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Commercial Litigation Settlement Agreements

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The Dubai Cassation Court's recent ruling on the legal concept of Without Prejudice.

In the UAE, the common law legal principle of without prejudice is usually not applied in onshore courts. This legal concept, which is found in many legal systems, ensures that statements made during settlement discussions...more

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From Promise to Practice: Resolving the Mediation Paradox in Europe

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This article explores the enduring underuse of mediation in civil and commercial disputes across the European Union (EU) and U.K., a phenomenon known as the "mediation paradox." Despite decades of policy support and legal...more

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Persistence, Procedure, and Default: Lessons from ACM MCC VI LLC v. Able Liquidation Three & Thomas Rossi

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On April 29, 2025, the Justice Robert R. Reed of the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of New York County issued a significant ruling in ACM MCC VI LLC v. Able Liquidation Three, Thomas Rossi, et al., granting a...more

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English High Court Upholds the Primacy of an Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause in a Subsequent Settlement Agreement

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The English High Court in Destin Trading v Saipem SA refused the defendant’s application for a stay of proceedings under Section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 on the basis that an exclusive dispute resolution clause in favour...more

Vedder Price

Court Decides Lessees Failure to Engage Wont Fly

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The High Court has delivered a decision in AWAS Netherlands A320-1 BV v Pacific Airlines Aviation Joint Stock Company in relation to an amount of lease rental and other damages Pacific Airlines (the Defendant) owed AWAS (the...more

Carey Olsen

Cayman Islands Litigation Guide 2025 (Chambers)

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The new guides provide the latest legal information on litigation funding, initiating a lawsuit, pre-trial proceedings, discovery, injunctive relief, trials and hearings, settlement, damages and judgment, appeals, costs,...more

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Submission to arbitral tribunal for interim relief may not amount to submission on merits

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In a recent judgment, the Singapore Court of Appeal had to decide whether a party could submit to the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal to determine an interim application, while at the same time maintaining its...more

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19th Nervous Breakdown: on the Wrong Side of a Contractual Deadline, You Can’t Always Get What You Want

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“[T]ime waits for no one,” sage Rolling Stones advice from 1974, doesn’t appear in Black’s Law Dictionary or result in frequent opinion cites for Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, the keen legal observers who wrote it. But it...more

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Am I Bound by My Client’s Settlement Agreement? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin - March 8, 2024

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In this appeal, the Eleventh Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision to grant the defendant summary judgment, finding, among other things, that equitable estoppel was a defense, not affirmative cause of action....more

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Buyer’s Remorse Does Not Constitute Duress, Holds First Department

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A recent decision from the First Department reminds us that New York courts are not sympathetic to duress claims when the alleged acts or threatened acts fall within the ambit of the defendant’s rights under a valid...more

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