As the world welcomes in the Year of the Ox, we take a look back at 10 recent decisions that made an impact in the past year. In the decisions, the courts considered fundamental issues such as when an arbitral award may be...more
Electronic agreements have become a staple of today’s e-commerce world, and such agreements generally are as enforceable as those written on parchment and signed with a quill pen. One notable exception, however, is where the...more
Preliminary Considerations - Consider likely nature of the dispute. Thinking about what may go wrong with a contract, can be as important as the planning to make it go right. Key issues such as where an arbitration...more
In a recent decision from the Missouri Court of Appeals, City of Chesterfield v. Frederick Constr. Inc., 2015 Mo. App. LEXIS 439 (Mo. Ct. App. Apr. 21, 2015), the court found that in the arbitration of a contract dispute...more
No one would knowingly pay little heed to such a potentially treacherous condition, yet every day in contract negotiation parties devote the vast majority of their efforts to the business terms, while glossing over the...more
We are pleased to introduce the inaugural issue of Goodwin Procter’s Business Litigation Reporter. This unique publication provides timely summaries of key cases and other developments within dedicated Business Litigation...more