In a breach of contract lawsuit that was filed in New York this past Tuesday, Beyonce has been sued by video game maker Gate Five, who alleges that well after the ink was dry on their contract, Beyonce reneged on an exclusive licensing agreement that required her to have her name attached to “Starpower: Beyonce.” [...]
Sometimes, uphill battles must be fought because there really isn’t a viable second option; the stakes are too high, and allowing the status quo to remain undisturbed without a fight can mean forfeiting your business. And that’s precisely what MGA Entertainment did in its prolonged fight over the proprietary intellectual property rights to the Bratz [...]
Lending further credence to our earlier article, “Why Many (If Not Most) Business Fraud Claims Are Dismissed By New York’s Courts,” a New York County trial judge recently dismissed a plaintiff’s fraudulent misrepresentation claims. You might be inclined to ask, “Isn’t fraudulent misrepresentation materially different than garden-variety fraud (which was discussed in the article above)?” [...]
Although I’ve written extensively on the subject of non-compete agreements, setting forth some of the general principles and the exceptions to those rules that help dictate whether a particular non-compete agreement will or won’t be enforced by a New York court, I must concede that it’s often hard to predict with any degree of certainty [...]