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Latest News in Commercial Contracts

  • May 04, 2026

    'What Will Take Me To $1B?': Trial Probes OpenAI Exec's Diary

    OpenAI President Greg Brockman's private journal took center stage Monday in a California federal jury trial over Elon Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion, revealing that just days after telling Musk that OpenAI would remain a nonprofit, Brockman privately asked himself, "What will take me to $1B?"

  • May 04, 2026

    Nexstar Tells Justices DirecTV Fee Case Creates Circuit Split

    Nexstar is not pleased with the Second Circuit's decision to revive DirecTV's antitrust suit accusing the broadcasting giant of trying to fix the price of retransmission fees, and it's hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will step in and overturn the ruling.

  • May 04, 2026

    Exxon Execs Never Pressured Profitability Analysts, Jury Hears

    Former Exxon Chief Executive Rex Tillerson testified Monday that the company's top brass never pressured employees to make the company's holdings seem more profitable than they were, telling a jury in Texas federal court that he stood by the reports the company issued to investors.

  • May 04, 2026

    Calif. Firm Accused Of Withholding Fees From Dying Partner

    The wife of a late Carpenter & Zuckerman LLP partner says the firm withheld hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees from her husband before he died of cancer, claiming he spent his final months "pleading for funds" and living in "constant fear" that he would die without securing financial security for his family.

  • May 04, 2026

    Lee & Hayes Wins Liability Ruling In Fee Fight With Ex-Client

    An Idaho-based 3D printing firm broke a fee contract with its former legal counsel at Lee & Hayes PC, a Washington federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting the company's contention that the firm had agreed to reduce its $7.2 million contingency fee to a $3 million fixed rate.

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