Commercial Contracts
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As recently promised, Facebook and Instagram are cracking down on fake social media engagement, lodging a suit in California federal court Thursday seeking $10 million from a New Zealand company and its owners for allegedly selling fake “likes” to Instagram users… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An aluminum manufacturing company resolved a federal criminal case by agreeing to pay a $46 million penalty and admitting it faked quality tests on metal products used in NASA rockets and Pentagon missiles, according to filings made Tuesday in Virginia federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Seventh Circuit appeals panel on Wednesday cited what it said was a Japanese proverb in its decision upholding the Wisconsin state legal precedent at the center of a contract dispute between Walker Stainless Equipment Co. and a Latin American dairy equipment distributor… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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An Afghan construction company urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to dump a U.S. contractor’s bid for nearly $92,000 in attorney fees, arguing the appeals court’s January decision overturning the Afghan company’s $1.07 million arbitral award isn’t the end of the case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The California High-Speed Rail Authority on Monday criticized a U.S. Department of Transportation plan to cut nearly $1 billion in federal funding for a major infrastructure project in the state, calling the move “legally indefensible” and economically harmful… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 