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Production Disputes and Estoppel Claims Cloud Lease Termination in Milam County

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In this lease termination case (Pruett v. River Land Holdings, LLC, No. 03-22-00478-CV, 2024 WL 1745652, at *1 [Tex. App.—Austin Apr. 24, 2024, no pet.]), the Austin Court of Appeals was tasked with examining a cessation of...more

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Tenant Estoppels, Part 2 of 2: Practical Reminders on What Landlords Should Seek

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If the tenant and/or its tenant estoppel is important, consider asking them to alert you immediately if they have concerns about meeting response obligations. Your pending refinance or sale may go smoother if you are in...more

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Tenant Estoppels, Part 1 of 2: Practical Reminders on What Tenants Should Avoid

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Although tenant estoppels can seem to be mostly nuisance documents, they can pose traps for the unwary, particularly if you are leasing space that is important to your company's operations or you have loan covenants regarding...more

A&O Shearman

Disputes 101 - Boilerplate provisions and how not to get scalded

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In the fourth and final post on our series on Disputes 101 we look at boilerplate provisions on: entire agreements, non-reliance, oral variation (aka oral modification) and waiver. Entire agreement and non-reliance - Entire...more

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Clause for celebration: the effectiveness of entire agreement provisions

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Entire agreement clauses are very common. This recent decision confirms their effectiveness: JMW Solicitors v Injury Lawyers 4U. Background – shareholder dispute - Some firms of solicitors, including JMW, set up a...more

King & Spalding

Take No Notice and Wa(i)ve Goodbye to Claims

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Takeaways From a Recent English Court Case on Notice Obligations - Many construction contracts provide that the contractor’s entitlement to an extension of time and/or additional cost is conditional upon the service of a...more

Allen Matkins

Can A Nonsignatory Can Another Nonsignatory To Arbitrate?

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Disputes over whether arbitration may be compelled generally fall into four categories.  First, a signatory to an arbitration agreement may seek to compel another signatory to arbitrate.  Second, a signatory may seek to...more

Williams Mullen

Estop, Subordinate and Listen: Understanding the Role of SNDAs and Tenant Estoppel Certificates in Commercial Real Estate...

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For those of us that practice in the world of commercial real estate financing transactions, the fact pattern is a tale as old as time: the Bank is making a term loan secured by real estate largely based on leases on the...more

Knobbe Martens

Federal Circuit Review - February 2022

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Ordered To Agree: Binding Settlement Agreement Provision Found Despite Absence of Singular, Executed Agreement - In Plasmacam, Inc. v. Cncelectronics, LLC Appeal No. 21-1689, the Federal Circuit held that an agreement on...more

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Never mind the estoppel, here’s the implied term

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The former members of English punk band the Sex Pistols brought their unique brand of anarchy to contract law, in a dispute over the construction, effect and enforceability of the band member agreement they entered into in...more

Lowndes

Critical Elements of Tenant Estoppel Letters

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If you are an investor buying a leased property, you are undoubtedly looking to the rental income as the return on your investment, in addition to the appreciation in the value of the property that is likely to occur over...more

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Look for More Landlord Protections in Retail Deferral Agreements and Extensions

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In April and May of 2020, the unprecedented challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the related mandatory closures and restrictions on operations began to be felt by retail tenants across the United States. As a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Contractor Loses Effort to Bind Remote Home Purchaser to Arbitration Clause

On December 8, 2020, in Taylor Morrison of Texas, Inc. v. Kohlmeyer, a Texas Court of Appeals rejected a contractor’s appeal of a trial court order denying the contractor’s motion to compel arbitration in a home construction...more

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Commercial Division Holds Nonsignatories Are Bound By Agreement’s Arbitration Clause

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“Read before you sign”, is what we counsel our clients, since we all know that courts will bind one contractually to a signed agreement even if not read. But, what if you never signed the agreement? Can you still be bound by...more

Vedder Price

Wallis Trading v Air Tanzania The Importance of Standard Lessee Representations and Warranties

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Aircraft leases typically include standard representations and warranties regarding: (i) the power and authority of the lessee to enter into the agreement and the transactions contemplated by the agreement; (ii) the agreement...more

Carlton Fields

Split Decision in the Ninth Circuit: Two Non-Signatory Defendants Can Compel Arbitration Based on Equitable Estoppel, One Cannot

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All three defendants were non-signatories to the underlying contract containing the arbitration agreement they sought to enforce. They each contended that they were entitled to enforce the arbitration agreement, despite their...more

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Illinois Federal Court Finds Futures Traders Are Estopped From Avoiding Operating Agreement’s Arbitration Clause Where They Sought...

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A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois ruled that Chicago derivatives firm DV Trading LLC can force three futures traders to arbitrate claims that it is withholding $1.6 million to defray a $5 million regulatory...more

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Contractual Jury Waivers in Trust and Estate Litigation in Texas

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Individuals execute trusts and wills to determine how certain assets are to be managed and distributed. Those same individuals may want to have some control over the dispute resolution process for any conflicts that arise in...more

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An Agreement to Arbitrate Is Not a Contract Defense Under Montana Law

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The Ninth Circuit reversed the District of Montana’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration on the grounds that “the insurer was estopped from asserting contract defenses as a result of its breach of its duty to defend.” ...more

Gray Reed

Lessor, Should You Cash That Royalty Check?

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Did the lessor’s deposit of royalty checks for production from a pooled unit that she contends was improper ratify the improper pooling? In Strickhausen v. Petrohawk et al, a jury will have to sort out the answer....more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Loan Guaranties: Statutory and Legal Defenses Can Be Waived, But What About Equitable Defenses?

Guarantors of loans occupy a vulnerable position under California law. While direct borrowers often benefit from California’s robust statutory anti-deficiency framework, those protections are often unavailable for...more

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UK Supreme Court Upholds "No Oral Modification Clauses," Affirms Written Contract Variations Requirement

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The recent decision of the UK Supreme Court in Rock Advertising Limited v MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited [2018] UKSC 24 highlights the need for strict observance of No Oral Modification clauses in agreements....more

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Paper Beats Rock! The UK Supreme Court rules on the efficacy of 'No Oral Modification' clauses

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The UK Supreme Court opinion in Rock Advertising Limited v MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited [2018] UKSC 24 marks a step change in English law’s treatment of ‘No Oral Modification’ (“NOM”) clauses. The Court opined that...more

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UK Supreme Court: NOM Clauses Invalidate Oral Variations of Contracts

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Judgment confirms the effectiveness of contractual provisions that prevent the parties from varying their contract orally. The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom recently held that an oral variation of a contract was...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Drafting Intellectual Property Agreements: Best Practices From a Litigator’s Perspective

As intellectual property licensing continues to grow more prevalent, legal practitioners and business personnel are being asked to craft and negotiate agreements that can significantly impact a business’s ability to compete...more

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