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

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

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

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

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

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