New York Law Journal

Splitting the (Painting of the) Baby: The Issue of Fine Art in Prenups and Divorces

Under the backdrop of the case 'Macklowe v. Macklowe,', the authors discuss how many of the unique challenges that fine art poses in a divorce can be preempted with a prenuptial agreement.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Sides With Lyft Driver in Contractual Dispute Over $1M Uninsured Motorist Coverage

U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert determined a terms of service agreement and the driver guidebook promise was a binding contract between Lyft and one of its drivers, Khalid Ahtasham.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Sides With Insured in Dispute Over Nationwide's UIM 'Clarifications'

"In short, Mr. McGuire is right. The prior policy's exclusion didn't exclude UM/UIM coverage for an unlicensed driver. And the one product policy clearly does," wrote U.S. District Judge Nicholas Ranjan of the Western District of Pennsylvania.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Latham & Watkins Secures Breach-of-Contract Damages in CoStar CRE Database Access Lawsuit

"We are delighted that the Court is entering a permanent injunction prohibiting Leon Capital and Tiltbot from engaging in further wrongdoing, and ordering that they pay $10,000 each time they access the database and $50,000 for each record they download in violation of that injunction," CoStar said in a statement shared by Latham & Watkins.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Ingersoll Rand Enforces a Noncompete Against an Exec Who Jumped Ship to Verboten Competitor

Despite Colorado's law rendering most noncompete agreements void, a state court judge barred former ILC Dover CEO Corey Walker from working for Aventor through next June. The ruling was a win for Dover's acquirer, Ingersoll Rand Inc., and its lawyers, Quinn Emanuel's Andrew Rossman, Peter Fountain and Owen Roberts.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Here's What Texas Attorneys Are Expecting From the State's New Business Courts

Many are optimistic about the courts' potential but expect it will take at least a year to build up the jurisprudence that could make them a reliable venue for business litigation.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Courts Need Experts' Help in Analyzing Online Arbitration Clause Designs, Judge Says

"Rather than debating among ourselves our impressions about font size and color, the placement of hyperlinks, and the choice between click-wrap and browse-wrap agreements, we should start treating these issues about user-interface design as questions of fact," wrote Judge David Hamilton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Deciphering an Illegible Deed; Baseless Objections to Receivership: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "Castaneda v. Serrano," involving an alleged forged deed, and "Federal National Mortgage Association v. 204 Ellery St." dealing with baseless objections to a receivership.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

NextEra Energy Pension Plan Connected to Allegedly Fraudulent Real Estate Action

"It's another thing to be exposed to a broad claim where the potential award could conceivably be in the tens of millions of dollars if the judge allows the valuation of the underlying asset," said Jason Giller, a managing partner at Giller Law who is not involved in the case.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Again Rules in Plaintiff's Favor in Earnout Provision Dispute

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. could later be ordered to pay more in damages for another claim in which Zurn ruled against it, but Alexion's counterclaim against Shareholder Representative Services, represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, is yet to be decided. Alexion is represented by Wilks Law and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.
3 minute read

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