Patent Infringement: Successful Litigation Stays the "Course"
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reversed a district court’s decision to deny a motion to compel arbitration in a case involving a request to refund the cost of airline tickets after a cancellation....more
Combs Wines and Spirits LLC, a company owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs, has a long-standing business relationship with Diageo North America Inc. by which Diageo distributes Ciroc Vodka and DeLeon Tequila. In May, Combs filed a...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently refused to compel arbitration on the ground that the arbitral forum had ceased to exist and that a purported replacement forum was not the same forum and...more
Oral Contract claims- Scott v. First Choice Auto Clinic, Inc., 10th Dist. Franklin No. 2023-Ohio-3855. In this appeal, the Tenth Appellate District affirmed in part and reversed in part the trial court’s decision to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In May 2023, music and entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, through his company, Combs Wines and Spirits LLC, commenced a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court alleging that Diageo North America, a...more
Since July 2019, Florida has seen an influx of over 550,000 new residents, driven in large part by economic migration from other states. This population growth has been accompanied, at least until the third quarter of 2022,...more
Fairstead Cap. Mgmt. LLC v. Blodgett, C.A. No. 2022-0673-JTL (Del. Ch. Jan. 6, 2023) - This case highlights the difficulties that can arise when relationships are governed by contracts with competing forum selection and...more
Nicole Zachman brought a putative class action against the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (HVCU) for breach of contract and violation of the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act, among other claims, based on HVCU’s...more
In Calderon v. Sixt Rent A Car, LLC, the Eleventh Circuit narrowly interpreted an arbitration clause in a rental car contract the plaintiff entered into on Orbitz.com. The court held that the clause did not apply to a...more
In Young v. Grand Canyon University, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia was wrong to compel arbitration of a student’s breach of contract and...more
As businesses around the country slowly start to reopen after COVID-19 closures caused by state and local government-mandated operation restrictions, plaintiffs have flocked to the courts filing class actions against...more
In this matter, plaintiff Marisco Ltd. hired defendant GL Engineering & Construction (GL E&C) to construct and deliver a floating dry dock. Marisco alleged that GL E&C’s principals misrepresented their experience and ability...more
In this cattle-feeding dispute, cattle owner Bonsmara Natural Beef Co. and its principal George Chapman brought an action against feed yard owner Hart of Texas Cattle Feeders LLC, alleging claims including breach of contract,...more
The plaintiffs filed a class action against Domino’s, alleging that the company’s franchise agreement violated federal antitrust law as well as state law. Domino’s moved to compel arbitration, and the plaintiffs opposed on...more
The defendants moved to compel arbitration of a complex dispute concerning the parties’ investment in medical marijuana companies. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants breached a non-compete agreement and fiduciary...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands recently compelled arbitration after concluding that a personal guaranty incorporated an arbitration agreement from an underlying contract and rejecting various...more
The action arises out of a foreclosure sale in which property was conveyed to First 100 LLC. Subsequent to the foreclosure sale, First 100 conveyed the property to Alan and Theresa Lahrs as trustees of the Lahrs Family Trust....more
Want to give up a contractual right to arbitrate? Easy. Don’t seek to enforce it. For example, just litigate for awhile and don’t mention your arbitration clause. The court has no obligation sua sponte to raise or enforce...more
In 2011, a former employee of Waterstone Mortgage Corporation filed a class action against Waterstone alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and breach of contract. Originally published in the ABA-Section of...more
Plaintiff entered into a lease agreement with Defendants (Shell Oil entities) governing extraction of oil and gas from his five-acre property located in Guernsey County, Ohio....more
In sum, this case stems from a 2007 lease agreement between Ross Dress for Less, Inc. (“Ross”) and VIWY, L.P. (“VIWY”) for Ross to be a tenant in VIWY’s shopping center....more
A former employee of Waterstone Mortgage Corporation filed a class action against Waterstone in Wisconsin federal court in 2011 alleging wage violations and breach of contract. ...more
Having a client required to arbitrate a case — even though that client never signed off on an arbitration provision — is nothing new. Judge Conrad dealt with that situation late last month in Charlotte Student Housing DST v....more
Medidata brought suit against its competitor, Veeva, alleging that Medidata’s former employees, who eventually left the company to work for Veeva, violated their employment agreements which required them to protect Medidata’s...more
A D.C. district court ruled that an eBay user did not assent to a later-added arbitration clause to the user agreement by virtue of a provision that stated eBay could amend the agreement at any time, as the user may not have...more