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On Aug. 6, the Colorado Court of Appeals recently addressed a question that had never been definitively answered in the state: whether a prevailing party can recover attorney fees incurred to enforce a contractual...more
This month’s Friday Five explores recent decisions including deference to initial benefits decisions in de novo reviews, the recovery of fees incurred in pre-litigation administrative proceedings, proof of disability due to...more
On May 19, Novavax, Inc. (“Novavax”) announced that FDA approved its Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for Nuvaxovid™ for active immunization against COVID-19 in adults 65 years and older and individuals 12 through 64...more
We are starting to hear reports of businesses declaring the Trump Administration's Executive Order on tariffs to be a force majeure event under their contracts. Most of us now have rather more experience than we'd like to of...more
Commercial contracts tend to be full of “boilerplate provisions” that, to paraphrase Mark Twain’s assessment of classic novels, everyone knows are important, but no one actually reads. When COVID-19 struck, manufacturers...more
Out of the 1,199 (and counting) trial court rulings addressing Covid business interruption lawsuits, only one of them resulted in a victory for the policyholder. Back in 2022, Baylor College of Medicine won $12 million from...more
The Supreme Court of North Carolina issued a pair of opinions on December 13 relating to coverage for government shutdown orders due to COVID-19. In North State Deli v. Cincinnati Ins., the court broke with the majority of...more
Uncertainty caused by macroeconomic risks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, severe weather events and geopolitical tensions has given rise to increased judicial consideration of contractual terms apportioning risk in the...more
A long-time bipartisan practice may be getting a fresh look from federal courts. Historically, presidential administrations have leveraged government contracts to implement various policy aims – sometimes those unrelated to...more
VFLA Eventco, LLC v. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC, 2024 WL (March 6, 2024) involved the loss of $6 million in deposits that had been paid to secure the performances of various artists at a two day musical...more
This is the first edition of Holland & Knight's Federal Real Estate Leasing Year in Review. For years, our GSA Leasing & Federal Real Estate Team has worked with LexisNexis to provide updated versions of the Federal...more
Many times, remedies for the breach of a contract other than monetary damages are necessary to make a plaintiff whole...more
Earlier this year, Money and Dirt covered a then recent case, West Pueblo Partners, LLC v. Stone Brewing Co., LLC, which was one of the first California cases dealing with the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and the legal...more
Following the COVID‑19 pandemic, many parties and jurisdictions grappled with how shutdown orders affected their private contract rights. Our commentary from March 2020 is still a good starting point for evaluating these...more
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this issue of the Advisor, we cover three of those sharply divided...more
A fundamental premise of contract law is that promises must be kept. If legally enforceable promises or “contracts” are not kept, courts may step in to enforce them by ordering performance, awarding damages, or granting some...more
Since the beginning of the pandemic, boards and courts have denied a vast majority of construction claims seeking pandemic-related costs under fixed-price contracts. In this blog, PilieroMazza summarizes a recent claim where...more
What is one way to prepare for the unexpected? A force majeure clause. The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest historical event that could neither be anticipated nor controlled by contracting parties at the time of contracting....more
In West Pueblo Partners, LLC v. Stone Brewing Co., LLC, (2023 WL 3151827), the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, affirmed summary judgment on the basis that the COVID-19 pandemic force majeure event did...more
In our previous article, we discussed anticipatory repudiation and demands for adequate assurances—legal concepts that may arise when a party to a contract expects that its counterparty may not perform its end of the bargain....more
Chancery Court Provides Additional Guidance on Disclosure Requirements for Corwin Analysis - One of the most significant decisions of the Delaware Chancery Court in the last 15 years was the court’s ruling in Corwin v....more
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses began to scrutinize force majeure clauses in their commercial contracts and leases. Such contractual clauses, when engaged, either permanently or temporarily relieve the...more
The courts of England are some of the most established fora for dealing with complex commercial litigation. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) that apply to English civil litigation, which govern every aspect of cases from...more
This decision has confirmed that a court can grant relief from forfeiture in relation to a tenant’s option to take a new lease. It is a useful reminder for landlords that forfeiture does not apply solely to leases, and is a...more
The enrollment contract sets the foundation and expectations for the relationship between the school and its community members. As such, it is important to ensure that your enrollment contract is well drafted and...more