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Wiley Rein LLP

Alleged Willful Conduct Enough to Bar Coverage Under California Insurance Code Section 533

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A California federal court, applying California law, found that a lawsuit for intentional interference with contractual relations necessarily alleged a willful act and was therefore uninsurable under California Insurance...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Mississippi Supreme Court Ruling Reinstates Claims Against Anheuser-Busch, Mitchell Distributing

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On May 23, the Mississippi Supreme Court published its opinion in the case of Rex Distributing Company v. Anheuser-Busch, LLC, et al. The ruling partially reverses the trial court’s decision to dismiss all of Rex’s claims...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Real Litigation - Maroney, et al. v. Fiorentini, et al.

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In Maroney, et al. v. Fiorentini, et al., U.S. Dist. Ct., No. 1:16-cv-11575-DLC (D. Mass. Dec., 2017), Magistrate Judge Cabell in the United States District Court of Massachusetts partially denied a motion brought by...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Interference On The Defense? Tenth Circuit Reinstates EEOC’s Formerly Dismissed Claim

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Seyfarth Synopsis: After a federal district court dismissed the EEOC’s unlawful-interference claim against a private college that had sued a former employee for allegedly breaching a settlement agreement by filing an EEOC...more

Lewitt Hackman

FRANCHISOR 101: Selective Enforcement of Franchise Agreement Provisions

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A franchisor's ability to set renewal terms can bind franchisees to terms in a later franchise agreement before the renewal agreement even exists. In a recent case, a franchisor could enforce a hypothetical non-compete...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Beverage Law Update: March 2017

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Legalized Drug Use Impacts the Food and Beverage Industry - In the November 2016 general election, voters in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota amended their state constitutions to authorize the use of marijuana for...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Company allowed to pursue suit against former employee for unfair competition despite absence of trade-secret violation

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In Angelica Textile Services, Inc. v. Park, a California court of appeal considered the issue whether Angelica’s common-law claims for breach of contract, unfair competition, and interference with business relations would be...more

Baker Donelson

"I Knew You Were Trouble": Recent Trends in Lender Liability Litigation

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Lender liability claims generally arise in one of following contexts: (i) claims seeking recovery of damage or "leverage" to accept discounted payoffs; (ii) counterclaims to foreclosure/receivership/guarantor actions; or...more

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