You own a manufacturing business. You spent a good part of last year putting together a private-branding and distributorship agreement with a new customer and a new distributor. Most of it was over email. Now the...more
In this week's post, we take a look at the recent Seventh Circuit case Judson Atkinson Candies, Inc. v. Kenray Associates, Inc. that held that parol evidence could be used to prove fraud in the inducement of a contract – a...more
In Vargas v. SAI Monrovia, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District addressed the enforceability of an arbitration provision in a vehicle purchase agreement. The court held that the arbitration...more
On June 6, for the first time, the Florida Supreme Court approved standard jury instructions for use in contract and business litigation. ...more
INTRODUCTION - Where a dispute arises under a contract, the parties must attempt to settle that dispute through the procedure set out in the dispute resolution clause (DRC). Sometimes, one party considers that this...more
Background - It is common practice for parties to property and business transactions (such as sales, purchases and leases) to sign a heads of agreement once an agreement has been reached in relation to the key...more
In this issue: - From the WSGR Database: Financing Trends for Q1 2013 - Valuations by Industry Segment - Convertible Notes vs. Priced Equity in Seed Round Financings: An Illustration of Capitalization...more
In Section 4.13 of Bishop & Zucker on Nevada Corporations and Limited Liability Companies, we discuss who may be liable on pre-incorporation contracts. In Hotel Last Frontier Corp., v. Universal Match Co., 358 P.2d 896 (Nev....more
The Third Circuit just issued a decision that tries to divine the dividing line between challenges to the formation of contracts containing arbitration clauses (which are presumptively for courts), and challenges to the...more
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