Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 257: Listen and Learn -- Consideration (Contract Law)
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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 102: Listen and Learn -- The Statute of Frauds
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Ryan Hong Discusses Important Contracts for Startups
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In Boulay v. Boulay, the Land Court addressed whether email correspondence may constitute a valid, binding contract in the context of a real estate transaction. In Massachusetts, a specific pitfall of negotiations via email...more
Techlaw: Parties negotiating the terms of a deal must understand when the negotiating stops and a binding contract has been created, even if there is only a string of emails....more
On July 18, 2022, the New Jersey Appellate Division provided a perfect reminder why all employers and HR professionals should diligently confirm that new hires complete all on-boarding paperwork. In Bhoj v. OTG...more
The Real Estate Report, produced by our Real Estate lawyers, covers important commercial real estate trends and developments....more
Final Appealable Order Milton Banking Co. v. Adkins, 4th Dist. Jackson No. 19CA07, 2020-Ohio-1481 In this case, the Fourth Appellate District dismissed the appeal, holding that the judgment entry of foreclosure was not a...more
We set out in the attached Newsletter a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place in the second half of 2019 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more
As I discussed in a blog post several years ago, even an informal email can constitute acceptance of a contractual offer. Moreover, just a few months ago, Judge Timothy Hillman took this principle one step further by ruling,...more
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
In the spirit of Halloween, Le Norman Operating v. Chalker Energy Partners III is about a scary statute: The Texas Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the UETA....more
The Massachusetts Land Court has held that text messages may form a binding contract in connection with the sale of real estate!! While neither punctuation nor colorful texting acronyms can make this decision more noteworthy...more
We have had a number of clients run into issues relating to whether or not an email exchange constituted a binding contract. This issue comes up regularly when informality creeps into negotiations conducted electronically,...more
How Email And Texting Are Transforming Business Interactions - The automotive industry has embraced technology. Most dealerships have installed business development centers, and Internet departments to attract the...more
A recent decision from the British Columbia Court of Appeal provides an important reminder when communicating by email regarding the negotiation of the terms of an agreement: Just because you haven’t signed a contract,...more
In mid-1999, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, responding to an intensifying reliance on electronic communications and a corresponding need for clarity as to the legal enforceability of...more
In a prior post, I discussed how a letter of intent could constitute a binding agreement even if the parties contemplated that they later would execute a full-blown contract. Last month, the Federal District Court in Boston...more