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Reckless Indifference' but No Punitives in Lawsuit Over LLC's Membership Buyout

The Pennsylvania Superior Court will not disturb a lower court's ruling that awarded compensatory damages but denied punitive damages to a plaintiff whose former co-owners in a public utility consulting firm fired him and bought out his membership share for a fraction of its value.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

National Jewelry Retailer Targeted Military Members in Fraud Scheme, AG Suit Claims

Harris Jewelry, with stores near and on military bases across the country, allegedly preyed upon and misled active-duty service members, often selling them pieces marked up 600 to 1,000 percent, including special commemorative items such as the “Mother's Medal of Honor.”
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Class Suit Claims Trump Lured Investors, Whose Loss Was His Gain

The unnamed plaintiffs claim Trump's touting of the business potential in products led them to get involved, even as he failed to say he was being compensated to endorse products that were unlikely to return on the investment.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Bookmaker William Hill Accuses Rival FanDuel of Copyright Infringement on How-To Manual

"A simple side-by-side comparison of the William Hill copyrighted work against the infringing pamphlet clearly demonstrates how egregious FanDuel has been in its unauthorized copying of the William Hill copyrighted work," the lawsuit says.
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