Oral Modification

Real Estate Litigation Update: Statute of Frauds? It Had Better Be Written. Sort of.

by Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL on 3/28/2013

Leave it to Don King to muddy the legal waters. Consistent with its recent pattern of strictly enforcing agreements, the Florida Supreme Court issued a decision that refused to expand exceptions to the Statute of Frauds. DK...more

New California Supreme Court Case Opens Door to Attacks on Contracts

by Hopkins & Carley on 3/19/2013

For the past 70 years, California courts have held that a party is barred from claiming fraud based on an alleged oral misrepresentation that directly contradicts the express terms of a written agreement. This rule had long...more

California Supreme Court Eases Admissibility of Oral Statements in Contract Fraud Disputes

by Melissa Lor | Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 2/22/2013

California, like most jurisdictions, prohibits parties to integrated contracts from introducing “parol evidence” — this is, evidence of prior written or verbal agreements made by a party to a contract — if those alleged...more

"I Knew You Were Trouble": Recent Trends in Lender Liability Litigation

by Timothy Lupinacci | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/15/2013

Lender liability claims generally arise in one of following contexts: (i) claims seeking recovery of damage or "leverage" to accept discounted payoffs; (ii) counterclaims to foreclosure/receivership/guarantor actions; or...more

New York Appellate Court Enforces ‘No Oral Modification’ Clause, Holds Parties to Their Written Agreement

by Edward Flanders, Teresa T. Lewi | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/15/2013

In response to a deluge of cases involving parties’ attempts to enforce oral modifications of contracts, the New York Appellate Division, First Department recently reiterated that contractual provisions requiring amendments...more

Commercial Division Denies Oral Modification and Grants Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint

by Tyler E. Baker, Robert S. Friedman | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/18/2012

In HCG Mezzanine Dev. Fund, L.P. v. Jreck Holdings, LLC, Index No. 652797/2011 (N.Y. Sup., N.Y. Cnty. Oct. 26, 2012), the New York Supreme Court (Kornreich, J.) granted Plaintiff HCG Mezzanine Development Fund, L.P.’s (HCG)...more

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