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Kirkland, Rite Aid's Bankruptcy Counsel, Vilifies Drug Supplier, Says Its Walking Away Would 'Put Millions of Lives at Risk'

The pharmacy chain says McKesson claims to have canceled its drug-supply contract, a move Rite Aid calls a negotiating ploy that uses the well-being of its pharmacy customers as a bargaining chip.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Norfolk Southern Sues All South Warehouse for Breach of Contract

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Law.com

Judge Says Law Firm Had No Duty to Notify Third Party About Release of Escrow Funds

"Throughout the entirety of this transaction, defendants Williams and A&G were acting solely as agents of Vetcomm," Senior U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. wrote. "Thus, even if Williams volunteered in the second email to notify Jones upon request to disburse the subject funds, such a modification would bind only Vetcomm, the principal, and not defendants Williams and A&G, the agents."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

No Breach of Settlement Agreement Where Text of Unsigned Draft Agreement Indicated Execution Was Required

A decision out of the Southern District of New York addresses what happens when parties to a dispute negotiate a draft settlement agreement, one party makes changes to the draft, the other party accepts those changes and requests a signature, but the party who had proposed the changes doesn't sign the document.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Federal Judge Voids NDAs for Hundreds of Former Trump Campaign Staffers

The settlement, which a Southern District judge formalized Wednesday, frees any staffer who worked on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign from nondisclosure and nondisparagement clauses in their employment agreements.
2 minute read

Law.com

Overbilled by $695K: Judge Rules Lawyers Failed to Disclose New Fee Agreement Provisions to Client

A federal judge in Massachusetts partially granted summary judgment to a plaintiff who alleged that her attorneys overbilled her after successfully representing her in an underlying $10 million premises liability action.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Armstrong Contractors Sues Crestline Over $66K in Construction Payment Bonds

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Contracts for AI Applications: Protecting Privacy and Data

The rapid expansion of business and consumer applications that utilize artificial intelligence is a new challenge for counsel drafting or negotiating previously routine agreements for computer services. This article highlights some novel issues counsel must address when encountering systems that utilize AI.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Time of the Essence' Letter; Tenancy Rights Under an 'Employment Apartment Lease Agreement': This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "Hansen Family Invs., LLC v. Rabadi," involving a dispute arising from a failed sale of a condominium apartment, and "COD LLC v. Ljuljdjuraj," where the court held that a fired building superintendent had tenancy rights under his lease.
15 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Trims Breach-of-Contract Suit Against Yale Over Alleged Racial Discrimination, But Allows Portions to Proceed

According to the court's Sept. 26 opinion, plaintiffs Todd Howell and N.E.S.A.I.M. LLC brought claims for breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, violation of 42 U.S.C. §1981, violations of the federal and state constitutions, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, claiming that the minority-owned snow and ice removal business entered into a contract with the school and was met with significant distaste for "Black minority contractors."
7 minute read

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