Texas Court Extends Attorney-Immunity Shield to In-House Counsel in Landmark Business Court Case

The Fifteenth Court of Appeals ordered dismissal of a $350 million tortious interference claim against a corporate general ...
Law

The Economic Interest Defense to Tortious Interference Claims

In their Commercial Division Update, George George Bundy Smith, an arbitrator and mediator with JAMS, and Thomas J. Hall, a partner with Chadbourne & Parke, write that recent decisions highlight the ...
JD Supra

Texas Law and Tortious Interference with Prospective Business Relations

Tortious interference with business relations involves a third party using false claims against a business in order to drive business away or prevent the business from entering a relationship with ...
Reason

Cancelers Beware: Trying to Get Person Fired by Threatening Employer with Cutting Off Your Business Relationship May Be Tortious

The rules on this vary from state to state: In some states, this sort of pressure might not be actionable—if the employer is free to fire someone, and you are free to stop doing business with the ...
JD Supra

Controlling Entities to Dealer Contracts Subject to Puerto Rico’s Law 75 May Be Liable for Tortious Interference

Plaintiffs asserting claims for tortious interference of contracts covered by Puerto Rico’s Dealer’s Contracts Act, commonly known as Law 75, may automatically satisfy one element of such a claim. Law ...
The National Law Review

Disgorgement on the Table in Wisconsin for Tortious Interference With Employee Noncompete Agreements

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
Business Wire

AVANGRID Files Defamation and Tortious Interference Lawsuit Against Security Limits for Using False Allegations to Seek to Extort the Company

ORANGE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE:AGR), a leading sustainable energy company, filed suit in New Mexico against Security Limits, Inc. and its owner and CEO Paulo Silva for ...
The Norman Transcript

ASK A LAWYER: Tortious interference means ‘post with care’ in digital age

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a weekly series of columns written by attorneys at Lester, Loving & Davies Law Firm in Edmond.
The Daily Record (Maryland)

Md. high court creates ‘inheritance interference’ cause of action

A person who files frivolous lawsuits or makes baseless claims against the beneficiary of a will may be held liable for “intentional interference with an inheritance,” Maryland’s top court has ...