- Death of contract didn’t kill arbitration clause. http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/19-1865P-01A.pdf
- Lack of detail in proof of patent and trademark claims’ weakness doomed winning defendants’ request for attorneys’ fees. http://cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions-orders/19-1454.OPINION.6-8-2020_1600475.pdf…
- Contractor suing for improper early termination couldn’t use past profits to estimate future ones. http://ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/19/19-30395-CV0.pdf
- Man who wanted picture of dollar sign strangling Uncle Sam on postage stamps can sue USPS for discrimination. https://cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/651D46BC0EA8EFAC85258582005175A4/$file/19-5168-1846267.pdf
- Southwest’s contract of carriage didn’t promise passenger it wouldn’t run out of de-icer and have to cancel his flight. http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2020/D06-10/C:19-3001:J:Hamilton:con:T:fnOp:N:2529237:S:0
- Does option to convert debt to equity at 35 percent discount run afoul of New York usury statute? https://ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d60e1dc8-73d5-41ee-ae0c-eeac5cc286af/1/doc/18-3023_opn.pdf#xml=https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d60e1dc8-73d5-41ee-ae0c-eeac5cc286af/1/hilite/
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