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No unjust enrichment claim for total failure of consideration where valid contract

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A judge was right to dismiss an unjust enrichment claim when it contradicted the express terms of a valid share purchase agreement....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

LLC Survives Member’s Death. Dissolution Petition Doesn’t.

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In 2018, two members of a realty holding LLC sought judicial dissolution based on the death of one of the other members. The operating agreement defines a member’s death as an event of “Dissociation.”...more

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Dismisses Stockholder Challenge To Merger For Failure To Rebut Business Judgment Rule

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On July 25, 2019, Vice Chancellor Kathaleen S. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a stockholder suit challenging the $18 billion merger of equals between Towers Watson & Co. and Willis Group Holdings plc,...more

Dechert LLP

Global Private Equity Newsletter - Winter/Spring 2018 Edition: Recent Developments in Acquisition Finance - Did you just commit to...

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The question of when parties to a potential transaction actually become bound to each other is obviously an important one, and sometimes the answer can be surprising, or less than entirely clear. A recent Texas Court of...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

DRM client prevails in important Vermont business law appeal precluding “gotcha contracts.”

On December 9, 2016, the Vermont Supreme Court issued a decision in an important business law case involving the question of when negotiations on the sale of a business (or other contract) reach the point where a binding...more

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Fifth Circuit Rejects FCA Case Based On Purported Improper Legal Billings

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Although litigants frequently contend that the opposing party’s arguments are without factual or legal support, it is uncommon and unconventional for a litigant to contend that the opposing party has violated the FCA by...more

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