The Chicago Cubs enjoyed a pre-season win. It was in a court rather than on the field, but it’s the Cubs, so we’ll take the W. They are tangling with one of the owners of a rooftop-seating business. All others renewed the licensing agreement.

#law #contracts #Litigation #Cubs

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/04/friday-frivolity-cubs-preseason-gets-off-to-a-solid-start-with-a-court-win.html

#Google found #Liable ( aka #Guilty for corporations) in online #advertising market monopolization case brought during #Biden term. This is the third recent loss in series of long running #litigation attacks on $GOOG market dominance brought by army of lawyers from #USDOJ ...

Detailed opinion left by Judge Loenie Brinkema outlines not only corporate malfeasance but even legal improprieties used by #Alphabet and it's highly paid #defense team, including several partners of firms known for ties to top #DemocratParty operatives.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mattstoller/p/google-found-guilty-of-monopolization #GoogleMonopoly

For some reason, there is a line of cases about the duty of good faith under UCC § 2-305 involving the prices gas stations pay their suppliers. Today we report on a new that explains the good faith safe harbor nicely.

#law #contracts #UCC #litigation #GoodFaith

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/04/another-good-faith-claim-involving-prices-charged-to-gas-stations.html

Byron Allen’s claims against McDonald’s for discrimination against Black-owned networks in its placement of advertising survives a motion for summary judgment, just barely alleging a claim and just barely overcoming McDonald’s attempts to justify its ad strategies.

#law #contracts #litigation #discrimination #McDonalds

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/04/discrimination-in-advertising-claims-against-mcdonalds-will-proceed-to-trial.html

Many lawyers who argue for #Trump at #SCOTUS are heading for the exit

At least half of the front-line lawyers in #SolicitorGeneral’s office, the elite #DOJ office that represents the Trump admin at the Supreme Court, are preparing to leave or have already announced their departures — an unusually high amount of turnover at a time of intense #litigation involving Trump’s initiatives & as his emergency requests pile up at the high court.

#law #ethics #felon47
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/trump-solicitor-general-office-lawyers-departures/

Ontario will be doing away with examinations for discovery in litigation.

Hurrah, because it is a waste of time and money in most cases. Let's get to trial ASAP, if the case cannot settle.

#Ontario #Law #Litigation

NY’s Court of Appeals sends a claim subject to a default judgment to arbitration because, although Uber failed to answer the complaint, it did update its terms of service and provided that its arbitration clause applies to pending claims.

#law #contracts #TermsOfService #Arbitration #Litigation #Uber

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/04/ny-court-of-appeals-sends-claims-of-injured-uber-user-to-arbitration.html