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Susman Godfrey Responds to COVID-19

By Barry Barnett on March 23, 2020

The co-managing partners of my firm issued the message below for Susman Godfrey’s friends and clients, including you.

Expect updates on COVID-19 developments here and @contingencyblog.

Be well.

Barry Barnett

To Susman Godfrey clients and friends:

In this time of concern and disruption because of COVID-19, we at Susman Godfrey have taken steps to

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Commercial Roundup: Appeals for Week of 3-16-20

By Barry Barnett on March 23, 2020

Posted in Arbitration, Class Actions, Commercial, Corporate, and Contracts, Intellectual Property, Procedure

COVID-19 isn’t stopping The Contingency or @contingencyblog, but we are following authoritative directives and best practices and hope you and your families are and remain healthy and safe too.

Barry Barnett

Light bulb maker could grant distributor a copyright sublicense to use licensor’s photos of light bulbs without saying so and as matter of

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A Message to Clients and Co-Counsel on Covid-19

By Barry Barnett on March 20, 2020

Posted in Antitrust, Arbitration, Class Actions, Commercial, Corporate, and Contracts, Energy, Intellectual Property, Procedure, Securities

In this time of concern and disruption over Covid-19, I and my colleagues at Susman Godfrey (SG) are busy taking steps to safeguard our firm family while continuing to be proactive in protecting the interests of our clients and moving matters forward as necessary and appropriate. I hope that you, your colleagues, and your families…

Commercial Appeals Roundup: Weeks of 3-9-20 and 3-2-20

By Barry Barnett on March 16, 2020

Posted in Antitrust, Class Actions, Commercial, Corporate, and Contracts, Intellectual Property, Procedure

Magistrate judge can’t rule on whether to appoint receiver. media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/1
Inventors‘ hiding their offer to sell oil recovery method from USPTO invalidated patents. cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/
Patent infringement that doesn’t happen until after importation supports exclusion order. cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/
Facebook users had standing to sue over misuse of URL data in their

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Commercial Roundup: Week of 2-24-20 Appeals

By Barry Barnett on March 2, 2020

Posted in Antitrust, Commercial, Corporate, and Contracts, Energy, Procedure

Buyers of auto parts didn’t agree to arbitrate antitrust claims against suppliers by taking on Limited Warranty servicing duties. opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/2
Comcast must answer monopolization claims in case over local cable ads markets. media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExe
Rampant use of Western Union’s money-transfer system to commit fraud didn’t give rise to strong inference that execs

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Commercial Appeals Roundup: Week of 2-17-20

By Barry Barnett on February 24, 2020

Posted in Uncategorized

Chance to undo discharge of claims met due process test for latent asbestosis claimants. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/19143

Billing for road trips that never happened violated False Claims Act. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/19143

“Royal Palm Properties” mark skirts cancellation. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/f

Claim for bad legal advice on cash-out merger expired three years after

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Commercial Appeals Update: Week of 2-10-20

By Barry Barnett on February 17, 2020

Posted in Antitrust, Commercial, Corporate, and Contracts, Intellectual Property, Procedure

Expert’s claim of “stigma” to land value from gas pipeline didn’t pass Rule 702 muster. www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/18312
Letter that implied lessee paid royalties to wrong entity didn’t meet notice requirement of Louisiana statute. ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/1
Presence of servers in district didn’t count as regular place of business under patent venue statute. cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/

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Commercial Appeals Update: Week of 2-3-20

By Barry Barnett on February 10, 2020

Posted in Uncategorized

Lender that lost at trial wins on appeal. ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/1
Narrow IPR petition kept Patent Trial and Appeal Board from canceling patent claim as indefinite. cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/
Lay witness shouldn’t have opined on obviousness of glass-blowing patent. cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/
Audio noise control patent survives appeal from one IPR but must face “reply”

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Commercial Case Roundup: Appeals (Week of 1-27-20)

By Barry Barnett on February 4, 2020

Posted in Commercial, Corporate, and Contracts, Energy, Intellectual Property, Procedure

Phone system that makes calls “using a random or sequential number generator” doesn’t offend Telephone Consumers Protection Act. http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201814499.pdf
“The place of jurisdiction is Vienna” permits but does not mandate litigation in Austria’s capital. https://courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Download.aspx?id=301050
Complaint that buyer of company shorted seller on payout by hiding flip opportunity stated fraud claim.

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Commercial Case Roundup: Week of 1-20-20

By Barry Barnett on January 27, 2020

Posted in Uncategorized

Tension between ERISA and insider trading law heads back down to Second Circuit. https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-1165_4gcj.pdf
Dunning letters left identity of creditor that owned debt unclear. http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2020/D01-21/C:19-1491:J:Hamilton:aut:T:fnOp:N:2461562:S:0
All “right, title, and interest” in ranch didn’t include oil beneath. https://txcourts.gov/media/1445621/170822.pdf

Because my practice focuses on complex commercial disputes–especially antitrust, oil and gas,…

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Susman Godfrey Responds to COVID-19

Commercial Roundup: Appeals for Week of 3-16-20

A Message to Clients and Co-Counsel on Covid-19

Commercial Appeals Roundup: Weeks of 3-9-20 and 3-2-20

Commercial Roundup: Week of 2-24-20 Appeals

Commercial Appeals Roundup: Week of 2-17-20

Commercial Appeals Update: Week of 2-10-20

Commercial Appeals Update: Week of 2-3-20

Commercial Case Roundup: Appeals (Week of 1-27-20)

Commercial Case Roundup: Week of 1-20-20

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