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Latham & Watkins LLP

All’s Well That Ends Well for Keepwell Providers?

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No loss to issuers puts note trustees in the spotlight. The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has overturned the Court of Appeal’s order that Peking University Founder Group Company Limited (PUFG), as the keepwell...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Share Transfer Tripwire: Some Hidden Risks in Deed of Adherence Clauses

Certain provisions commonly found in joint venture and shareholder documentation for early-stage and investment companies are so ubiquitous that they are often accepted without negotiation or full consideration of their wider...more

Gray Reed

NPRI Plaintiff Survives Affirmative Defenses

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Boren Descendants et al v. Fasken Oil and Ranch, LTD, offers something to talk about beyond interpretation of the fixed-or-floating NPRI question.  At issue was this reservation, expressed as a double fraction, in a 1933...more

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Second Department Dismisses Action for Specific Performance Because Contractual Conditions Were Not Satisfied

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Many times, remedies for the breach of a contract other than monetary damages are necessary to make a plaintiff whole...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry - Autumn 2023

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Here is what we cover in this issue of Title Insurance Update Autumn 2023- • “Deed Theft: Recent New York Developments” explains that New York State prosecutors, and the New York State legislature, have been focusing on the...more

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Is My Contract Void? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin - October 11, 2022

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Ohio- Implied Warranty Banks v. Shark Auto Sales LLC, 11th Dist. Trumbull, No. 2022-Ohio-3489- In this appeal, the Eleventh Appellate District reversed the trial court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiff on her vehicle...more

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Texas Mineral Deed Signed Away Right to Sue

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The question in litigation is usually “WHAT”: what happened, what contract was breached, what did someone do or fail to do, and so on. In Hughes v. CJM Resources, LP, the question was, “WHO” had the right to file the suit in...more

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Public Agency Could Validly Accept Dedication After Twenty Years By Physically Occupying the Property

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Twenty years was a reasonable period of time for a public agency to accept a right-of-way dedication offer by physically occupying the property. Prout v. Department of Transportation, 31 Cal. App. 5th 200 (2019). Prout...more

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Surrogate’s Court Sets Aside Fraudulent Conveyance Violative of Contract to Make a Testamentary Disposition

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A person who executes a valid agreement to make a testamentary disposition as to a specific item of property is precluded from making an alternative disposition, either during lifetime or upon death. ...more

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