lc Autoridad de Energia Electrica v. Vitol SA Services, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-06-13T08:00:00+00:00 (United States First Circuit) - In a suit brought under a Puerto Rico 'Law 458', which prohibits government instrumentalities and public corporations from awarding bids or contracts to persons (including juridical persons) who have been convicted of 'crimes that constitute fraud, embezzlement or misappropriation of public funds listed in section 928b of this title,' P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 3, section 928, the district court's judgment remanding the case to the Commonwealth Puerto Rico Court of First Instance is affirmed where the forum selection clauses at issue were enforceable, and that the unanimity requirement of 28 U.S.C. section 1446(b)(2)(A) therefore could not be satisfied. Full Article White Collar Crime Government Law Contracts Government Contracts Oil and Gas Law Government Law
lc Cinema West, LLC v. Baker By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-06-30T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Affirming the superior court's determination that a movie theater being constructed using a loan from the city government and receiving city grant funds was subject to California's prevailing wage laws as they apply to 'public works.' Full Article Labor & Employment Law Government Contracts Commercial Law Construction
lc Northrop Grumman Technical Service, Inc. v. DynCorp International LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-07-28T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fourth Circuit) - Affirming the remand of a case involving a dispute between a government contractor and its subcontractor because the party seeking to remove to federal court filed an untimely notice to remove and had waived its right to remove by engaging in substantive defensive action in state court prior to filing a notice of removal by filing counterclaims in state court. Full Article Civil Procedure Government Contracts Contracts
lc Russell City Energy Company, LLC v. City of Hayward By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-08-07T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Reversing an order sustaining a city's demurrer without leave to amend and dismissing a complaint to the extent that the order denied the plaintiff leave to amend in an action relating to an agreement between an energy company and a city whose terms may have violated the California Constitution because a quasi-contractual restitution claim would be permitted even if the Payments Clause at issue is unconstitutional. Full Article Government Contracts Tax Law Contracts
lc US ex rel. Vaughn v. United Biologics LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-10-17T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - Affirmed the voluntary dismissal of a qui tam action that a group of physicians brought against a company operating allergy treatment clinics. Over the company's objection, the physicians sought to voluntarily dismiss their lawsuit with prejudice as to themselves only, so that their decision to quit would not hamstring the government's efforts against the company elsewhere. The district court granted the dismissal motion, and the Fifth Circuit affirmed. Full Article Health Law Government Contracts
lc SI 59 LLC v. Variel Warner Ventures, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-11-15T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed the dismissal of a property owner's negligence, breach of contract, and other claims arising out of a building construction dispute. Full Article Contracts Property Law & Real Estate Construction
lc SummerHill Winchester LLC v. Campbell Union School District By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-12-20T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed that a school district failed to take the proper steps to enact a fee on new residential development within the district to fund the construction of school facilities. Held that the fee study did not contain the data required to properly calculate a development fee. Full Article Education Law Tax Law Construction
lc Aspic Engineering and Construction Co. v. ECC Centcom Constructors, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-01-28T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Held that an arbitrator made an "irrational" decision in a contract dispute between two government contractors. Affirmed the district court's vacatur of the arbitration award, in this case involving contracts to construct buildings and facilities in Afghanistan. Full Article Military Law Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Construction
lc Rand Resources, LLC v. City of Carson By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-02-04T08:00:00+00:00 (Supreme Court of California) - In an opinion that clarifies the scope of the anti-SLAPP statute, the California Supreme Court held that only certain causes of action here arose from protected speech. In the underlying dispute, a developer had sued the City of Carson and another developer in connection with negotiations about the possibility of building a National Football League stadium in the city. Full Article Civil Procedure Constitutional Law Construction
lc NRP Holdings LLC v. City of Buffalo By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-02-20T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Held that a mayor had legislative immunity from claims that he scuttled a low‐income housing project because the prospective developer refused to hire his political ally as a contractor on the project. Affirmed judgment in favor of the mayor and the other defendants. Full Article Government Law Construction
lc 1305 Ingraham LLC v. City of Los Angeles By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-12T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Held that a neighboring business was time-barred from challenging a city's approval of an affordable housing project. Affirmed the sustaining of a demurrer. Full Article Property Law & Real Estate Construction
lc Ione Valley Land, Air, and Water Defense Alliance, LLC v. County of Amador By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-20T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Held that an environmental group could not proceed with its challenge to a county's approval of a private company's plan to build a rock quarry and related facilities. Affirmed the denial of a writ petition. Full Article Environmental Law Construction
lc Boatworks, LLC v. City of Alameda By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-05-15T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Struck down a portion of a city ordinance authorizing development impact fees for parks and recreation. Affirmed the lower court in relevant part, in this case involving California's Mitigation Fee Act. Full Article Property Law & Real Estate Construction
lc Capsco Industries, Inc. v. Ground Control, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-08-12T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - Affirmed. A subcontractor did not owe a duty to indemnify a company for its expenditures in labor and materials in a construction project. Full Article Civil Procedure Insurance Law Construction Contracts
lc LAJIM, LLC v. General Electric Co. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-04T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Seventh Circuit) - Held that adjoining landowners were not entitled to injunctive relief against a company whose manufacturing plant had polluted the groundwater, in an action under the citizen suit provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The plaintiffs did not demonstrate a need for injunctive relief, because state environmental regulators had already sued the company and the two were working together on remedial steps. Affirmed the ruling below. Full Article Environmental Law Water Law
lc Ione Valley Land, Air, and Water Defense Alliance, LLC v. County of Amador By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-20T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Held that an environmental group could not proceed with its challenge to a county's approval of a private company's plan to build a rock quarry and related facilities. Affirmed the denial of a writ petition. Full Article Environmental Law Construction
lc T-Mobile West LLC v. City and County of San Francisco By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-04-04T08:00:00+00:00 (Supreme Court of California) - Upheld a San Francisco ordinance that requires wireless phone service companies to obtain permits and conform with aesthetic guidelines when installing lines and equipment on utility poles. The companies sought a declaratory judgment that the ordinance is inconsistent with state law. However, the California Supreme Court was not persuaded by the companies' arguments. Full Article Environmental Law Communications Law
lc Winding Creek Solar LLC v. Peterman By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-07-29T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed. Plaintiff filed suit against the Commissioners of the California Public Utilities commission alleging that the California Renewable Market Adjust Tariff (Re-MAT) program violated the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Plaintiff, but declined to grant Plaintiff a contract with PG&E at a specified price. The Ninth Circuit held that the Re-MAT program violated the PURPA and therefore is preempted by PURPA, but the Ninth Circuit would not grant the contract because PG&E was not a party to the suit. Full Article Environmental Law Public Utilities Contracts
lc Mavrix Photographs, LLC. v LiveJournal, Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-04-07T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - In a copyright dispute arising out of photographs posted online on defendant's social media website, the district court's summary judgment that defendant was entitled protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is reversed where: 1) the safe harbor set forth in 17 U.S.C. section 512(c) would apply if the photographs were posted at the direction of users; 2) defendant posted the photographs after a team of volunteer moderators, led by an employee of the defendant, reviewed and approved them; 3) the common law of agency applied to the defendant's safe harbor defense; and 4) there were genuine factual disputes regarding whether the moderators were the defendant's agents. Full Article Intellectual Property Copyright Cyberspace Law
lc DRK Photo v. McGraw Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-09-12T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirming summary judgment to the defendant schoolbook publisher against a stock photography agency complaining of copyright infringement because they were nonexclusive licensing agents for the photos at issue and failed to demonstrate adequate ownership interest to confer standing. Full Article Copyright Civil Procedure Intellectual Property
lc BMG Rights Management LLC v. Round Hill Music LP By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-02-01T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fourth Circuit) - Affirming in part, reversing in part, and remanding a case alleging copyright infringement seeking to hold a high-speed internet provider contributorily responsible for infringement of a music publisher's copyrights, affirming the trial court's determination that the defense was not entitled to a safe harbor defense, but reversing, vacating, and remanding on account of errors in jury instructions. Full Article Intellectual Property Copyright Media Law
lc Folkens v. Wyland Worldwide, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-02-02T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirming the district court's summary judgment to the defense in a Copyright Act infringement case centered on a pen and ink depiction of two dolphins whose creator claimed a painting of two dolphins was copied because the panel found that the idea was simply drawn from nature and that expressing ideas that nature has already expressed for all cannot result in copyright. Full Article Intellectual Property Copyright
lc Fox News Network, LLC v. TVEyes, Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-02-27T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Reversing a district court order finding fair use in the case of a company that enables clients to view and distribute ten-minute clips of television and radio programs produced by others because whether or not the snippets served a transformational purpose the provision of virtually all of Fox's copyrighted content deprived Fox of copyright revenue and could not be justified as fair use. Full Article Media Law Communications Law Intellectual Property Copyright
lc Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-03-27T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Federal Circuit) - Reversing a district court determination that Google's use of Oracle's Java Standard Edition platform programming interface in its Android operating system was fair use and decisions denying Oracle's motion for judgment as a matter of law and remanding for a determination of damages. Full Article Copyright Intellectual Property
lc Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Gonzales By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-08-27T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirmed the dismissal of a copyright infringement action brought against an individual who allegedly downloaded and distributed (i.e., pirated) a movie through peer-to-peer BitTorrent networks. The individual argued that he was not liable for infringement even if the infringing Internet Protocol (IP) address was his, because multiple individuals could connect via his IP address. Agreeing with him and noting that he operated an adult foster care home, the Ninth Circuit held that the complaint failed to state a claim of either direct or contributory infringement. Full Article Entertainment Law Intellectual Property Copyright
lc Bell v. Vacuforce, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-11-14T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Seventh Circuit) - Affirmed sanctions imposed against a defense attorney for filing a frivolous motion seeking prevailing party attorney fees. Held that it was baseless for the attorney to argue that his client was the prevailing party under the Copyright Act, in a case where his client had agreed to pay a monetary settlement to resolve a copyright infringement claim. Full Article Copyright Sanctions Attorney's Fees
lc Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-12-12T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed a finding of copyright infringement, in a lawsuit that involved copyrighted music recordings resold through an internet platform. The suit was brought by several record companies. Full Article Entertainment Law Intellectual Property Copyright
lc Manhattan Review, LLC v. Yun By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-03-25T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Held that the defendants were entitled to an award of attorney fees in a Copyright and Lanham Act lawsuit after they prevailed by asserting a collateral estoppel defense. Affirmed the award of fees. Full Article Attorney's Fees Intellectual Property Copyright
lc Gold Value International Textile Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-06-04T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - Held that a clothing manufacturer could not proceed with a copyright infringement lawsuit against a competitor that allegedly copied a fabric design because the copyright registration was invalid due to knowingly inaccurate paperwork. Affirmed summary judgment for the defendants. Full Article Intellectual Property Copyright
lc Berkley v. Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-07-25T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fourth Circuit) - Affirmed that the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over a constitutional challenge to the Natural Gas Act. Landowners along the path of a proposed natural gas pipeline brought this action disputing the constitutionality of various provisions of the Natural Gas Act. Agreeing with the district court, the Fourth Circuit held that the suit must be dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction on the grounds that the landowners ought to have brought their claims through the agency review process laid out in the Natural Gas Act. Full Article Oil and Gas Law Property Law & Real Estate
lc US v. Nature's Way Marine LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-09-21T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that the owner of a tugboat was also considered to be operating an oil barge that the tugboat was moving at the time the barge collided with a bridge, resulting in an oil spill in the Mississippi River. Affirmed partial summary judgment for the federal government in its lawsuit seeking to recover cleanup costs under the Oil Pollution Act. Full Article Admiralty Environmental Law Oil and Gas Law
lc Shell Offshore, Inc. v. Tesla Offshore, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-10-05T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that a company surveying the ocean floor was properly apportioned 75 percent of the liability for an accident in which its underwater sonar device struck an offshore drilling rig's mooring line. The remaining 25 percent of the liability was allocated to the operator of the chartered vessel that was pulling the sonar device. Affirmed a judgment after a jury trial. Full Article Admiralty Oil and Gas Law Injury & Tort Law
lc U.S. Oil Trading LLC v. M/V Vienna Express By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2018-12-19T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Held that a bunker (marine fuel) supplier was potentially entitled to assert a maritime lien against certain vessels to which it had physically provided marine fuel for which it was not paid, under an exception to the usual subcontractor rule. The exception allows maritime liens to be asserted by subcontractors whose selection was controlled or directed by a vessel's owner/charterer. Vacated and remanded on this issue. Full Article Oil and Gas Law Admiralty
lc EOR Energy, LLC v. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-01-16T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Seventh Circuit) - Held that an energy company could not proceed with its claim that Illinois environmental regulators lacked jurisdiction over its handling of hazardous‐waste acid that it transported into the state. Affirmed a dismissal based on claim and issue preclusion, among other doctrines. Full Article Environmental Law Oil and Gas Law Civil Procedure
lc Glassell Non-Operated Interests Ltd. v. Enerquest Oil and Gas LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-06-12T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - Held that an oil company did not breach its contract with several other oil companies. The dispute arose out of a joint agreement to cooperatively develop oil prospects in Texas. Reversed the judgment below. Full Article Oil and Gas Law Contracts
lc Najas Realty, LLC v. Seekonk Water Dist. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2016-05-02T08:00:00+00:00 (United States First Circuit) - In an action stemming from the plaintiffs' purchase of a piece of land and the opposition the defendants mounted to the plaintiffs' plan to develop that property, alleging defendants' conduct violated various constitutional and state law provisos, including 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act (MCRA), Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 12, section 11, the District Court's grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants is affirmed where plaintiffs did not give sufficient facts to state plausible-on-their-face claims, ones that gave rise to more than a mere possibility of liability. Full Article Property Law & Real Estate Civil Rights
lc Trafon Group, Inc. v. Butterball LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2016-05-03T08:00:00+00:00 (United States First Circuit) - In a suit alleging defendant breached an exclusive distribution agreement in violation of Puerto Rico's Law 75 of June 24, 1964, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 10 section 278, the District Court's denial of a preliminary injunction against defendant and dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where plaintiff's claim was barred under Law 75's three-year statute of limitations and properly under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(f). Full Article Civil Procedure Contracts
lc MPC Franchise, LLC v. Tarntino By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2016-06-27T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - In a trademark action concerning the mark for Pudgie's pizza chain restaurants, the district court's grant of summary judgment to plaintiffs is affirmed where there is no genuine issue of material fact that defendant Tarntino obtained his federal trademark registration of PUDGIE'S by fraud. Full Article Commercial Law Trademark
lc Andrews v. America's Living Centers, LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2016-06-28T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fourth Circuit) - In an attorney's fees action, the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's action is reversed where: 1) an award of attorneys' fees are permissible under F.R.C.P. 41(d) ; but 2) the Fair Labor Standards Act does not permit an award of attorneys' fees for defendants and plaintiff's conduct was not undertaken in bad faith, vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons. Full Article Attorney's Fees
lc JL Beverage Co, LLC v. Jim Beam Brands Co. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2016-07-14T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - In an action claiming of trademark infringement, false designation of origin, and unfair competition brought under the Lanham Act and Nevada state law by a beverage company-plaintiff, which sells a competing line of flavored vodkas, the District Court's grant of summary judgment to defendant is reversed where the district court erred in: 1) failing to place the burden of proof on defendant, the moving party; 2) failing to view the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff; and 3) never analyzing whether a genuine dispute of material fact existed. Full Article Intellectual Property Trademark
lc Dept. of Alcoholic Bev. Control v. Alcoholic Bev. Control App. Bd. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-01-17T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - In a petition for writ of review challenging the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control's 15-day suspension of an off-sale general license held by a CVS Pharmacy Store after an administrative law judge found the store clerk sold alcohol to a minor decoy, the Alcohol Beverage Control Appeals Board's reversal of the suspension based on California Code of Regulations, title 4, section 141 (Rule 141) that allows a law enforcement agency to use an underage decoy only in a fashion that promotes fairness, is annulled where: 1) Rule 141 is not ambiguous in requiring minor decoys to answer truthfully only questions about their ages; 2) substantial evidence supports the administrative law judge's factual finding that the decoy was not questioned about his age; and 3) Rule 141 does not provide CVS with a defense to the accusation it sold an alcoholic beverage to an underage buyer. Full Article Administrative Law
lc Retail Digital Network LLC v. Prieto By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-06-14T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Ninth Circuit) - In an action challenging, on First Amendment grounds, California Business and Professions Code section 25503(f)-(h), which prohibits alcohol manufacturers and wholesalers from providing anything of value to retailers in exchange for advertising their alcohol products, the district court's summary judgment in favor of the Acting Director of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is affirmed by an en banc court where: 1) thirty years ago, in Actmedia, Inc. v. Stroh, 830 F.2d 957 (9th Cir. 1986), this Circuit rejected a First Amendment challenge to the same California and Professions Code provision; and 2) the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., 564 U.S. 552 (2011) did not modify the Central Hudson test that been applied in Actmedia. Full Article Civil Rights Commercial Law Constitutional Law
lc Parks LLC v. Tyson Foods, Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2017-07-17T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Third Circuit) - Affirming a summary judgment to the defendant Tyson Foods in a dispute involving their use of the word 'Parks' in reference to hotdogs where the plaintiff once held trademark on this word's use to sell hotdogs until it failed to renew the trademark in the early 2000's. Full Article Intellectual Property False Advertising Trademark Consumer Protection Law
lc Gupta v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-08-19T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Seventh Circuit) - Affirmed. A former employee alleging discrimination could be compelled to arbitrate his claims because he didn't opt out of the company's arbitration agreement. Full Article Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Labor & Employment Law Civil Rights Civil Procedure
lc Bentley v. AutoZoners, LLC, et al. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-08-19T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Second Circuit) - Affirmed. In appealing an award of summary judgement for the defendants, plaintiff argues she proffered sufficient evidence to raise triable issues of fact in her sex discrimination case. Finding plaintiff’s arguments fail on the merits, the panel affirms. Full Article Labor & Employment Law Civil Procedure
lc Wu v. O'Gara Coach Co., LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-08-21T08:00:00+00:00 (California Court of Appeal) - Reversed order disqualifying attorneys. The appeals court held that no evidence had been presented that Plaintiff's attorneys possessed confidential attorney-client privileged information relevant to the suit and that if there was a conflict other lawyers in the law firm could represent Plaintiff. Full Article Civil Procedure Ethics & Professional Responsibility
lc Driveline Systems LLC v. Arctic Cat, Inc. By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-08-23T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Seventh Circuit) - Vacated and remanded. The summary judgment in a contract lawsuit over a supply contract for manufactured goods was improper because there were genuine issues of material fact. Full Article Civil Procedure Contracts
lc Brock Services LLC v. Rogillo By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2019-08-27T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Fifth Circuit) - Affirmed. A company sued a former employee who went to work for a direct competitor. The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction because there was an employment agreement with a non-compete provision. Full Article Contracts Civil Procedure Labor & Employment Law
lc Fusion Capital Find II, LLC. v. Ham By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2010-08-02T08:00:00+00:00 (United States Seventh Circuit) - In an insolvent corporation's suit against defendant-corporation for tortious interference with its merger agreement, district court's judgment awarding defendant about $1.2 million in legal fees after ruling in favor of defendant and holding the insolvent corporation's board of directors personally liable is reversed as, under Nev. Rev. Stat. section 78.747, there isn't any fraud as plaintiff's thin capitalization was both the reason why the deal had been proposed and the dominant feature in the deal's structure. Furthermore, when plaintiff signed a contract promising to reimburse defendant's legal expenses if litigation ensued, defendant knew beyond doubt that plaintiff would be unable to keep that promise unless the merger closed. Thus, the court is not aware of any statute or decision holding that investors in a thinly capitalized corporation are personally liable for its debts to a contracting partner when that partner, with knowledge of the corporation's insolvency, signs without getting a guaranty from the investors. Full Article Attorney's Fees Contracts Corporation & Enterprise Law Injury & Tort Law M&A
lc IDX Capital, LLC v. Phoenix Partners Group LLC By feeds.findlaw.com Published On :: 2012-05-31T08:00:00+00:00 (Court of Appeals of New York) - In a suit for tortious interference with prospective business relations and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, arising from the defendants' alleged participation in derailing the plaintiff company's acquisition by a third party, the Appellate Division's dismissal of the complaint is affirmed by memorandum, where the plaintiffs failed to produce evidentiary proof as to whether: 1) individual defendants participated in a co-defendant's admitted campaign to interfere with the proposed acquisition; 2) defendant entities should be held vicariously liable for the interference; or 3) an individual plaintiff was entitled to injunctive relief. Full Article Injury & Tort Law M&A