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Daily Dicta: Kobre Lawyers Strike to Extract Judgment from Chinese Billionaire

"We were concerned that that the gambit could make the assets immune," said Kobre & Kim's Chris Cogburn. "There was a lot of urgency."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Licensor Forced To Arbitrate Dispute Over Software Agreements

In their Technology Law column, Richard Raysman and Peter Brown discuss a recent SDNY case in which the court held that because of the unequivocal and broad language of the arbitration clause in the operative software license agreement and the dearth of prejudice from the protracted pace of the language, plaintiff could not avoid arbitration of its claims, which included contract and copyright-based claims.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

'159 MP Corp.': Grateful That Majority Rejected Dissent's Radical Approach

The significance of the dissent remains more academic than real. Nonetheless, given the closeness of the vote in '159 MP Corp.', I believe that an in-depth analysis of the dissent, and its implications for supplanting the plain language paradigm, is worthwhile.
19 minute read

Texas Lawyer

$5.6M Verdict After Lack of Gas During 'Polar Vortex' Led to Energy Company Dispute

"We respectfully disagree with the judge's ruling and we intend to appeal," said Tre Fischer, partner in Jackson Walker in Houston, who represented American Midstream.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Commonly Used Copyright Assignment Language Is Invalidated by Third Circuit

For copyrights, many form agreements include standard assignment clauses that use some variation of language that the work will be deemed a "work for hire" and hence owned by the hiring party. But the validity of such language is now suspect.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Appeals Court Greenlights Arbitration in Dispute Over Colombian Craft Beer

The Third District Court of Appeal reversed an order of the Miami-Dade Circuit Court that prevented Ancla International from pursuing an arbitration claim against a Panama-based investment group.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Realty Law Digest

In his Realty Law Digest, Scott E. Mollen discusses 'St. Christopher's Inc. v. Forgione,' where the court granted seller's motion to dismiss purchaser's counterclaims for, inter alia, breach of contract, fraud in the inducement, and implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. 
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

She's Gone: Tortious Interference in the Fashion Industry

A defendant faced with the prospect of a tortious interference with contract lawsuit will find it hard to achieve a quick and inexpensive dismissal. For the party considering whether to bring such a suit, they had better be ready for the long haul.
10 minute read

The Recorder

In GirlsDoPorn Trial, Jane Doe Law Grad Emerges as Central Figure

As trial in the fraud suit against GirlsDoPorn.com gets underway, the defendants describe Jane Doe No. 1, now graduated from law school, as the "ringleader" of 22 former actresses who are suing the adult film site.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Challenger to Hillsboro Beach Resort Sale Gets $3.5M, But the Deal Stands

A Los Angeles man said the sale of the Seabonay Beach Resort wasn't legitimate because he should have been the one to authorize it. He lost in part and won in part.
5 minute read

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