Commercial Law & Contracts – May 23, 2012

by Neil Guthrie on 5/4/2012

Crucial commas, greasy chips and electronic contracts -- all this and more in the BLG Monthly Update for May 2012!...more

by Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP on 3/14/2012

Scottsdale Indem. Co. v. Village of Crestwood, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 5069 (7th Cir. Mar. 12, 2012), the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, applying Illinois law, had occasion to consider the nature and...more

by Cole Schotz on 3/5/2012

In Newport Associates, Phase 1 Developers Limited Partnership v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, No. HUD-L-3070-09 ( New Jersey L. Div. January 24, 2012), plaintiff developers brought a declaratory judgment action...more

by Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 12/29/2011

The PCB contamination in the Lower Fox River in Wisconsin continues to spawn novel Superfund decisions. The latest is US v. NCR, in which Judge Greisbach of the Eastern District of Wisconsin reversed his initial ruling, made...more

by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 12/5/2011

The relentless pursuit by the California plaintiffs’ bar of Proposition 65 claims against companies doing business in the state has all the makings of a reality television show. Prop. 65 – the deceptively simple law...more

by Low, Ball & Lynch on 8/29/2011

Villa Los Alamos Homeowners Association v. State Farm General Insurance Company Court of Appeal, First District (August 25, 2011) In MacKinnon v. Truck Insurance Exchange (WLR September 4, 2003), the California Supreme...more

by Sedgwick LLP on 4/26/2011

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit In Industrial Enterprises, Inc. v. Penn America Ins. Co., ___ F.3d ___, 2011 WL 925451 (4th Cir. (Md.) March 18, 2011), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled...more

by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 2/3/2011

The Associated Press reported that BP has finally settled up on a claim. That's one claim of the 91,000 claims outstanding. According to the report, the claim settled for $10 million. In fact, BP intervened on the part of the...more