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Barnes & Thornburg LLP | USA | 3 Sep 2020
California Court Allows Subcontractor to Pursue Project Owner for Tortious Interference
A California appellate court recently held that an owner on a construction project could be liable to a subcontractor for the tort of intentional…
Seyfarth Shaw LLP | USA | 18 Aug 2020
California Supreme Court clarifies pleading requirements for claims of tortious interference with at-will contracts and adopts rule of reason in evaluating competitive restraints in contracts between businesses
Called upon by the Ninth Circuit in Ixchel Pharma, LLC v. Biogen, Inc. to answer two key questions concerning the validity of a settlement provision…
Bowditch & Dewey LLP | USA | 29 Apr 2020
Client Alert: Lender Liability During COVID-19
During an interview with Bloomberg TV on March 6th, Lawrence Summers, former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, observed: “Economic time has stopped but…
Maitland Chambers | United Kingdom | 28 Apr 2020
‘It takes two to tango’ Disposals in breach of contractual rights - don’t forget the tort
A landowner X covenants with Y in an option or a right of pre-emption not to dispose of the lease or land without consent, or without complying with…
Aird & Berlis LLP | Aird & McBurney LP | Canada | 24 Feb 2020
Ontario Recognizes False Light Tort of Invasion of Privacy
Hidden in the text of a strongly-worded Family Law case, Yenovkian v. Gulian, 2019 ONSC 7279, a new and timely tort based on invasion of privacy was…
Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP | USA | 15 May 2019
Kentucky Rejects Tortious Interference with Inheritance
The Kentucky Court of Appeals recently ruled that Kentucky does not recognize the cause of action known as tortious interference with inheritance or…
Jackson Lewis PC | USA | 15 Mar 2019
New Jersey Court Offers A Reminder That The Duty Of Loyalty Is Thicker Than Ink
Do employees in New Jersey owe a duty of loyalty to employers, even without a written employment agreement? Eliminating any possible doubt, the New…
Loeb & Loeb LLP | USA | 22 Feb 2019
Paisley Park Enterprises, Inc. v. Boxill
In suit brought by representatives of estate of Prince against pop star’s former sound engineer and others involved in posthumous release of Prince…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 20 Dec 2018
Declaratory Judgment Action Tabled for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
Addressing the requisite minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction over a patent owner, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the…
Stinson LLP | USA | 5 Nov 2018
Four Decisions Conclude Claims Outside Scope of Arbitration Agreement
There are only four ways to avoid an arbitration agreement. You can prove: 1) it was never formed; 2) it was formed, but is invalid under state law…
