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Daily Business Review

Chinese Company Sued Over Tech Distribution Deal Comes Up a Winner — Mostly

A Greenberg Traurig legal team fights a circuit board distribution case initially valued at $110 million to a $1 million verdict.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Happy Ending After Energy Client Gets Stiffed by Foreign Government

The Shutts & Bowen team reaches a settlement to enforce an unpaid contract to build and operate two power plants.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Enforceability of Warranty Disclaimers

In their Technology Law column, Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss a recent decision in which a WDNY court confronted a dispute about the preeminence of a specific warranty provision in a license over the general warranties the licensee alleged were included in other provisions therein.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Brooklyn US Judge Awards $4.5 Million, Finding Staten Island Man Defrauded Uncle and Breached Contract

U.S. Senior District Judge Nina Gershon has entered a $4.5 million judgment against a Staten Island builder, finding that he engaged in deception to obtain massive loans.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Juror Bribery Claim Shot Down After Developers' Dispute Over Shared Jet

Miami Design District pioneer Craig Robins lost a lawsuit alleging a juror was bribed in a trial he lost to another real estate giant, Ugo Colombo.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Awards $9.45M to Businessman in Dispute Over Companies' Exit

A federal judge has entered a $9.45 million award to a businessman seeking to sell off his ownership stakes in two medical-pharmaceutical companies.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Company Off the Hook for Foreign Judgment, Appeals Court Rules

The state Superior Court has ruled that a default judgment against a Pennsylvania company rendered by a New Hampshire court was void because of a lack of a certificate required under the Pennsylvania Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Military Academy Parents Get One More Shot at Breach of Contract Case Over Ex-President's Resignation

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by parents of Valley Forge Military Academy and College cadets, who claimed that the school breached its contract with parents when officials declined to reinstate the school's popular president, but has given the plaintiffs one last chance to file an amended complaint.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Vendor Rebates: Franchising's Dirty Little Secret

Vendor rebates have become an integral part of franchising and as noted above, in many systems, the primary way franchisors extract money from franchisees. Far more thorough disclosure of these practices is necessary to make informed decisions about committing to a long term venture like buying a franchise. Failure of the regulatory system to adjust to this reality will do nothing but invite further abuse.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

2019 Roundup of Notable Decisions

In his Law Firm Partnership Law column, Arthur J. Ciampi provides a review of the year, writing: 2019 saw some "interesting" decisions and opinions concerning the plusses and minuses of law firm arbitration provisions, lawyer restrictive covenants, the sale of a law firm, and law firm dissolutions.
10 minute read

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