Gary Joseph Grappo v. Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane, S.P.A. And Gianfranco Bianchi

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• explaining that a quantum meruit claim is proper if it seeks compensation for the value the work performed, instead of the benefit of the bargain
• training manuals would have been useless absent a copyright license to use them
• where there is a breach of contract claim, a fraud claim is only permitted “if the defendant engaged in other fraudulent conduct besides entering the contract with no intention to perform”
• “A cause of action for fraud does not generally lie where the plaintiff alleges only that the defendant entered into a contract with no intention of performing.”
• where “the sale of a non-exclusive license for copyrighted material was the core of the contract” the contract was not for the sale of “goods” but general intangibles / personal property
• employer owes no fiduciary duty to at-will employee

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