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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

On Being Conspicuous: Changes to the UCC’s Definition of Conspicuous – UCC 1-201(b)(10) – Part Two

The following article is part two of our series on the 2022 Amendments to the UCC. Please read the first article for context. The discussion below is divided such that the first section discusses the edits made in the 2022...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

I’ve Read the UCC Amendments so You Don’t Have To – Part One

Welcome to this series of articles in Cabinet News & Views where we will be reviewing changes to the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC"). Before I lose folks, let me explain why . . . The UCC is our basic contracting law in...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Changing Requirements: Recent Disruptions to the Law of Requirements Contracts

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Amid increasing pressure on supply chains across the globe, multiple recent court opinions have disrupted the law of requirements contracts – contracts regularly relied upon across industries by many original equipment...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Looking for Liquidity in Foreign Places: A Lender’s Guide to Financing Goods Located Outside the US Part I

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Part I: Whose Law is it Anyway? With elevated interest rates and rising labor and supply costs, many U.S. companies are looking for additional sources of capital to continue growing their businesses. Companies with...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Supply Chain Survival Series: Impracticability, Impossibility and Frustration of Purpose (Article #10)

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In our previous article, we discussed the concept of force majeure, which can excuse parties from performing their contractual obligations in certain circumstances. As explained in that article, force majeure is a contractual...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

How Contracts End – Planning for Contract Termination and Beyond

This article discusses termination provisions parties should consider when they enter into a contract, the contract termination process, and when parties should consider post-termination obligations....more

Law School Toolbox

Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 267: Listen and Learn -- UCC 2-207 ("The Battle of the Forms")

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Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In today's episode, as part of our "Listen and Learn" series, we're discussing Section 2-207 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Join us for a review on why this section is called...more

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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 98: Listen and Learn -- The "Battle of the Forms" under UCC 2-207

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're doing another episode in our "Listen and Learn" series, talking about the Uniform Commercial Code Section 2-207 -- or "battle of the forms", as it's commonly called. ...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

New York Governing Law in US-Style Commercial Agreements

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The laws governing a commercial agreement fundamentally determine the enforcement of that agreement’s provisions. Surprisingly, US-style commercial agreements place this important concept all the way in the back of the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

How to Duly Execute Contracts in a Remote Working Environment

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Permissibility of electronic signatures often depends on the governing law and subject matter of the contract. Dramatic changes in working patterns are underway in the United States and around the world, with public health...more

Akerman LLP

The Coronavirus And Force Majeure Clauses In Contracts

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Across the globe, businesses are experiencing issues with productivity due to employees being self-quarantined to prevent risk of exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19), and due to facilities being shut down in an attempt to...more

Butler Snow LLP

An Unfortuitous, Fortuitous Event: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Force Majeure in Louisiana

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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 (herein, the “Coronavirus”) a global pandemic as this novel coronavirus, which was unknown to world health officials just three (3) months ago, had rapidly...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak and Key Commercial Contract Considerations

The COVID-19 (the “Coronavirus”) pandemic has the potential to cause business disruptions that may make the performance of a party’s obligations under a commercial contract difficult, unprofitable or impossible. Such...more

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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 71: Tackling an MEE Contracts Essay Question

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we are walking through a UBE Contracts essay question from the July 2018 bar exam. This is part of our series of podcasts on how to approach Multistate Essay Examination...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Proposed Consumer Contracts Restatement Critiqued at ALI Annual Meeting

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At the American Law Institute (ALI) annual meeting in Washington, DC on May 22-24th, members had the opportunity to review a discussion draft of the Restatement of the Law Third, Consumer Contracts. The draft is the result...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Dry Times: How to Deal with the Impact of California’s Drought on Critical Commercial Agreements

On January 17, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a “State of Emergency” in California due to the severity of drought conditions across the State. Since then, the California drought continues to be severe and...more

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