Commercial Contracts
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The creators of the long-running whodunit series “Columbo” will have to retry a crucial part of their case accusing Universal City Studios of shorting them on profits from the show, after a California judge on Monday upended a $70 million judgment in the creators’ favor… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Colorado federal jury on Thursday awarded more than $1 million to a former Raytheon Co. engineer who said the defense contracting behemoth wrongly reassigned him after he reported problems with tests being run for a U.S. military contract to develop satellite navigation technology… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An American subsidiary of an Israeli construction company will pay the U.S. government $2.8 million and abandon $16 million in potential administrative claims, ending False Claims Act allegations that its Israeli parent actually did the work on a military port contract meant for U.S.-based companies… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Tenth Circuit on Thursday upended a ruling that had blocked the company behind Mrs. Fields-branded snacks from franchising its trademark to popcorn makers other than California-based MFGPC, saying MFGPC’s license wasn’t “perpetual”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Business partners of the legendary superhero creator Stan Lee orchestrated a scheme to “loot” his intellectual property through a bankruptcy proceeding, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in California federal court by the late comic book icon’s daughter… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 