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Daily Business Review

Leaks, Structural Issues at Root of Coral Rock House Court Battle

The building owner and a cigar shop that wanted to open are suing each other, claiming the other didn't live up to its obligations under the lease for the historic property.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Franchising From the Franchisee Lawyer Perspective

In this Franchising column, Ronald K. Gardner writes: While franchising works for a lot of people, when it doesn't work, the system has evolved to a place where it is the franchisee that carries the vast majority of the financial risk—for it is the franchisee that holds the lease or the mortgage, the franchisee that owes the taxes, and the franchisee that signs the personal guarantees.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Says Damages Award Was Inconsistent in Contract Case

"We hold a non-breaching party to a contract may, by its conduct following a breach, conclusively elect its remedy and be bound by it to one theory for recovery of damages," Justice Kevin Dougherty wrote for the majority.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Migos Success Helps Knock Out Contract Claims by Rocawear Co-Founder's Music Marketing Firm

Justice O. Peter Sherwood knocked out key claims in a lawsuit by Rocawear co-founder Norton Cher's YRN LLC, which sued the Georgia-based trio and Migos LLC for breach of contract in May 2018.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Latham & Watkins Secures $666M Award for Client in Hewlett Packard Accounting Dispute

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has unsealed an award from a New York arbitration panel that directs Hewlett Packard Enterprise Inc. to pay $666 million to a technology firm in a massive accounting dispute.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lit Funder Thrivest Asks Third Circuit to Further Review District Judge's Stance on Contracts With Players

Thrivest filed a petition for a writ of mandamus with the Third Circuit last week, saying the district court and class action claims administrator are not following the appeals court's April ruling, which prevented the nullification of lending agreements in their entirety.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: VW Salespeople Are Out of Gas as Judge Tosses Class Action

In the wake of the diesel emissions scandal, VW customers and dealers came out just fine. But the frontline salespeople? Not so much. Rule 9(b) is a cruel master.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Blocked Marketer Accuses Facebook of Wielding 'Virtually Monopolistic Power'

Content-marketing company Stackla alleges that Facebook revoked the company's access to its platforms to protect its own reputation in light of Cambridge Analytica backlash, not for any legitimate violations of their agreement.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

3 MiamiCentral Contractor Claims $4.4 Million in Unpaid Work on Downtown Office Tower

The developer, general contractor and subcontractor are litigating issues a year after the building opened.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Venture Capitalist Off the Hook In Horrific $40M Sexual Assault Case

The 2016 suit against Michael Goguen, then a partner at storied venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, rocked Silicon Valley. On Wednesday, a judge issued terminating sanctions dismissing the complaint. What happened?
8 minute read

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