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Sometimes an Offer to Purchase Is just an Offer to Purchase

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The question of enforceability of an offer to purchase real estate was addressed by the Massachusetts Appellate Court in McCarthy v. Young, 105 Mass. App. Ct. 203 (2025). In this case, the buyer offered to purchase real...more

A&O Shearman

Earnout submissions challenged

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The High Court has ruled that earn-out calculations, emailed by the buyer to the sellers in relation to a share sale, were not validly communicated. Earnout calculations and notice provisions - Under an earnout provision...more

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Earnout Held to Violate NY Fee Splitting Prohibition

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A pivotal decision by a New York Appellate Division court holding that earnouts based on the future revenue of a dental practice violated the NY Fee Splitting Prohibition could substantially impact the structuring of health...more

Mayer Brown

Notice provisions should not become a "technical minefield" says the English Court of Appeal

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In the English Court of Appeal's judgment in Drax Smart Generation Holdco Limited v Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 477, it considered the validity of a notice of claim served pursuant to a share...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Drawn-out negotiations over purchase agreement result in extensive litigation

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A recent case weighed the extent to which a purchaser was able to negotiate terms when exercising a purchase of property under an option in a lease. The litigation began when, after the tenant/buyer exercised its purchase...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights: Issue 5, September 2020

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Three Important Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic is Changing the Delivery of Consumer Financial Services - The world continues to come to grips with the daily changes brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools contemplate...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Supply Contract Update: Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms that a Requirements Contract Need Not Be Exclusive (Cadillac Rubber &...

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On February 11, 2020, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a significant decision that impacts manufacturing supply contracts – especially those in the automotive industry – holding that a buyer may enforce a supply contract...more

Jones Day

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Chancellor's Chicago Bridge Ruling - Authority of Independent Auditor to Resolve Purchase Price...

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In a much-anticipated decision, on June 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of Delaware reversed the Chancery Court's ruling in Chicago Bridge v. Westinghouse. The Delaware Supreme Court determined that an independent auditor...more

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