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Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Breach of Contract

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June 2025 New York Insurance Coverage Law Update

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A worker was injured when he fell from a ladder while working for a subcontractor at a construction project. The injured worker sued the owner of the project, seeking damages for his injuries. The owner was defended by its...more

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California Federal Court Enforces Hotel Franchisor’s Arbitration Provision and Compels Arbitration

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A federal court in California recently granted a franchisor’s motion to compel arbitration and stay the lawsuit in a dispute alleging breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and...more

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S.D.N.Y. Reiterates that the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing May Not Create Obligations Inconsistent with Parties’...

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On March 25, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss a lender’s claims for declaratory judgment and other relief under an intercreditor agreement (“ICA”), rejecting the...more

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Michigan Supreme Court Confirms: No Independent Cause of Action for Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith

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Sometimes an expected result is still newsworthy. On March 27, 2025, in Kircher v Boyne USA, Inc., the Michigan Supreme Court held that there is no independent cause of action for breach of the implied covenant of good faith...more

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Seventh Circuit Holds Liability Carrier Did Not Act in Bad Faith by Paying Underinsured Motorist Benefits After Four Years of...

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In Wolf v. Riverport Insurance Co., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s holding, under Illinois law, that an underinsured motorist insurer did not breach its insurance contract, and no implied...more

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California Appellate Court Rules Wildfire Debris Does Not Qualify as “Direct Physical Loss” Under Homeowners Insurance Policy

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The Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal recently affirmed a lower court ruling that wildfire debris on an insured’s property did not qualify as “direct physical loss” within the meaning of a homeowners...more

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Xerox Obtains Important Pro-Policyholder Decision in New York’s First Department, Adopting Narrow Construction of “Arising From”...

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In March last year, New York’s Appellate Division – First Department issued Xerox an important pro-policyholder decision in its D&O insurance recovery action against Travelers, arising from Xerox’s failed 2018 merger with...more

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Franchisor 101: Convenient Franchise Practices

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A New Jersey federal district court granted summary judgment in favor of 7-Eleven, Inc. in a dispute with a franchisee. The franchisee signed a franchise agreement to operate a 7-Eleven store in Princeton, New Jersey,...more

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Superior Court Sustains Alternative Claims for Breach of Contract and Implied Covenant in Dispute Between Medicare Advantage...

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Premium Choice Ins. Servs. v. Innovative Fin. Group Holdings, LLC, C.A. No. N24C-01-006 PRW CCLD (Del. Super. Ct. July 9, 2024) - Plaintiff Premium and defendant IFG were middlemen in the market for Medicare Advantage...more

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Pennsylvania Federal District Court Grants Battery Supplier’s Motion to Dismiss Distributor’s Breach of Contract Counterclaims for...

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A federal court in Pennsylvania recently granted battery supplier C&D Technologies, Inc.’s motion to dismiss counterclaims brought by its former distributor Elliott Auto Supply Co, Inc. d/b/a Factor Motor Parts’ (FMP). C&D...more

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Chancery Enforces LLC Agreement in Prince Estate Dispute

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McMillan v. Nelson, C.A. 2024-0016-KSJM (Del. Ch. July 5, 2024) - In a dispute over the management of Prince Legacy, LLC, an entity formed to manage assets from the estate of the late musician Prince, the Court of...more

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Breach of Contract, The Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing and Unjust Enrichment

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In Singh v. T-Mobile, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 05554 (2d Dept. Nov. 13, 2024) (here), the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed the dismissal of an action for, among other things, breach of contract, breach of the covenant...more

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CBCA Addresses How To Avoid Release Language in an Executed Contract Modification

Contractors frequently execute modifications for extra work without considering the impact the boilerplate broad release language in the modification may have on future claims. Government agencies often seek dismissal of a...more

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Chancery Invokes the Implied Covenant to Invalidate Shareholder Rights Plan

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Whitestone REIT Operating Partnership L.P. v. Pillarstone Capital REIT, C.A. No. 2022-0607-LWW (Del. Ch. Jan. 25, 2024) - In Delaware, the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing is inherent in all contracts and...more

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Massachusetts Superior Court Finds Incentive Payment Under Profit-Sharing Scheme Is Not a Commission Under Wage Act

On January 31, 2024, in Mehra v. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge held that a percent-of-profit incentive payment under a profit-sharing scheme is not a commission subject to the...more

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Recent Opinion Highlights Role of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Under Delaware Law

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The implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing is a notoriously misunderstood doctrine. It can be invoked much less often than most people think, and its application is highly state-specific. A recent ruling from the...more

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Wage War: Massachusetts Trial Court Rejects Globe Ex-President’s Profit-Sharing Claim Disguised as Wage Act Violation

On January 31, 2024, a Massachusetts trial court dismissed a claim against the Boston Globe alleging that the newspaper violated the commonwealth’s Wage Act by failing to pay an executive’s 2020 profit-share which the...more

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Aston Martin and the duty of good faith

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The High Court rejects various claims that the sports car manufacturer breached express and implied duties of good faith. This dispute between Aston Martin and AMMENA, its distributor in the MENA region, began when...more

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Choose Your Words Carefully: Three Recent Earnout Cases Under Delaware Law

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When the prospects of an acquired business are uncertain, an earnout can bridge the valuation gap between buyer and seller and help get the deal done. Taking this route is not without risk, however, particularly where...more

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Kansas Federal Court Allows Developers’ Tort and Contract Claims to Proceed Against Bond Trustee

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On September 13, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas granted in part and denied in part UMB Bank’s motion to dismiss counterclaims for tortious interference, breach of contract, and breach of the duty of...more

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Tenth Circuit Holds that Good Faith and Fair Dealing Claim Requires Expectation Created by Express Contract Terms

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The Tenth Circuit has ruled in favor of KFC in a dispute with a franchisee alleging a breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Kazi v. KFC US, LLC, 2023 WL 4983119 (10th Cir. Aug. 4, 2023)....more

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Franchisor 101: Pizza Franchisor’s Release Overcooked

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A federal district court denied a pizza franchisor’s motion to dismiss a former franchisee’s complaint, finding the former franchisee sufficiently pleaded the franchisor coerced the franchisee into signing a general release....more

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Court Denies Request for Attorneys' Fees Against Counterclaimant with Ill-Defined Trade Secret

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In a late-March 2023 decision out of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, a court denied a plaintiff's request for attorneys' fees against a defendant who filed "objectively specious" counterclaims...more

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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - March 28 2023

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Southern District Finds That Exclusion In HO3 Form Precludes Coverage Even Though Form Inadvertently Omitted From Copy Of Policy Sent To Insured- Scottsdale Insurance Company issued a homeowner’s policy to 232 Dune Road...more

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Federal Court Allows Class Action on Deposit Account Fees to Proceed

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A New York federal court has largely denied a state credit union’s motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit regarding non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees, overdraft fees, and out-of-network ATM fees. See Fairchild-Cathey v....more

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