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That Case Decided by a Preposition and Delinquent Tenants. Quarterly Insights, Vol. XIII.
Summary of a case where a the contract interpretation hinged on a preposition followed by a case about commercial landlords and a case about limited liability company dissolution.
Joe Huser
Feb 1111 min read


Contracting for the Right to Inflict Willful Injury Not Allowed. Quarterly Insights, Vol. XII.
Photo by Zachary DeBottis Some More Nuggets on the BBQ Sauce Case Last year, this blog covered a case where the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals requested that the California Supreme Court issue a decision in accordance with Cal. R. Ct. 8.548(b) because it determined that there was no controlling precedent. New England Country Foods, LLC v. VanLaw Food Products, Inc. , 567 P.3d 63 (Cal. 2025). For regular readers, it was the blog on a barbecue sauce clone. Recall the key facts.
Joe Huser
Nov 19, 202513 min read


To Trademark or Not to Trademark, That is the Question. Quarterly Insights, Vol XI:
Judgment Debtors Ought to Pay Heed to Judgment Debts Related to Employees One of the themes I keep returning to in this blog is cases...
Joe Huser
Sep 29, 202512 min read


An Arbitration Clause Not Enforced and Quibbles from Sale of a Bentley. Quarterly Insights Vol. X:
A case where the arbitration clause is not enforced. Followed by a case where alter ego was not found. Finishing with a case on basic copyright issues.
Joe Huser
Aug 15, 20259 min read
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