Corporate & Business Law
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Ferguson v. Jones
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Monday, June 10, 2013
A court can find that the balance of the equities, the potential for irreparable harm and the likelihood that a party will prevail on the merits at trial, warrant an injunction that a partner cease operating under the old partnership name.
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Allstate Insurance v. Sawicki
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Allegations that the defendants required the plaintiff's exclusive agents to provide their confidential usernames and passwords to the plaintiff's databases and servers may be sufficient to allege unfair trade practices that extend beyond the scope of the Connecticut Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
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Padawer v. Yur
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Monday, May 27, 2013
The plaintiff's position as sole member of a limited liability company did not provide him with standing to recover individually for harm to the limited liability company.
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G.J. Swanson LLC v. Cehovsky
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Absent allegations that a former employer provided confidential or secret recipes or cooking techniques, the employer may not be able to prove former cooks misappropriated trade secrets.
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Paragon Construction Co. v. Department of Public Works
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A court may construe any ambiguity in a construction contract that has specifications of "bewildering complexity" against the party that drafted the contract.
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Google Pays $7 Million To Settle Privacy Invasion
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Friday, March 15, 2013 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
Connecticut led the charge against Google Inc. for collecting data from people's homes, leading to a $7 million settlement with 38 states.Connecticut is to receive a $520,000 share of the payout.
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ESPN Minimizes Losses In Dish Network Suit
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Friday, March 15, 2013 | by CHRISTIAN NOLAN
Dish Network LLC f/k/a Echostar Satellite LLC v. ESPN, Inc. and ESPN Classic Inc.: Dish Network sought $152 million from Bristol-based ESPN in a dispute alleging that the sports network gave competitors better rates than they gave the satellite television provider.
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Colt GC Has Hands Full With Compliance Issues
Friday, March 1, 2013 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
The nation's gun industry has never been under greater scrutiny than now, in the wake of the Newtown school shootings. Just a few miles from the Connecticut state Capitol, business is booming in West Hartford for Colt firearms.
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Former Secretary of The State Susan Bysiewicz Joins New Law Firm
Friday, January 18, 2013 | by JAY STAPLETON
Even though former Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz left a corporate law job for a position in public service nearly 20 years ago, she claims she never stopped being a lawyer.
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Powder Coating Consultants v. The Powder Coating Institute
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Monday, January 14, 2013
To prove "ascertainable loss," a business that pays dues to a nonprofit trade organization and that alleges that the nonprofit began to compete directly can be required to prove it was damaged as a result of the defendant's provision of consulting services.
