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Sheppard Mullin Wins Injunction for Financial Services Firm in Dispute Over 'Raiding Exemption' Under Broker Recruiting Protocols

The judge concluded that the defendants acted with predation, pointing to recovered digital evidence on some of the defendants' computers that related to their newly-founded financial services firm.
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Daily Business Review

Lawsuit Seeks $1.7M in Damages Over Brazilian White Sugar Deal Gone Sour

The case is pending before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lisa Walsh.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Tampa Jury Returns Over $3M in High-Stakes Insurance Brokerage Dispute

"A clear message was sent that companies cannot encourage employees to disregard their obligations to prior employers," Matthew Zimmerman, partner at Holland & Knight, said.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Finds Independent Contractor's Counterclaims Not Barred by Jury Waiver Provision

"Absent clear language and considering the presumption against waiver, we are reluctant to extend a jury waiver provision to a separate document that could have easily included its own waiver provision," said U.S. District Judge John F. Murphy of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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Texas Lawyer

King & Spalding Secures Path for Client's $75.4M Claim on Polyethylene Plant Project

Texas law does not provide injunctive relief to preclude payment on a letter of credit for contractual disputes, 14th Court of Appeals Justice Frances Bourliot said.
4 minute read

Law.com

Could There Be Class Actions Over CrowdStrike's Global Tech Outage?

Law firms are investigating potential lawsuits to come out of CloudStrike's global tech outage, but there may be limits on who can recover damages.
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The Recorder

Affeld England & Johnson Secures $138 Million Verdict for Bitcoin Miner in Contract Breach Suit

The unanimous jury verdict was released Thursday following a two-week trial in federal court. Plaintiff Michael Ho, formerly a co-founder and CEO of US Bitcoin Corp. and now chief strategy officer at bitcoin mining company Hut 8 Corp., was represented by David Affeld and Edward Johnson.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Signals Overbroad Anticompetitive Agreements Won't Cut It—Again

The ruling represents an exception from the court's customary pro-contract mentality.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Kirkland Client Dodges $60 Million Fraud Claim With Summary Judgment

Plaintiff's fraudulent inducement and breach of contract claims ignored the defendant's contract right to walk away from the deal by forfeiting its $3 million deposit, Kirkland & Ellis attorneys told the court.
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Law.com

Federal Judge Orders $34K in Discovery Sanctions Against Dechert Client

Plaintiff's counsel with Ice Miller submitted a list of the work performed by four attorneys, which included 65.2 hours over the course of six months preparing and litigating the second motion to compel. The court concluded this was a reasonable number of hours, and agreed that the requested hourly rates ranging from $395 to $693 were lower than rates in a 2023 case in which the district court approved the rates of $1,085 for a partner and $735 for a senior associate.
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