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New York Law Journal

Prenups and High Net Worth Divorces: Do They Solve Everything?

“Prenups” are not able to solve every problem that arises in a divorce, even when the terms are clearly spelled out and agreed upon beforehand.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices' Potential Ruling on No-Hire Pacts Could Mean 'Major Shift' for Pa. Employers

The justices granted allocatur in Pittsburgh Logistics Systems v. Beemac Trucking on July 24 to determine the validity of no-hire provisions—also known as no-poach agreements—in service contracts between companies.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court Clarifies Definition of 'Disinterested' Appraiser in Insurance Dispute

The appellate court ruled a couple's public adjuster could not serve as their "disinterested" appraiser in a lawsuit against State Farm.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

What's in a Modifier? How Insurance Policy Exclusions Are Interpreted in NJ

The interchangeable use of undefined modifier phrases (“arising out of,” “based on,” etc.) has required courts to consider whether, based on the interpretation of those modifiers, an exclusion potentially applies as a bar to coverage for a particular claim.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyers Power up for $20 Million FPL, AT&T Contract Battle

Florida Power and Light Co. has accused AT&T of breach of contract, one count of trespass and one count of abandonment in a federal lawsuit seeking more than $20 million for alleged missed payments.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Partner in Failed Miami Project Sues to Recoup $59M Investments

A subsidiary of a Hong Kong construction engineering firm is asking Miami-Dade Circuit Court to enforce the sale of a vacant 2.4-acre site and repayment from the proceeds.
4 minute read

The Recorder

DLA Piper Joins Nike's Team in Pushback Against Kawhi Leonard Logo Lawsuit

"Leonard fraudulently claimed to be the author and sole owner of the Claw Design, with knowledge that Nike's designers, and not Leonard, authored the Claw Design, and with specific intent to deceive the U.S. Copyright Office."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Neglect? Yes. Excusable? No. Florida Court Reinstates Ruling Over Defendant No-Show

The $43,000 judgment against a New York mortgage lender had been vacated on grounds of excusable neglect, but the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that was a mistake.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Encore! Kirkland (and Bress) Knock Out Novel Suit Against Henkel

The Sixth Circuit held that it would not have been improper for Kirkland client Henkel KGaA to have nixed the distribution deal "even if its sole motivation was to maximize its own profits.”
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Dear Florida Supreme Court: We Need Your Help,' 11th Circuit Writes in SOS About Damages

The Eleventh Circuit wrestled with whether an "unusually broad" exculpatory clause in a business contract was legally enforceable, because the provision appears to protect one of the signatories from all damages.
5 minute read

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