BUSINESS LAW

Antitrust laws, or competition laws, are laws which prohibit anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices. The laws make illegal certain practices deemed to hurt businesses or consumers or both, or generally to violate standards of ethical behavior. Government agencies known as competition regulators regulate antitrust laws, and may also be responsible for regulating related laws […]

Litigation: Don’t Dismiss Injunctive Relief Seeking injunctive relief can be a daunting task. Most attorneys are familiar with the four-factor test that courts apply when ruling on a request for injunctive relief. In the District of Columbia, as in most jurisdictions, “[t]he movant must show a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, and that […]

Soliciting Fellow Employees Before Leaving The legal policy in favor of allowing an employee to leave and compete does NOT, however, allow that employee to violate the fiduciary duty to the employer and solicit other employees before leaving. An employee cannot, while working for one employer, solicit fellow employees to leave that company and work […]

One-sided contracts are a bad deal for ALL parties The Court of Appeals just released a decision that shows that getting greedy will get ya’ in the end. Despite precedents that show that contracts substantially favoring the party with the greater power often are deemed unconscionable (so unfair as to not be enforceable), lawyers stiff […]

Goal The purpose of court-sponsored arbitration is to provide parties with an adjudication that is earlier, faster, less formal and less expensive than trial. The award (a proposed judgment) in a non-binding arbitration may either: become the judgment in the case if all parties accept it, or serve as a starting point for settlement discussions […]

Federal District Court Opinions INTERNATIONAL BRANDS USA, INC. v. OLD ST. ANDREWS LTD., (D.Conn. 2004) INTERNATIONAL BRANDS USA, INC. and INTERBRANDS, INC., Plaintiffs, v. OLD ST. ANDREWS LIMITED, Defendant. Civil Action No. 3:02CV333(MRK). United States District Court, D. Connecticut. June 15, 2004 RULING ON MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT MARK KRAVITZ, District Judge Pursuant to Rule […]