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Texas Lawyer

Jury Hands Up $43M Verdict in Oil Patch Contract Dispute, But Lawyers Disagree Over Its True Value

Susman Godfrey lawyers secured a $43.2 million verdict for their client, Apache Deepwater, against W&T Offshore. That outcome followed a two-week trial in Houston federal court about an oil patch contract dispute between the two companies over the abandonment of a well in the Gulf of Mexico. But there remains wide disagreement over what the jury's decision means.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Vis Vires Group, Inc. v. Endonovo Therapeutics, Inc.

By | November 01, 2016
Bulk of Claims Over Firm's Refusal to Effect Debt-to-Equity Conversion Survive Dismissal
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

South Hill Business Campus, LLC v. ASI Energy, LLC

By | November 01, 2016
Plaintiff Sufficiently Pleads Basis For Duty Owed By MFJ, Breach Thereof; Dismissal Denied
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

McGrane v. Evangelical Servs. for the Aging, PICS Case No. 16-1286 (C.P. Philadelphia Sept. 28, 2016) Massiah-Jackson, J. (44 pages).

By | November 01, 2016
CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES
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Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Revives Legal Mal Case Against Former Aventura Mayor Over Derailed Real Estate Deal

A state appellate court revived a malpractice suit against attorney and former Aventura Mayor Jeffrey Perlow, accused of representing both sides in a derailed real estate deal.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Palm Beach County Managed a Case Too Big for Court

Attorneys say Palm Beach County court administrators took extraordinary steps to accommodate a massive construction defect case.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court OKs Application of 'Pennsylvania Doctrine' to Coalbed Methane

A company that agreed to "lease" coal from several landowners, but has not extracted any coal from the ground, will not have to pay additional royalties for extracting coalbed methane, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled in a decision that oil and gas attorneys say is the first application of longstanding principals to a common set of circumstances.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

I.C. v. Delta Galil USA

By | October 28, 2016
Although Amended Complaint's Delayed Filing Affected Litigation Motion for Costs, Fees Denied
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What Are 'Commercially Reasonable Efforts' in M&A Transactions?

Two recent rulings by the Delaware Court of Chancery shed a ray of light on the efforts clause mire.
19 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Gibbs & Bruns Added to Lawsuit about John O'Quinn's Body

In her amended petition, filed Oct. 25, O'Quinn's companion Lexington alleges that "certain documents, emails, and testimony obtained since this lawsuit was first filed now definitively establish that SCI Texas was not the only bad actor involved."
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