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New York Law Journal

NY Real Estate Firm Facing Litigation After Alleged $25 Million Loan Breach

Plaintiffs are represented by a team from Holland & Knight.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

No Bad Faith for Denying Life Insurance Benefits Over Contradictions of 'Alcohol Abuse;' Breach-of-Contract Claim Proceeds

Upon investigating whether death benefits were owed, Pacific Life found a history of "alcohol abuse" dating 10 years prior to the representations made by the deceased in his application, which omitted alcohol struggles.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The FTC Noncompete Rule Is in Serious Jeopardy

"Brown determined the challengers also are likely to succeed on the merits on their claim that the FTC's rulemaking process was arbitrary and capricious," writes Chamberlain Hrdlicka's Kellen Scott.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dow Jones Sues Cision US Over Alleged $174 Million Contract Breach

The complaint alleges Cision pulled out of an exclusive licensing deal after just one year because the contract was no longer "economically viable."
2 minute read

The Recorder

California Supreme Court Kicks 'Unconscionable' Arbitration Case Back to Court of Appeal

Determining whether an employment arbitration's provisions are fatally flawed requires more than just tallying the number of unconscionable provisions, the unanimous court held.
4 minute read

Law.com

Foley Hoag Files Suit on Behalf of Wayfair's $2.1M 'Double Payments' to Unpaid Subcontractors

To save the project and maintain its opening date, Wayfair paid or is in the process of directly paying $1.99 million to subcontractors to cover the outstanding amount that Generis owed them. Wayfair claims it already paid Generis $1.49 million for invoiced work from December 2022 through the beginning of the year, in essence, requiring the retailer to "double pa[y]," according to the complaint.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Cautions Franchisors Against Imposing 'Unfair and Deceptive' Practices Against Franchisees

"Today the Commission is making clear that contractual terms prohibiting franchisees from reporting potential law violations to the government are unfair, unenforceable, and illegal," FTC Chair Lina Khan said.
4 minute read

Law.com

'Endlessly Delay': Court Allows Generic Drug Company's Implied Breach of Duty to Proceed Against Partner

A federal judge in Illinois is allowing a drug company's lawsuit over the untimely development of drug medication to continue against pharmaceutical companies it had partnered with to develop medications.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Tosses Kline & Specter's California Claims Against Bosworth

"Kline & Specter was asking the court to be the first in the country to hold that a third party has standing to sue a TikTok user for supposedly violating TikTok's terms of service," Jassy Vick partner Jean-Paul Jassy, who represents Bosworth, said.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

All Eyes on Pennsylvania After Texas Court's Limited Injunction Against FTC Noncompete Ban

"The 'Ryan' court ... temporarily enjoined the noncompete rule from going into effect but only as to the named plaintiffs and intervenors to the lawsuit," write attorneys from Baker Donelson.
7 minute read

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