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Contract Termination Breach of Contract Appeals

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Solid Waste Management Services: Ohio Appellate Court Addresses Whether Certain Services Constituted Grounds For Contract...

The Court of Appeals of Ohio (“Appellate Court”) addressed in a May 12th Decision and Judgment (“Decision”) an issue arising out of a solid waste and transport agreement between two counties. See Board of County...more

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Southern District of New York Holds COVID-19 Pandemic Constitutes a Natural Disaster

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"It cannot be seriously disputed that the COVID-19 pandemic is a natural disaster." This seemingly straightforward conclusion has only been reached in a small number of reported court decisions since the start of the...more

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Can the Government Terminate a Contract for Convenience When It Does Not Actually Terminate the Contract for Convenience?

Court of Federal Claims rules that the government “constructively” terminated a contractor for convenience when it did not order the quantities specified in the contract. The “constructive termination for convenience”...more

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Economic duress: will English law assist a party who enters into a contract as a result of a lawful threat of causing economic...

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It is clear that English law permits a party to avoid a contract on the grounds of economic duress but there is some uncertainty as to the circumstance in which a contract may be avoided for economic duress. Requiring...more

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Global Transportation Finance Newsletter - September 2019

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In This Issue – Economic duress: will English law assist a party who enters into a contract as a result of a lawful threat of causing economic harm? A Bird on the Ground is Worth One in the Sky: Lessons from ALC v. Far...more

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Franchisor 101: Termination Is Not Enforcement

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A federal district court upheld an arbitration panel’s decision to deny attorneys’ fees to Benihana, even though Benihana won a dispute with its licensee. The licensee started arbitration claiming Benihana breached the...more

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Termination & Liquidated Damages: Less Clear than Ever

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The Court of Appeal of England & Wales considered, in respect of a delayed software project, whether a liquidated damages provision survived termination of the contract....more

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Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Paragon Bioteck, Inc.

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Wallach, O’Malley, and Schall. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: PGR petitioner has standing to appeal PTAB decision, where petitioner intended to file an ANDA for...more

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The Enforceability of Ipso Facto Provisions in a Dismissed Chapter 11 Case

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Section 365 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code does not address the legal status of an executory contract that is not assumed or rejected in a chapter 11 proceeding. In such cases where a chapter 11 plan is confirmed, courts adopt...more

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