Contract Formation, Indemnification

Different Types of Indemnity and Their Relative Enforceability in Construction Litigation

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 5/4/2023

Indemnification is a term often thrown about in construction litigation, and you will see it in most standard form construction contracts. But what actually is it, and how useful is it to have when it comes to litigation in...more

Complex Commercial Litigation Law Review - Fifth Edition - England & Wales

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/19/2022

The courts of England are some of the most established fora for dealing with complex commercial litigation. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) that apply to English civil litigation, which govern every aspect of cases from...more

Is that Covered? Insurance and Indemnity Clauses

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 11/3/2014

Many contracts contain clauses requiring parties to carry insurance and to agree to indemnify one party or another in the event of a lawsuit. Such language is typical in lease agreements, distribution contracts, and...more

Excess Insurer Contract Language Amounts to Free Pass

Nossaman LLP on 10/9/2014

Excess insurance is essential to businesses of medium or larger size because it provides catastrophe coverage at much lesser rates per dollar of coverage than primary insurance. There are two main reasons for this: The excess...more

Business Litigation Reporter -- June 2014

Goodwin on 7/11/2014

Goodwin Procter’s Business Litigation Reporter provides timely summaries of key cases and other developments within dedicated Business Litigation sessions and related courts throughout the country – courts within which...more

Construction Tip #7: Developers Should Not Rely Entirely On Standard Forms Of Construction Contracts

Bilzin Sumberg on 1/3/2014

Anyone with experience in the construction industry knows that form construction contracts are routinely used to memorialize agreements for the construction of new projects. Standardized contract forms promulgated by various...more