Subs: Don't Forget The Disputes Clause
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.06.05
The subcontractor in Alpine Computers, Inc. (ASBCA June 22, 2005), learned the hard way that a sub should make sure its contract with the prime makes it mandatory for the prime to sponsor its good-faith claim against the government. When the prime went belly up after the Army suspected fraud and defaulted it, the sub found it could not sue the Army to pay for product it had delivered to the Army when the prime did not sponsor its claim.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.01.26
On March 25, 2026, in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a $1 billion verdict against Cox. The judgment was the result of a jury trial in which Sony claimed that Cox was liable for contributory copyright infringement because it knew that its customers were using its service to infringe yet did not respond with sufficient diligence to prevent that infringement.
Client Alert | 5 min read | 04.01.26
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Washington State Bans and Voids Most Noncompetes, Narrows Nonsolicits
