Bacardi USA was within its rights when it terminated a decades-old relationship with Missouri distributor Major Brands, a federal judge in Florida ruled in granting partial summary judgment to Bacardi.

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Zillow, the online real estate giant, and a newly recruited top executive are being sued by the National Association of Realtors and its subsidiary, Move Inc., for "breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of trade secrets."

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A Saline County Circuit Court jury has awarded more than $13.2 million to the sellers of farmland after the purchaser allegedly persuaded an appraiser to give a low-ball value on the property.

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A man who sought a piece of Pi has reached a confidential settlement with the restaurant.

Ryan Mangialardo sued the management company of the St. Louis-based pizzeria and owners Chris Sommers and Frank Uible for breach of contract, claiming they reneged on an agreement giving him a 2 percent interest in the company.

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A federal jury awarded a man $160,000 for his breach of contract claim against his former attorney. But the jury sided with the attorney on two of his counterclaims. Tracy Tockstein, a contractor, sued attorney Steven Spoeneman, of Spoeneman, Watkins, ...

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CBS Corp. won the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Dan Rather, its former network anchorman, who claimed he was fired in the fallout over a story about President George Bush's Vietnam War-era military service. Rather, 77, filed a $70 million breach-of-contract lawsuit in 2007, accusing the network of firing him in reaction to criticism of his election-year report on Bush's National Guard service. Both sides in April asked a panel of appeals court judges in Manhattan to overturn rulings by New York Supreme Court Justice Ira Gammerman.

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An ex-employee is seeking a piece of the Pi. Ryan Mangialardo is suing the St. Louis pizzeria and owners Chris Sommers and Frank Uible for breach of contract. Mangialardo claims he had an agreement for a 2 percent interest in ...

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A Jackson County jury’s award to the former manager of a BMW dealership fell short of the plaintiff’s expectations on Wednesday. Marion Battaglia, of Leawood, Kan., sought more than $5.6 million in damages from the manager-owner dispute. However, the jury ...

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Twenty years ago, when the Quarry Holding Company sold land to the St. Peters for $1 it expected to make a lot more. A judge ruled last week that the city breached its contract when it did not pay the ...

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