By Raychel Lean | August 5, 2020
The appeal boiled down to the word "may," and what it actually means under Texas contract law. And in this case, it meant a win for defendant AT&T as the case heads to arbitration.
By Alaina Lancaster | August 3, 2020
"In general, California gets a bad rap as being hostile to business, but the true fact is we have a tremendous number of innovators here—both individuals and companies—and I am heartened to see the California Supreme Court appears to be taking an approach that is pro-innovation," said Stephen Newman at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in Los Angeles.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael I. Rudell and Neil J. Rosini | July 31, 2020
In their Entertainment Law column, Michael I. Rudell and Neil J. Rosini explore one of the big questions for contracting parties in the midst of this pandemic: whether force majeure will excuse or postpone a party's obligations without liability.
By Greg Land | July 30, 2020
Sixteen lakefront homeowners in Alpharetta's Glen Abbey subdivision are trying to shift responsibility for more than $1.9 million in repairs to the lake and dam to their 535-member HOA.
By Amanda Bronstad | Max Mitchell | July 30, 2020
Most of the judicial panel's questions were directed at attorneys seeking consolidation, often asking about what the common facts would be and what would happen to litigation against insurers that are facing only a handful of claims. Some judges also appeared skeptical about how consolidation could benefit such a vast group of cases.
By Dylan Jackson | July 30, 2020
The Am Law 100 firm asserts that an affidavit written by the negotiator for the original landlord confirms its rent abatement claims.
By Lee Weinberg | July 30, 2020
Business owners and investors should understand the very real potential for an uptick in "business divorces" and may wish to examine their current positions with respect to their own partners, investors, businesses and investments, says Weinberg Gonser's Lee Weinberg.
New York Law Journal | Analysis|Expert Opinion
By Robert Rattet, Derek Wolman, William Mack, and James Glucksman | July 29, 2020
As businesses forced to close by emergency orders attempt to negotiate with landlords and other creditors and try to modify or terminate commercial leases, lawyers will need to think carefully about the doctrines of impossibility and frustration of purpose, as well as force majeure clauses.
Corporate Counsel | Commentary
By Jonathan W. Hugg | July 24, 2020
On June 3, in In Re: Hitz Restaurant Group, a federal bankruptcy court issued one of the first judicial decisions squarely interpreting a force majeure clause in the context of COVID-19. The result suggests that courts will recognize the pandemic as a force majeure event, but also that courts will limit the pandemic-related relief they grant on force majeure grounds.
By Lidia Dinkova | July 23, 2020
Shoma Group won its appeal on a breach-of-contract claim against Colombo over a failed 10-story condo-retail project.
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