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An assignment is the transfer of a right or benefit from one party to another party. Assignments can occur in contract or real estate contexts.  A contract assignment refers to a situation where one party to... more +
An assignment is the transfer of a right or benefit from one party to another party. Assignments can occur in contract or real estate contexts.  A contract assignment refers to a situation where one party to a contract transfers his/her rights or benefits under the contract to a third party. In a real estate assignment, an interest holder transfers his/her interest in a particular parcel to another party. less -
Gould + Ratner LLP

Ten Mistakes Buyers Make When Negotiating Letters of Intent in Commercial Real Estate Transactions in Illinois

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In Chicago and throughout Illinois commercial real estate acquisitions, the letter of intent (LOI) often sets the tone for the transaction. A weak LOI often creates two negotiations. First, you negotiate the LOI, then you...more

Alston & Bird

Buyers Beware: Revised LSTA Loan Trading Documents Create New Costs for Late Payments

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Our Distressed Debt & Claims Trading Team reviews amendments to LSTA loan trading documents that introduce late payment fees, significantly impacting secondary market participants by increasing the financial consequences for...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Use Clauses, Exclusives, and Operating Restrictions in NYC Restaurant Leases

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The use clause is one of the most consequential provisions in any restaurant lease—and one of the most overlooked during negotiations. I’ve seen restaurant owners spend weeks negotiating rent, free rent periods, and build-out...more

Maynard Nexsen

California Federal Court to Liability Insurers: Your Deadline to Remove Might Expire Years Before You Are Even Haled into Court

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The setup may seem familiar: a policyholder is sued in state court, judgment is entered against the policyholder, and the victorious plaintiff (now judgment creditor) turns to the liability insurer for payment....more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Beware the Cost of Incorrect Inventorship

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On April 2, 2026, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Fortress Iron, LP v. Digger Specialties, Inc. (appeal docket No. 2024-2313) that serves as a stinging reminder of the cost of incorrect inventorship....more

Gray Reed

Texas Court Discusses “Subject To”

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We begin our discussion of Cornucopia Oil and Gas, LLC v. Berry et al with a quiz...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

From Early Collaboration to Operating Relationship: Contract Terms That Matter When Capital Arrives

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This is the fourth in a series of articles designed to provide SXSW and LSI USA ’26 attendees and other MedTech professionals with practical considerations for efficiently executing mission-critical life science deals. ...more

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Paragon Group Limited v FK Facades Limited - Assignees and Adjudication

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In this BCLP Insight, Isaac Dundas reviews the recent decision of Paragon Group Limited v FK Facades Limited [2026] EWHC 78 (TCC). Here, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) had to determine whether an assignee of a...more

Lowndes

Assignment Is a Business Term: Negotiating Transfer Rights in the LOI

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In commercial leasing, the letter of intent typically addresses business points such as rent, term, and tenant improvement allowances, but often says little or nothing about a tenant’s right to assign or transfer the lease,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FINRA Updates Guidance on Negative Consent for Bulk Transfer/Assignment of Customer Accounts

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on February 6, 2026, released Notice 26-03 (Notice), which consolidates and modernizes guidance on the use of negative consent for bulk transfers or assignments of customer...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Xzibit A to the Trademark Agreement – Cannabis Trademarks Assigned in Cloud of Smoke, Says Rapper’s Ex-Wife

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Alvin Joiner, better known by his stage name Xzibit, is a rapper, actor, and record executive. He is also the face behind a cannabis brand called BRASS KNUCKLES, which is currently owned by a company called Hero Brands, Inc....more

Mayer Brown

Legal Developments in Construction Law: February 2026

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1. ASSIGNEE’S RIGHT TO ADJUDICATE UNDER A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CONFIRMED : In Paragon Group Limited v FK Facades Limited [2026] EWHC 78 (TCC) the High Court has confirmed that the assignee of a construction contract can...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Insurance – Texas Style, Part 2: Stowers Liability and Bankruptcy

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This is the second in a series of discussions about insurance issues unique to the Lone Star State. Both bankruptcy and the ability for a policyholder to assign its first-party, bad-faith claim against its insurer can be...more

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UK Court Won’t Entertain Unspecific Defences

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The High Court recently granted summary judgment in favour of two aircraft lessors in a dispute arising from the leasing of two ATR 72-600 aircraft, ultimately subleased to an Indian airline called “FlyBig”, pursuant to a...more

Miller Johnson

Priority Through Assignment: Federal Circuit Validates Mid-Opposition Acquisition of Common Law Trademark Rights

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Game Plan, Inc. v. Uninterrupted IP, LLC, No. 2024-1407, 2025 WL 3534330 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 10, 2025) - On December 10, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”)’s decision to cancel Game...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Game plan backfires: Mark cancelled

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board’s cancellation of a registration and dismissal of registrant’s opposition, finding that the cancellation petitioner had priority...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Causam v. ITC: A New Development and Potential Cautionary Tale in Patent Assignments

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In the recent case Causam Enterprises, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “CAFC”) found that an invention assignment agreement that broadly assigned the...more

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International Arbitration: English Court Rules that ICSID & ECT Awards Cannot be Assigned

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In a judgment handed down on Monday 10 November 2025, the English Commercial Court (the Court) ruled that arbitration awards made pursuant to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Convention...more

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Fifth Circuit Issues Pro-Policyholder Ruling that ADR Proceeding Triggered Insurer’s Duty to Defend and Indemnify

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On October 20, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a significant decision clarifying that an insurer’s duty to defend under Texas law extends to a contractually mandated alternative dispute...more

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Developments in Leveraged Finance — Know Thy Lender

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Nov. 12, 2025 – “Know thy enemy” is often attributed to Sun Tzu, who famously advised “[i]f you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” Centuries later, as many of us with...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Assignees Can’t Collude Their Way Into Federal Court

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In Gore and Associates Management Company, Inc. v. SLSCO Ltd., — F.4th —, 2025 WL 2938795 (2025), Plaintiff Gore and Associates Management Company sued Defendant SLSCO Ltd. and its surety, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, as...more

Gray Reed

“All” Really Means “All” in Texas: Court Affirms Broad Assignments Despite Ambiguous Exhibits

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Ambiguity is handy for office-seekers intending to walk back “promises” they later say they really didn’t make. It doesn’t work so well for the stability of land titles. In Thagard Mineral Partnership, LP v. Cass v. RIM, LLP,...more

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Standing: Don’t get owned by incorrect trademark ownership

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a trademark and unfair competition suit, ruling that the plaintiff did not own the asserted trademark. The Court also held that the owner...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Announces New Assignment Search Portal

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On August 27, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office quietly announced that it would be deprecating its current Patent Assignment Search and Assignments on the Web assignment search portals and replacing them with a new...more

Smart & Biggar

Canadian Intellectual Property Office “Next Generation Patents” update and status as of August 25, 2025

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On July 17, 2024, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) launched a new electronic system and portal, MyCIPO Patents, as part of its Next Generation Patents initiative. The launch has been fraught with difficulties,...more

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