The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the staid world of contract law—it has been a wake-up call for clients and their attorneys. It continues to wreak havoc on contractual obligations, resulting in an avalanche of new decisions. This webinar will demystify...

Delaware contract law frequently governs the formation, interpretation, and enforcement of high-stakes corporate and commercial agreements throughout the United States; it also underpins the nation’s predominant corporation and business entities laws...

The COVID-19 pandemic is relatively recent, but is similar to past public health and safety emergencies that have caused canceling or rescheduling of events. Cancellation or rescheduling may either be voluntary or mandated by a civil authority. Get up...

Plaintiff, former employer, sued defendants, former employees, for a variety of causes arising from the employees leaving the employer and starting a competing firm. A Louisiana court had ruled in favor of the employees in a preemptive suit addressing...

Defendant Data General (DG) has a valuable computer program called ADEX. DG has a copyright on the program. Grumman, a competitor, allegedly copied ADEX without authorization. DG sued Grumman in the District of Massachusetts (Mass. action) for copyright...

Utley v. Board of Review, Dep't of Labor Supreme Court of New Jersey November 27, 2007, Argued; May 15, 2008, Decided A-126 September Term 2006 Opinion  [*537]   [**1040]  Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court. For thirteen years, John...

This case involves a contest for control between two corporations in the specialty packaging industry, the plaintiff Chesapeake Corporation and the defendant Shorewood Packaging Corporation, whose boards of directors both believe that the companies should...

The physician alleged that Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 6246 and 6562, if applicable to him, prevented his giving professional advice concerning the use of contraceptives to three patients whose condition of health was such that their lives would have...

Respondent, Adkins Transfer Company, was a small truck line operator. All of its workers were union members. In 1953, respondent employed a mechanic and a helper to maintain the company's trucks in the maintenance department. The two newly hired employees...

The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) was enacted as part of a legislative package designed to combat the nationwide energy crisis. To further this effort, Titles I and III of PURPA direct state utility regulatory commissions and...