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Third-Party Beneficiaries and Contract Interpretation

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In Stagen v. Neu, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 06105 (1st Dept. Nov. 28, 2023), the Appellate Division, First Department addressed an issue of contract interpretation involving a word in a settlement agreement that most readers would...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Limits of Third-Party Beneficiary Rights in New York

On complex construction projects, there may be multiple contractors, subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, and sub-subcontractors working along side one another. With various entities working parallel there are substantial...more

Burr & Forman

Gru Was Wrong About the Money: Court Concludes that Lender Owes Contractor “Contractually, Factually and Practically”

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In BCD Associates., LLC v. Crown Bank, CA No. N15c-11-062 (Super. Ct. Del, May 2, 2022), the trial court found that when a bank pays a contractor directly, it can create a legally binding relationship subject to the terms of...more

White and Williams LLP

When Can Liability Insurers Sue Appointed Underlying Defense Counsel for Malpractice?

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Insured gets sued. Insurer hires defense counsel to represent insured. Defense counsel takes over the case, and eventually, the case ends. Most of the time, the carrier and its insured will be satisfied with the result. There...more

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Can't Camouflage Express Trademark Contract Terms

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Addressing a range of trademark licensing issues, including discretionary approval, exculpatory contract clauses and third party beneficiary standing, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s...more

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You Can Be Compelled to Arbitrate Based on an Agreement You Didn’t Sign

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As a general rule, parties cannot be forced to arbitrate a dispute unless they signed a clear and binding agreement to arbitrate. However, a recent decision issued by New York County Commercial Division Judge Barry Ostrager...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Court Holds Carrier’s Basis for Botched $149K Ferrari Payment Defied “Common Sense”

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A familiar dispute between a carrier and a third party involves the third party’s attacking the language of the insurance contract and arguing in favor of an interpretation not reflected by the plain meaning of the text. But...more

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Med-Staff Newsletter - January 2020 | VOL 4

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With the New Year comes new medical staff leaders and a new set of growing pains. Contrary to what many of us believe, some simple steps can lessen the pain. ...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Foreclosure Against a Commercial Landlord: Impact on Lease Rights

Foreclosure can often have tricky impacts on lease rights...  See Eviction After Foreclosure: California Supreme Court Weighs In and When a Lender Forecloses on a Leasehold Interest…. An opinion recently published by...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: February 2019

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This month’s key California employment law cases involve reporting time pay and potential liability of payroll companies for wage and hour violations. ...more

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California Supreme Court Holds Employees Cannot Sue Their Employers’ Payroll Companies for Wage Claims

On February 7, 2019, the Supreme Court of California issued its decision in Goonewardene v. ADP, LLC, holding that employees may not sue their employers’ payroll companies for wage claims in connection with their employment....more

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Payroll Company Not Liable Under Third Party Beneficiary Doctrine

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On February 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court determined that an employee cannot sue a payroll company for breach of contract under the third party beneficiary doctrine, and that it is inappropriate to impose a tort duty...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Calif. Justices Stress Employers' Wage Statement Duties

On Feb. 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court struck a decisive victory in favor of payroll companies, issuing a unanimous opinion that an employee is not a third-party beneficiary of the contract between her employer and its...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Supreme Court Announces a Win for Payroll Outsourcing Industry

Last week, the California State Supreme Court struck a decisive victory in favor of payroll companies, issuing a unanimous opinion that an employee is not a third-party beneficiary of the contract between her employer and its...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Supreme Court Holds that Employee Cannot Bring Wage Claims Against Payroll Service Provider

• The California Supreme Court recently held that an employee could not pursue contract and tort claims against a payroll service provider for unpaid wages. • The Court found that (1) an employee was not a “third-party...more

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California Supreme Court Limits Liability for Payroll Service Providers

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On February 7, 2019, the California Supreme Court unanimously held in Goonewardene v. ADP, Inc., S238941 that a payroll service provider cannot be held liable for errors it makes in issuing paychecks to workers of companies...more

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Divided New York Court Of Appeals Holds That A Third Party Cannot Sue For Breach Of Contract Absent Express Language Naming Them...

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Dormitory Auth. of the State of NY v. Samson Constr. Co., 2018 N.Y. Lexis 218 (February 15, 2018) - The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (“DASNY”) undertook, as project manager, to construct a facility for the...more

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Identification of third party beneficiaries - contracts (rights of third parties) act

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Reference to setting up a separate segregated client account in a letter of instruction from a customer to the bank (the terms of which envisaged that an account would be opened and operated in a particular manner) would have...more

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Court Refuses To Enforce Arbitration Clause By Financial Advisor

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In Steer Wealth Mgmt., LLC v. Denson, Denson, in her individual capacity and as executor of her husband’s estate, sued Steer Wealth Management, LLC, for causes of action including breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract...more

Gray Reed

An Oil Patch Morality Play – Part 1

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You are selling properties. The buyer thinks you own the deep rights but you know your long-time partner owns them. You attend the closing. You don’t tell the buyer that he’s got the ownership wrong. You are protected by a...more

Troutman Pepper

Federal Court in Georgia Holds Specific Contractual Intent to Benefit Required for Tenant to Be Third-Party Beneficiary of...

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J.C. Penney Props. v. Hiram LL, LLC, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8027 (N.D. Ga. Jan. 25, 2016) - In January 2008, Hiram LL, LLC (“Hiram”) leased property to J.C. Penney Properties, Inc. (“J.C. Penney”) for the construction and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

How to Protect Yourself Against Surprise Parties to Contracts

If a party breaches a contract, under classic contract law, typically only the parties to the agreement have the right to enforce its terms. Yet courts are increasingly granting third parties the right to enforce a contract,...more

K&L Gates LLP

Ninth Circuit Opinion May Open Litigation Doors Most Thought Closed

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A recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion charts potential new pathways for claims for damages resulting from portfolio losses by mutual fund shareholders against both a fund’s trustees and its investment adviser....more

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Utah Court of Appeals Limits Third-Party Beneficiary Contract Claims Against Appraisers, but Recognizes Tort Based Third-Party...

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In Lilley v. JPMorgan Chase, et al, 748 UT Adv. Rpt. 48, 213 Utah App. 285, Nov. 20, 2013, the Utah Court of Appeals affirmed an order of the District Court dismissing the Plaintiffs’ breach of contract action against an...more

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