Over the past five years, bankruptcy courts have analyzed whether oil and gas producers’ contracts with midstream oil, gas, and produced water companies may be rejected if they create covenants running with the land. Through...more
MBlock Investors, LLC v. Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., etc., et al., 44 Fla. L. Weekly d1432 (3d DCA 2019) - A Florida Appellate Court recently reversed a trial court’s decision granting summary judgment finding an issue of fact...more
In Cup v. Ampco Pittsburgh Co., 2018 WL 4101049 (3rd Cir. Aug. 29, 2018), the Third Circuit addressed a case concerning the arbitrability of benefit claims by retirees in the context of collective bargaining agreements...more
Ericsson Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC (No. 2017-1521, 8/27/18) (Reyna, Taranto, Chen) Reyna, J. - Vacating and remanding the PTAB’s IPR decision because the PTAB erred in not considering portions of the petitioner’s...more
Is a personal guaranty a separate agreement from the underlying contract it guarantees? The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently considered this issue in Friday Investments, LLC v. Bally Total Fitness of the...more
Addressing the statutory cause of action requirement to appeal a reexamination decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal, finding that the appellant was not a third-party requester of the...more
Federal Circuit Dismisses an Appeal of an Inter Partes Reexamination for Lack of Standing Where the Appellant Failed to Establish that it was the Successor-in-Interest to the Original Petitioner - In Agilent...more
On September 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a 2013 Tax Court decision that had allowed only a nominal, 10% fractional interest discount for artwork included in a decedent’s estate....more