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Lost Profits Available For Long-Term Contract Breach

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.28.06

After finding that the government had breached by not honoring the exercise of a 50-year option by a lessee, the Court of Federal Claims in California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. v. U.S. (Nov. 6, 2006) rebuffed the government's argument that lost profits were too speculative to recover. The court pointed out that the lessee had previously rented out the land and could make a factual showing to support profits from the leasehold into the future.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.22.24

DOJ, FTC, and HHS Unveil Portal for Public Reporting on Anticompetitive and Monopolistic Practices in Health Care

In the latest sign that federal enforcers remain focused on increasing antitrust enforcement, last Thursday, the Justice Department (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed an online portal, HealthyCompetition.gov, to encourage the public to submit reports on potential anticompetitive and monopolistic conduct in the healthcare sector.  The initiative seeks to address concerns that such behavior may affect healthcare affordability and quality, and employee wages. ...