Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
Commercial Contracts
-
April 17, 2026
Judge Says Biotech Co. Can't Wipe Cancer Data, For Now
A Texas state judge signed a temporary restraining order on Friday that stops Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the consulting firm helping it oversee its dissolution from deleting cell therapy data that the Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center says belongs to it.
-
April 17, 2026
Healthcare AI Co. Seeks to Drop 3 From Wage Suit
A data science platform said Friday that a former executive, who claims he was not paid after investing $750,000 into the business, cannot drag three out-of-state people loosely connected to the company into a North Carolina federal court and that key claims should be trimmed.
-
April 17, 2026
Power Broker, Atty Brother Rip Developer's 'Pleading Gambit'
South Jersey power broker George Norcross and his attorney brother pushed back at a developer's bid to drop a civil racketeering claim against them after an appeals court backed the dismissal of a related criminal case, telling a state court that the proposed amendments to his complaint are futile.
-
April 17, 2026
GE Unit Must Finish Work On Vineyard Wind Offshore Project
Vineyard Wind's turbine supplier cannot abandon the offshore wind project on the eve of completion, a Massachusetts state judge ruled Friday, ordering the GE Vernova subsidiary to remain on the job for now.
-
April 17, 2026
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen Aston Martin file an appeal in a row with Chinese carmaker Geely over its winged logo for London black cabs, Ineos sue Ben Ainslie's America's Cup team for a £180 million ($244 million) boat, White & Case face a claim from two energy storage companies, and a golf tour company bring a claim against Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after the fund invested in its rival.
-
April 17, 2026
Fed. Circ. Reverses $18M Penile Implant Trade Secret Win
In a unanimous precedential decision, the Federal Circuit on Friday largely reversed a California jury's $18.3 million trade secret verdict over a penile implant, holding that the asserted secrets were already publicly disclosed or generally known and therefore not protectable.
-
April 16, 2026
Texas Biz Court Questions Scope Of Oil Terminal Judgment
A Texas business court judge on Thursday contemplated how to interpret deals tied to a proposed oil export terminal, with one investor's requested declaratory and injunctive relief disputed by three defendants.
-
April 16, 2026
Ex-ByteDance Exec Fights Perjury Sanction At 9th Circ.
A former ByteDance executive urged the Ninth Circuit Thursday to revive a suit he filed against the TikTok owner after he was fired, saying the case should've been heard in state court and a federal judge had no jurisdiction to order terminating sanctions after finding he perjured himself.
-
April 16, 2026
San Diego Alleges Fire Truck-Makers Attempted Monopoly
San Diego has alleged in a federal lawsuit that fire truck manufacturers REV Group and Oshkosh Corp., along with private equity firm American Industrial Partners, orchestrated an anticompetitive scheme to consolidate the market and charge municipalities across the nation inflated prices.
-
April 16, 2026
OpenAI, Musk OK With Bifurcated Trial And Advisory Jury
Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft agreed Thursday to a California federal judge's proposal to bifurcate the trial's liability phase from the remedies phase in a case challenging the artificial intelligence company's conversion to a for-profit entity, and that the jury for the liability phase should serve on an advisory basis.
-
April 16, 2026
Vineyard Wind Seeks Order For GE To Finish Offshore Project
An attorney for Vineyard Wind urged a Boston judge on Thursday to force a GE Vernova subsidiary to finish work on a massive offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, saying only GE can do the work that would bring the wind farm to full power.
-
April 16, 2026
Lemonade To Pay $10.5M In Driver's License Data Breach Suit
Lemonade will pay $10.5 million to settle with a proposed class of over 190,000 individuals who said the tech-forward insurer's online quote platform negligently disclosed their drivers' license numbers to cybercriminals, according to a preliminary approval motion filed Wednesday in New York federal court.
-
April 16, 2026
Timeshare Exit Patrons Nab Reversal In Coverage Denial Row
A Washington federal judge held she made a "mistake" when she rejected arguments that an insurer acted in bad faith by declining to defend a now-defunct timeshare exit company from a consumer protection class action that yielded a $630 million deal.
-
April 16, 2026
AGs' Win Over Live Nation Leaves DOJ Watching From The Side
Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s across-the-board trial rout by 34 state attorneys general underscores the ascendancy of state antitrust enforcers looking to fill perceived enforcement gaps left by the U.S. Department of Justice during President Donald Trump's second term.
-
April 16, 2026
Capital One Hit With Class Action Over Canceled Rewards
Capital One has been hit with a proposed class action in Virginia federal court accusing it of unlawfully canceling billions of dollars in earned credit card rewards by unilaterally closing customers' accounts without cause.
-
April 16, 2026
6th Circ. Asks Retirees To Answer Mortality Data Suit Redo Bid
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday asked participants in Kellogg and FedEx pension plans to respond to the companies' bids for reconsideration of the court's decision to revive their lawsuits alleging benefits were miscalculated because the plans used outdated mortality data.
-
April 16, 2026
Delivery Co. Says Claim Errors Raised Auto Policy By $500K
An Amazon delivery service provider told a Connecticut state court that two claims management services administrators inaccurately reported the provider was at fault for a collision that resulted in a $200,000 payout, causing its auto policy premiums to increase by more than $500,000 a year.
-
April 16, 2026
Fla. Panel Upholds Ex-Worker's Postclaim Arbitration Deal
A Florida state appellate panel on Wednesday barred a woman from pursuing sexual discrimination allegations against her former employer in court, saying she agreed to arbitrate her claims in a settlement that followed her initial U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge.
-
April 16, 2026
Mich. Insurance Co. Says Ex-Brokers Violated Noncompetes
A Grand Rapids-based insurance and financial services company has sued two of its former California employees, accusing them of jumping to a direct competitor in violation of noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements tied to multimillion-dollar deals in which they sold their insurance businesses to the company.
-
April 16, 2026
5th Circ. Axes Southwest Customers' 737 Max Overcharge Suit
The Fifth Circuit on Thursday shut down proposed class claims alleging Southwest Airlines overcharged consumers for riskier flights on Boeing 737 Max 8 jets, saying the consumers' alleged economic injury theory was implausible and that they lacked standing to sue.
-
April 16, 2026
Power Plant Contractor Seeks To Enforce $20M Iraq Award
A Lebanese company asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to confirm and enforce a $20 million arbitral award, plus interest, it secured against Iraq after it was cut out of a deal for a power plant project in Baghdad.
-
April 16, 2026
Equity Residential Cuts $56M Deal In RealPage MDL
A Chicago-based real estate investment trust has reached a $56 million settlement in a sprawling, multidistrict antitrust class action that claims the REIT and multiple landlords used property management software company RealPage Inc.'s revenue management software for rent price-fixing.
-
April 16, 2026
Del. Rejects Fiduciary Claim Over Competing Opioid Clinic
The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday largely rejected a healthcare company's claims that a former executive unlawfully competed against it by launching a nearby opioid treatment clinic, finding only a narrow breach of fiduciary duty and awarding just over $1,600 in damages.
-
April 16, 2026
Michigan City, Police Brass Hit With Retaliation Claims
Two decorated former Wyandotte police officers who say they were punished for speaking out about abusive policing practices that include excessive force and falsified reports, are suing the city and its current and prior police chiefs in Michigan federal court, alleging their rights to free speech were violated.
-
April 16, 2026
Pa. Bakery Blasts Insurer Over Denied Collapse Coverage
A Pittsburgh-area bakery told a Pennsylvania state court its insurer denied coverage for a collapsed fire escape without ever inspecting the property.
Expert Analysis
-
Opinion
Time To Fix The Accountability Gap In Freight Logistics
In Montgomery v. Caribe Transport, the U.S. Supreme Court must resolve an urgent question: whether freight broker selection in trucking accidents is categorically protected — meaning unreasonable safety decisions are insulated from liability — or subject to accountability under traditional negligence principles, says Amanda Demanda at Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers.
-
Senior Housing Demands A Distinct Dealmaking Playbook
An aging population and evolving state regulations underscore a critical reality that senior housing assets can undergo operational or compliance shifts during dealmaking, highlighting the need for unique contractual safeguards like expanded disclosures, anchored notice obligations, and targeted closing conditions and remedies, say attorneys at Goodwin.
-
What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings
My audit of 1,522 court documents from last month found that over 95% contained at least one verifiable error, with fewer than 1% showing clear indicators of artificial intelligence use — highlighting above all else that lawyers may want to focus most on strengthening their review processes, says Elliott Ash at ETH Zurich.
-
Apple Verdict May Inform Jury Instruction In Patent Suits
A Texas federal jury's recent verdict in Optis v. Apple provides an important example of how juries must be instructed when Step 2 of the Alice framework is submitted to them, with important implications for both litigators and courts in patent cases, says Joshua Reisberg at Blank Rome.
-
Series
Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1
As usual, California remained a hub for financial services activity in the first quarter of 2026, with key developments including the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation's eye on consumer issues, a bill targeting "pig butchering" schemes, and jam-packed courts, say attorneys at Joseph Cohen.
-
Justices May Hesitate To Limit Courts' Arbitration Review
Based on Monday's argument in Jules v. Andre Balazs, the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to preserve federal jurisdiction over arbitral award enforcement stemming from actions originated in federal court, a holding that would markedly limit the court's 2022 Walters v. Badgerow decision, says Ashwini Jayaratnam at DarrowEverett.
-
Series
Ultramarathons Make Me A Better Lawyer
Completing a 100-mile ultramarathon was tougher, more humbling and more rewarding than I ever imagined, and the experience highlighted how long-distance running has sharpened my ability to adapt to the evolving nature of antitrust law and strengthened my resolve to handle demanding, unforeseen challenges, says Dan Oakes at Axinn.
-
Proactive Risk Allocation Reduces Infrastructure Disputes
Recent wrangling between federal and state officials over the Gateway Program illustrates how quickly funding and project governance disputes can disrupt significant public infrastructure initiatives — and highlights that the way risks are contractually allocated can determine whether disagreements are resolved efficiently or lead to costly delays, says Thibaut Giret at Alstef Group.
-
Series
Pa. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1
The first quarter of 2026 brought several consequential developments for Pennsylvania financial institutions, including the state banking department's first assessment overhaul in 10 years, a bill prohibiting interchange fees on card transaction sales taxes and a federal appeals court's upholding of a $52 million enforcement action, say attorneys at Gross McGinley.
-
In First For DOJ, Action Signals New CFIUS Enforcement Era
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking judicial enforcement of a divestment order, an unprecedented action for the agency that ushers in a new phase for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, one in which judicial proceedings complement administrative oversight and presidential divestment orders may be enforced through litigation, says attorney Sohan Dasgupta.
-
Getting The Most Out Of Learning And Development Programs
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Junior associates can better develop the legal, business and interpersonal skills they need for long-term success by approaching their firms’ learning and development programs armed with five tips for getting the most out of these resources, says Lauren Hakala at Reed Smith.
-
Del. Blackbaud Ruling Signals A New Era For Cyberinsurance
The recent Delaware Supreme Court ruling in Travelers v. Blackbaud shows that cyberinsurance is moving into a second maturity phase, in which insurers will increasingly attempt to recover their payments from vendors and insureds will face new pressure to justify cyber incident reimbursements, say Steven Teppler at Mandelbaum Barrett and Jade Davis at Shumaker.
-
Opinion
AI Presents A Make-Or-Break Moment For Outside Counsel
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by corporate legal departments is forcing a long-overdue reset of the relationship between inside and outside counsel, and introducing a significant opportunity to shed frustrating inefficiencies and strengthen collaboration for firms willing to embrace the shift, says Intel Chief Legal Officer April Miller Boise.
-
State Carbon Cost Disparities Are Pivotal In Data Center Siting
When choosing U.S. data center locations, developers must carefully consider the patchwork of state and regional carbon emission pricing regimes that are layered on top of the federal permitting framework, creating compliance cost differentials that could add up to billions of dollars, say attorneys at Davis Graham.
-
Series
Watching Hallmark Movies Makes Me A Better Lawyer
I realize you may be judging me for watching, and actually enjoying, Hallmark Channel movies, but the escapism and storylines actually demonstrate qualities and actions that lead to an efficient, productive and positive legal practice, says Karen Ross at Tucker Ellis.