Contract Termination, Contract Drafting, Breach of Contract

The Contract Isn’t Signed! What Now?

Sands Anderson PC on 1/7/2025

If you are involved in a dispute concerning a written, but unsigned, commercial or business contract, do not assume that the lack of signatures makes the agreement unenforceable....more

Franchisor 101: No Tax on Renewals

Lewitt Hackman on 2/28/2022

A federal court in Virginia denied tax franchisor, Liberty Tax’s, motion to dismiss complaints by two of its area developers (“ADs”). The ADs claimed Liberty Tax breached their contract for wrongfully terminating, failing to...more

Monthly Minute | Global Supply Chain Issues

Kilpatrick on 12/8/2021

Once a month, we cover an interesting topic in 60 seconds. This month, International Disputes Partner Thomas G. Allen shares his thoughts on the current supply chain crisis....more

[Webinar] Entering, Performing and Avoiding Contracts During a Pandemic Like COVID-19 - April 13th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/7/2020

Organizations of all sizes are entering, performing and sometimes seeking to avoid contract obligations in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar will provide an overview of the potential impact that COVID-19 has...more

Delaware Confirms the High Threshold for Material Adverse Effect Claims and Interprets ‘Commercially Reasonable Efforts’

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 1/9/2020

A year after Akorn v. Fresenius (Akorn case), the first Delaware case holding that a party was entitled to terminate a merger agreement based on a material adverse effect (MAE), the Delaware Court of Chancery, in Channel...more

Analyzing Akorn: Delaware’s First M&A Termination Under Material Adverse Effect

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/22/2018

On October 1, 2018, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a 246-page post-trial opinion in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, C.A. No. 2018-0300-JTL, that denied the seller’s (Akorn) request...more