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Insurance law Mist Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Berkley Insurance Company

Mist Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Berkley Insurance Company

New Jersey’s Supreme Court held a D&O policy capacity exclusion barred coverage for claims tied to an insured person’s role in uninsured entities, and rejected estoppel and forfeiture arguments.

  • Capacity exclusion
  • Reservation of rights
  • Duty to defend
  • Duty to indemnify
  • Consent to settlement
  • Forfeiture
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Administrative law Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp. v. FMC

Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp. v. FMC

The D.C. Circuit denied Evergreen’s petition for review, upholding FMC’s finding that detention charges for a port-closure period were unreasonable.

  • Detention charges
  • Demurrage and detention
  • Reasonableness under shipping act
  • Interpretive rule 46 c.f.r. § 545.5
  • Freight fluidity
  • Arbitrary and capricious review
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Insurance law 353 Conn. 845

Orlando v. Liburd

The Connecticut Supreme Court held that an insured’s unjust enrichment claim based on premature subrogation under the make whole doctrine was ripe before judgment against the tortfeasor.

  • Make whole doctrine
  • Subrogation
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Ripeness
  • Standing
  • Priority of insurance proceeds
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Contract law 352 Conn. 597

Clinton v. Aspinwall

The Connecticut Supreme Court held that an LLC operating agreement’s exculpatory clause did not create duties, requiring a new trial, but upheld expert testimony on a capital reserve.

  • Exculpatory clause
  • Operating agreement interpretation
  • Jury instructions
  • Implied covenant of good faith
  • Expert witness admissibility
  • Attorney's fees and costs
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Arbitration Avient Corp. v. Westlake Vinyls, Inc.

Avient Corp. v. Westlake Vinyls, Inc.

The Sixth Circuit held that a settlement clause allowing de novo judicial review was invalid under the FAA, but severable under the agreement, leaving the arbitration provisions in place.

  • Severability
  • Waiver
  • Res judicata
  • Judicial estoppel
  • Arbitration clause validity
  • De novo judicial review
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International arbitration 143 F.4th 70

Molecular Dynamics, Ltd. v. Spectrum Dynamics Med. Ltd.

The Second Circuit held that a petition to vacate Swiss-made arbitral awards did not fall under the New York Convention, so the district court lacked jurisdiction.

  • New york convention
  • Federal arbitration act chapter 2
  • Subject-matter jurisdiction
  • Vacatur of arbitral awards
  • Forum selection clause
  • New-york-convention
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Contract law Under Wild Skies v. NRA

Under Wild Skies v. NRA

Virginia’s Supreme Court held that the Restatement’s adequate-assurance doctrine is not part of Virginia common law and affirmed refusal of the proffered jury instruction.

  • Anticipatory breach
  • Repudiation
  • Adequate assurance
  • Ucc §2-609
  • Restatement §251
  • Jury instructions
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Aviation law

Arzu v. American Airlines, Inc.

The court denied Arzu’s summary-judgment motion and granted American Airlines’ motion, holding the inflight response was not a Montreal Convention accident and no contract breach occurred.

  • Montreal convention
  • Loss of consortium
  • Breach of contract
  • Summary judgment
  • Preemption
  • Medical emergency aboard aircraft
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Administrative law In the Matter of Protest Filed by El Sol Contracting and Construction Corp., Contract T100.638

In the Matter of Protest Filed by El Sol Contracting and Construction Corp., Contract T100.638

The New Jersey Supreme Court held that El Sol’s bid was incomplete because its surety’s power of attorney did not authorize execution of the required Consent of Surety.

  • Consent of surety
  • Power of attorney
  • Competitive bidding
  • Material defect in bid
  • Arbitrary and capricious review
  • Estoppel
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Contract law New England Country Foods v. Vanlaw Food Products

New England Country Foods v. Vanlaw Food Products

The California Supreme Court held that Civil Code section 1668 invalidates contractual limits on damages for willful injury, while not reaching pure contract breaches without an independent tort duty.

  • Limitation of liability clauses
  • Civil code section 1668
  • Willful injury
  • Economic loss rule
  • Breach of fiduciary duty
  • Intentional interference
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