Stories on significant court battles, as well as both digests and stories on key court decisions that impact contract disputes.
By Emily Cousins | February 3, 2025
McCarter & English sought to recover punitive damages from a former client for allegedly refusing to pay legal fees. The Connecticut high court stipulated common-law punitive damages are not available for breach of contract without a separate proven tort that provides an opportunity for punitive damages.
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 3, 2025
Stephen S. Toeppich & Associates, a midsize oil and gas firm, alleges in a lawsuit that two lawyers who departed in 2024 violated their independent contractor agreements by soliciting other lawyers to leave the firm.
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By Kat Black | January 29, 2025
At least eight class actions accusing Capital One Financial of stealing affiliate marketing commissions from influencers were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia this month.
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By Alyssa Aquino | January 29, 2025
Manhattan Supreme Court’s Justice Joel Cohen tossed the case, finding that the investors were “unreasonabl[y]” attempting to use notice agreements to make Energy Transfer liable for delays beyond July 1, 2018.
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By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | January 24, 2025
"By accepting the terms of the Engagement Letter, Sierra Leone impliedly waived its immunity," U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan wrote in a memorandum opinion allowing Jenner & Block's breach-of-contract lawsuit to proceed against the West African nation in D.C. federal court.
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By Riley Brennan | January 23, 2025
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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By Craig R. Tractenberg | January 23, 2025
The decision to file in state or federal court, or even whether to remove a case to federal court, can be outcome determinative. One would not necessarily expect that to be the case, and perhaps some statistical analysis would shed light on the issue. But we know that when it comes to injunctions, federal court may have a higher bar.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | January 22, 2025
Orders from Texas and Delaware courts froze the parties into a deadlock from which neither could move until the Delaware judge offered a compromise.
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By Scott Mollen | January 21, 2025
Scott Mollen discusses “Global Bank v. 43 Mott Realty Owner LLC,” “Li-Johnson v. Sierra,” and “Mosley v. Wavecrest Management.”
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By Riley Brennan | January 17, 2025
Walgreens argued the defendant, a family member of its founder, violated an agreement by starting Walgreen Health Solutions because it required him to take reasonable steps to avoid confusion between his companies and the retail giant.
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