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Commercial Contracts Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on commercial contract law. Coverage includes major contract disputes between companies in the U.S. and around the globe, as well as relevant regulatory and legislative developments.
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Latest News in Commercial Contracts
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March 26, 2026
Akin Must Explain Client's 'Self-Indulgent' 9th Circ. Appeal
Upholding a foreign arbitration award against a wine importer, the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered its attorneys at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to explain why they and their client shouldn't pay their opponent's attorney fees for bringing a "frivolous" and "self-indulgent" appeal.
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March 26, 2026
McDonald Hopkins Must Produce Fraud Warning Docs
Midwestern law firm McDonald Hopkins LLC must produce email communications in connection with litigation accusing Blue Cross units of a smear campaign against a clinical lab owner, an Ohio federal judge ruled, finding the documents were not protected by work product or attorney-client privilege.
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March 26, 2026
Ex-InterOil Exec Faces $210M Ruling, Seeks Appeal Bond Cut
A former executive of long-acquired oil company InterOil must pay a Swiss investor $210 million in damages and interest under a final judgment entered Thursday in Texas federal court, affirming a jury's findings last year that the executive breached agreements between the two.
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March 26, 2026
Sony, USC Settle Fight Over Music Used In Social Media Ads
Sony Music has settled its copyright infringement suit accusing the University of Southern California of infringing more than 170 of its songs to advertise the school's sports program on social media, according to an order signed off by a New York federal judge Thursday.
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March 26, 2026
Ketamine, WilmerHale Probe Off Limits In Musk-OpenAI Trial
A California federal judge has placed evidentiary guardrails on an April jury trial over Elon Musk's claims OpenAI duped him, excluding evidence on Musk's ketamine use and WilmerHale's investigation into Sam Altman's dismissal, but allowing evidence on Musk's rival startup, his romance with an ex-OpenAI boardmember and his Burning Man trip.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Breach of contract suits, including those over employment contracts, securities contracts, and licensing agreements
- Conspiracy to induce breach of contract
- Contractor liability disputes
- Suits between contractors and subcontractors
- Tortious interference claims
- Contract fraud disputes
- Trade secrets suits
- Claims of negligent misrepresentation
- Suits over interference with employment relationships, prospective economic advantage, and right to pursue a lawful business
- Trade libel actions
- Abuse of contract process claims
- Malicious prosecution claims
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Federal and state legislation and regulation that affects commercial contracts
- International contract legislation and regulation
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of commercial contracts practices
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