Commercial Contracts

  • April 13, 2026

    Oracle Wins TRO Against Ex-Worker Threatening Secrets Sale

    A North Carolina federal judge Monday issued a temporary restraining order barring a recently laid-off Oracle sales employee from disclosing trade secrets that the software firm alleges he has threatened to sell to the "highest bidder" unless he receives an "unreasonable" fee.

  • April 13, 2026

    Bio Energy Sues Cos. Over Failed Ohio Renewable Gas Plants

    Bio Energy has sued SCS Energy and a subcontractor in Ohio federal court in connection with projects replacing two landfill gas processing plants with pipeline-quality renewable natural gas in Youngstown and Lorain that it alleged remain defective due to the "consistent downplay of their botched design and inability to remedy their deficiencies." 

  • April 13, 2026

    Crypto Suit Fails Without Proof Of Partnership, 2nd Circ. Says

    An Oregon man has not shown that he is entitled to a share of profits from a purported joint venture in cryptocurrency investment involving a once close friend, the Second Circuit said Monday, affirming a Manhattan federal judge's dismissal of the claims.

  • April 13, 2026

    Ill. Judge Wants More Proof To Recalculate Kickback Damages

    An Illinois federal judge tasked with recalculating damages from a home health company's referral kickback scheme said Monday that she needs more complete and reliable evidence to help determine the appropriate amount, but allowed the government to continue offsetting Medicare payments as part of its judgment collection bid.

  • April 13, 2026

    Fla. Court Delays Cosmetic Co. Ch. 11 Plan Over Claim Protest

    A Florida bankruptcy judge delayed confirming a cosmetic company's reorganization plan Monday after a creditor protested that its claim was inequitably subordinated in favor of a lender, which agreed to convert its loans to equity in a deal worth roughly $80 million.

  • April 13, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Looks Askance At Sanctions In E-Banking IP Case

    A Federal Circuit panel on Monday appeared bothered by a lower court's nearly $85,000 sanctions order against a company and its counsel in its infringement lawsuit over an online banking patent, with one judge saying the record does not seem to support such action.

  • April 13, 2026

    Jack In The Box Wants 38 Washington Stores Kept Open

    Jack in the Box Inc. urged a Washington state judge to temporarily bar two franchisees from closing dozens of locations across the state, claiming that they owe nearly $1.4 million in unpaid marketing fees and that unilaterally shuttering the stores would violate their franchise agreements.

  • April 13, 2026

    NRA Fights To Keep Suit Against Foundation Alive

    The National Rifle Association has urged a Washington, D.C., federal judge to preserve its trademark and breach of contract suit against its charitable arm, saying the NRA has the right to bar the charitable organization from using its intellectual property.

  • April 13, 2026

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured a mix of high-stakes settlements, fast-moving deal litigation, governance disputes and a notable post-trial ruling involving fraud-tainted loans.

  • April 13, 2026

    Vicente Breached Duty In Pot Shop Deal, Mass. Panel Told

    The owner of a central Massachusetts cannabis dispensary asked the state's intermediate appellate court on Monday to revive claims against Vicente Sederberg LLP based on an alleged breach of a fiduciary duty that the law firm, now known as Vicente LLP, says never existed.

  • April 13, 2026

    Texas Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal In $250M Fraud Case

    A split Texas appeals court panel found that a company cannot bring claims against Morgan Stanley after an executive at the bank ran an alleged kickback scheme involving $250 million in mineral interests, saying the executive was working by himself when the alleged fraud occurred.

  • April 13, 2026

    Security Firm Sues Cannabis Businesses For $231K

    A Los Angeles-based private security firm is suing several cannabis companies and two of their managers for $230,000, claiming they failed to pay for services provided at a number of locations.

  • April 13, 2026

    Coors Says Botched Sulfuric Acid Delivery Led To $2M Damage

    Molson Coors says its Colorado chemical contractor accepted and delivered a shipment of sulfuric acid that was nearly double what the beverage giant had ordered, causing a tank overflow that forced a full plant evacuation and caused $2 million in damages, according to a new lawsuit filed in Colorado state court.

  • April 13, 2026

    AI Cardiac Imaging Co. Hits Ex-Consultant With IP Suit

    Artificial intelligence-powered cardiac imaging company Heartflow Inc. filed patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation claims on Monday against a competitor founded by a former consultant who, the company says, lifted technological trade secrets while he was under contract.

  • April 13, 2026

    Water Damage Fight Belongs In Kansas, Travelers Says

    A coverage dispute over water damage that a Kansas-based senior living community sustained when a sprinkler burst is in the wrong state, a Travelers unit told a Colorado federal court, seeking to toss the Colorado statutory and common-law bad faith claims and transfer the dispute to Kansas.

  • April 13, 2026

    Ex-Twitter Executive Ends $20M Suit Against X Corp., Musk

    Twitter's former chief marketing officer has agreed to drop her $20 million severance suit, which defendants X Corp. and Elon Musk had appealed to the Ninth Circuit seeking to force arbitration, after parties reported a settlement of their dispute late last month.

  • April 13, 2026

    Ex-Med Spa Workers Settle Conn. Poaching Claims

    A Connecticut medical spa has settled a state court lawsuit accusing two former employees of luring clients and a colleague to a similar facility less than six miles away, court records show.

  • April 13, 2026

    University Stiffed Energy Firm On Audit Work, Suit Says

    An energy firm says the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs refused to pay for years of completed audit work, raising objections only after the final report was delivered and invoices came due, according to a suit filed in Colorado state court.

  • April 13, 2026

    Tech Co. Can't Duck Ponzi Scheme Claims Over Data Boxes

    A Pennsylvania federal judge declined to dismiss civil Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization claims against a tech company and others filed by a business alleging it was duped into buying billboard-adjacent data collection boxes on the false premise that the information would be sold to Intel.

  • April 13, 2026

    Green Roofing Co. Says Ex-Employee Stole Clients, Trade Secrets

    A green wall and roofing company has accused a former employee of siphoning trade secrets and clients through misrepresentations and using them to start a competing company before making efforts to cover her tracks.

  • April 13, 2026

    Dish Dodged Rent On 62 Tower Sites For Months, Lessor Says

    Dish Wireless walked away from its rent obligations on dozens of wireless tower sites as its parent company winds down part of its network business, according to a suit filed in Colorado federal court.

  • April 13, 2026

    Exxon Says Terminal Operator Owes $1.1M In Delay Fees

    An Exxon unit is suing a Houston Ship Channel terminal operator in Texas federal court, saying that for the last several years, the operator has failed to pay demurrage fees totaling $1.09 million.

  • April 13, 2026

    Lin Wood's Days-Late Bond Appeal Denied In Ex-Partners' Suit

    Former attorney L. Lin Wood cannot challenge a lower court ruling ordering him to post a supersedeas bond and pledge property to secure a judgment issued to his former partners, because he filed his notice of appeal a few days late, the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

  • April 13, 2026

    United Rentals Wants Ex-Worker Sanctioned Over Erased Files

    United Rentals Inc. wants a former North Carolina sales representative punished for allegedly deleting computer files the same day he received a lawsuit accusing him of taking trade secrets to a new employer, arguing a judge or jury should assume the worst about the alleged file transfer and purported cover-up.

  • April 13, 2026

    Lawyer Says Feds Cost Him At Least $9M In Calif. Tribal Fees

    An attorney who previously represented a faction of the California Valley Miwok Tribe says the federal government caused him to lose more than $9 million by approving the tribe's constitution, which contains a provision retroactively nullifying any previous agreements for the funds.

Expert Analysis

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

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    A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

  • Reviewing 2025's Artificial Intelligence Disputes Over IP

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    2025 brought the first major fair use rulings involving generative artificial intelligence, and in 2026 courts will weigh in on more discovery disputes, renewed motions to dismiss, class certification challenges and fair use defenses that could shape the course of future AI litigation, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape

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    The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.

  • Navigating AI In The Legal Industry

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    As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.

  • Nuclear Power Pitfalls And Opportunities To Watch For In 2026

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    Shepherding nuclear power projects to completion requires navigating more risks and obligations than almost any other infrastructure undertaking, but with the right strategies, states, developers, vendors and contractors can overcome these hurdles in 2026 and beyond, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • 2025 Calif. Banking Oversight Centered On Consumer Issues

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    The combination of statutory reform, registration mandates and enforcement activity in 2025 signals that California's financial regulatory landscape is focused on consumer protection, particularly in the areas of crypto kiosk fee practices, earned wage access providers and elder fraud, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement

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    As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.

  • Series

    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • How Workforce, Tech Will Affect 2026 Construction Landscape

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    As the construction industry's center of gravity shifts from traditional commercial work to infrastructure, energy, industrial and data-hosting facilities, the effects of evolving technology and persistent labor shortages are reshaping real estate dealmaking, immigration policy debates and government contracting risk, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Contract Disputes Recap: Delay, Plain Text, Sovereign Acts

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    Three recent decisions addressing familiar pressure points show that even well-worn doctrines evolve, and both contractors and the government should reexamine their assumptions, says Zachary Jacobson at Seyfarth.

  • Opinion

    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • Series

    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Integrating Practice Groups

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    Enacting unified leadership and consistent client service standards ensures law firm practice groups connect and collaborate around shared goals, turning a law firm merger into a platform for growth rather than a period of disruption, says Brian Catlett at Fennemore Craig.

  • Opinion

    Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • Series

    Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

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