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Making Effective Use of the Claims/Disputes Process
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Multi-step dispute resolution (MSDR) clauses introduce escalating stages of conflict resolution, which are aimed at promoting settlement prior to engaging in full scale litigation or arbitration. MSDR clauses typically...more
On August 8, 2025 in Kim, et al. v. FemtoMetrix, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery permitted the amendment of a stockholders agreement without the consent of an adversely impacted investor, even though both the intent and...more
A policyholder's ability to assign its rights to insurance proceeds can be an effective tool of risk mitigation. However, insurance policies often incorporate assignment clauses, which require policyholders to obtain their...more
The High Court (TCC) recently handed down a notable decision in Pharos Offshore Group Ltd v Keynvor Morlift Ltd [2025] EWHC 1764 (TCC), emphasising the importance of contractual clarity in offshore construction projects. This...more
In In re Rhodium Encore LLC, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled that holders of SAFEs should be treated as creditors because they possess creditor claims, not merely equity interests. The...more
The English Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment in Farley v. Paymaster (Equiniti) on when compensation may be claimed for nonmaterial damage (such as distress or anxiety) arising out of breaches of the...more
The United States District Court for the District of Montana, applying Montana law, has held that two class-action lawsuits regarding rental management agreements filed during different policy periods were “Related Claims”...more
Deal parties often opt to delegate purchase price adjustment (“PPA”) disputes to an accounting expert in the belief that such private proceedings will avoid the involvement of courts and related expenses. A recent Delaware...more
John’s of 12th Street in the East Village is one of Manhattan’s oldest and most storied red-sauce Italian restaurants. Founded in 1908, John’s hosted a speakeasy and was favored by gangsters during Prohibition. In 1922, it...more
Declining to find any of the insurer’s proffered exclusions applicable, a federal district court in Minnesota sided with the insured — a strip club that was sued for using models’ images without permission in its online...more
Most executive compensation arrangements are in the form of contractual documents. Even a form deferred compensation plan (or “top hat” plan) providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly...more
Contrairement à la tendance axée sur les employés qui se dégage de la jurisprudence pour ce qui est de l’interprétation des contrats d’emploi et des ententes de rémunération, les tribunaux canadiens ont récemment rendu un...more
The Delaware Supreme Court’s 3-2 Aearo Technologies LLC Insurance Appeals decision on August 12, 2025 affirmed a lower court ruling that payment of defense costs by a non-insured did not count toward the insured’s...more
In BLDG 44 Developers LLC v. Pace Companies N.Y., LLC, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op 32881(U) (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County July 25, 2025) (here), BLDG 44 Developers LLC sued Pace Companies New York, LLC for breach of contract, seeking...more
City of Crowley v. TotalEnergies E&P USA, is a post-production cost (PPC) case with a predictable result. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals confirmed its reasoning in Shirlaine W. Props. Ltd. v. Jamestown Res., L.L.C from 2021,...more
Conditions precedent are critical provisions in commercial contracts that require specific events or actions to occur before contractual obligations become enforceable. These conditions serve as legal triggers, ensuring that...more
It has recently been announced that an arbitral tribunal has found in favour of Venture Global, Inc. in its dispute against Shell concerning whether the ’start date’ of a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and...more
Colorado, like most states, follows the “American Rule,” which requires parties to a lawsuit to pay their own legal expenses. There is a significant exception though, if the parties agree, in a contract clause known as a...more
The Alabama Supreme Court issued its weekly release list on Friday, August 22, which included two opinions of interest to the Alabama business community...more
A North Carolina federal court’s recent order granting remand in the case Nash Hospitals, Inc. v. UnitedHealthcare of North Carolina, Inc., et al., No. 5:25-CV-28-FL underscores the limits of federal question jurisdiction in...more
Judge Andrea Masley of the Supreme Court of New York County rendered a decision in Bldg 44 Developers LLC. v. The Pace Companies of New York LLC, which is highly significant in the area of construction law for two reasons:...more
On June 27, the Supreme Court of Texas issued its long-awaited ruling in Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC addressing the ownership of produced water under an oil and gas conveyance. In Cactus Water, the Court...more
On August 8, 2025, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed an action in which a stockholder challenged an amendment to a FemtoMetrix Inc. voting agreement as invalid because the amendment allegedly did not apply “in the same...more
On August 11, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued a decision in the matter of Dana Hohenshelt v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles, ruling that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) does not preempt the California...more
In Luke, Inc. v. Berkley National Insurance Company, 2025 WL 2210783 (W.D. Tenn. 2025), the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee determined that the “completion” of a construction project for...more