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Webinar: Managing Your Contractual Obligations | Best Practices
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Whether it’s the deliverables due to your customer or those due to you, it’s vital that these obligations are properly tracked and managed.
Chevron’s Pollution Victory Opens Door for Companies to Shirk Foreign Verdicts
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Corporations seeking to avoid enforcement of foreign judgments they contend are based on corrupt proceedings may have a new weapon now, thanks to a ruling by a federal appeals court over Chevron’s long-running Ecuadorian pollution litigation, reports BloombergBusinessWeek.
Citigroup Beats $800 Million Appeal By One-Time Billionaire
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Reuters is reporting that a federal appeals court rejected a one-time Florida billionaire’s bid to revive his $800 million lawsuit accusing Citigroup Inc. of fraudulently hiding its exposure to subprime and other toxic mortgages, inducing him to hold on to shares he otherwise would have sold.
Lessons Learned in Over 500 Software License Disputes
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Regardless of whether the publisher is Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, Oracle, IBM or any of their trade groups including the BSA | The Software Alliance, Robert Scott of Scott & Scott LLP sees common issues.
Business Groups Sue Over New U.S. Limit on Tax-Driven Foreign Buyouts
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Reuters is reporting that two business groups have sued the Obama administration over a crackdown on U.S. companies that try to reduce their U.S. taxes by rebasing abroad in a process known as inversion.
Browsewrap Agreement Held Unenforceable – Website Designers Take Note
Insight
Website developers – and their lawyers – should take note of a recent California case, part of an emerging trend of judicial scrutiny over how browsewrap terms are presented, write Jeffrey Neuburger and Daryn A. Grossman of Proskauer Rose LLP.
Preventing Limitation of Liability End-Runs
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Owners who are dissatisfied with their contractors’ performance increasingly assert fraud-based claims in addition to breach of contract claims because fraud-based claims are not typically barred by contractual waivers and limits of liability, according to a client alert published by Pepper Hamilton.
Wal-Mart Reported to Be in Talks to Buy Web Retailer Jet.com
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CNBC is reporting that Wal-Mart is eyeing a potential acquisition of Jet.com, an online retailer created to challenge Amazon, according to a Dow Jones report citing people familiar with the matter.
Judge Wipes Out Patent Troll’s $625M Verdict Against Apple
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A patent-holding company that won a huge court victory against Apple had its victory wiped out, and its stock plunged by more than 40 percent, reports Ars Technica.
Warren Buffett Made a Big Bet On an ‘In-Your-Face’ CEO
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The CEO of a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. purchase is known for his phenomenal business success is also known to use methods “more brutal,” in contrast to the low-key approach favored by the parent company’s boss, Warren Buffett, according to a Bloomberg profile.
Translating Commonsense Governance Principles Into Action
Insight
Topics include the independence and diversity of corporate boards, breaking away from the obsession with quarterly financial forecasts, accounting standards, and engagement between a company and its shareholders.
Apple Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Rule Against Samsung Over Patents
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Apple Inc. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for the iPhone maker to secure hundreds of millions in damages from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in a case over smartphone design patents, Reuters is reporting
Not-So-Clever Contracts
Insight
Smart contracts mean a different order of automation: economic transactions are put on auto-pilot, writes The Economist.
Sports Authority Plans to Pay Top Executives $2.85 Million in Bankruptcy Bonuses
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The bonus money is needed to encourage the executives to do their best in the company’s final days, say Sports Authority’s lawyers, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report.
U.S. Consumer Agency Seeks to Overhaul Debt Collection Industry
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The U.S. watchdog for consumer finances unveiled on Thursday a proposal to toughen regulation of the multibillion-dollar debt collection industry, with a focus on keeping agencies from pushing people to pay debts they do not owe, informing borrowers of their rights and cutting down on calls to debtors, according to a Reuters report.
Disruptor Meets Regulator, and Regulator Wins: Lessons Learned from Theranos
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Even in an environment that encourages innovation, health care organizations must understand the scope of regulatory oversight at the federal and state levels, and the range of remedies available to regulators for noncompliance, writes writes Robert E. Wanerman of Epstein Becker & Green.
Software Contracts – Successfully Negotiating an Indemnification Section (Part 1 of 3)
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Jeff Pinson of Scott & Scott, LLP, says that, beecause Indemnification is a risk transfer mechanism, it is crucial to understand the provision and to successfully negotiate it to prevent unwanted risk.
Microsoft Sued Over Windows 10 Update Campaign
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A suit in U.S. District Court in Florida alleges Microsoft’s Windows 10 update prompts violated laws governing unsolicited electronic advertisements, as well as FTC prohibitions on deceptive and unfair practices, reports The Seattle Times.
Webcast: CFPB Trends in Enforcement and Investigations
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The Gibson Dunn webinar covers challenges the CFPB raises for compliance professionals and in-house litigation counsel.
U.S. Sues to Block Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana Mergers
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U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said the proposed mergers “would leave much of the multitrillion-dollar health insurance industry in the hands of three mammoth insurance companies,” reports The New York Times.
