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Managing Litigation Risk During the Business Lifecycle, Part 2: Business Acquisition and Post-Closing Disputes

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There’s a tongue-in-cheek joke within the legal industry that transactional lawyers create the problems, and the litigators get paid to clean them up. It’s a cautionary reminder to transactional lawyers: if the dealmaking...more

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Earnouts in M&A Transactions: Recent Decisions From Delaware

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In 2024, Delaware courts issued multiple instructive decisions on earnout provisions in life sciences M&A transactions. ...more

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Private Company M&A - Earn-Outs: Gravy on Top?

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Periodically, particularly during economic downturns or times of market uncertainty, the private M&A market experiences a significant increase in the use of earnouts. As was the case following the Great Recession and the...more

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Private Company M&A – Rep & Warranty Insurance: A “Zero-Liability” Promised Land for Sellers?

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Representation & Warranty Insurance (“RWI”) is specialty insurance coverage purchased for M&A deals which provides third-party insurance coverage for certain breaches of the Seller’s representations and warranties in the...more

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Why Homebuilders Must Carefully Structure Arbitration Clauses in Contracts

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Arbitration clauses in home purchase agreements and warranties can be powerful tools for resolving disputes efficiently. But as highlighted in a recent Florida appellate case, Osborne v. Drees Homes of Florida, it's essential...more

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Expert or Arbitrator? Resolving Purchase Price Adjustment Disputes

Acquisition agreements in M&A transactions frequently include provision for payment to be made at closing based on estimates of certain financial metrics that are later subject to a purchase price adjustment based on a final...more

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UK Tax Round Up - September 2022

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Welcome to September’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. In addition to the headline-grabbing 2022 Growth Plan announced by the UK Chancellor, there have been a number of interesting cases this month including the First-tier...more

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LDC Parent v. Essential Utilities: DE court on who should resolve purchase price adjustment dispute

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In LDC Parent, LLC v. Essential Utilities, Inc. (C.A. No. N20C-08-127-MMJ-CCLD (Del. Super. Apr. 28, 2021)), the Delaware Superior Court held that a post-closing purchase price adjustment dispute had to be resolved by an...more

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Avoiding Disputes Over How to Resolve Disputes

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In Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. v. Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and WSW Acquisition Co., LLC, C.A. No. 12585-VCL (decided Dec. 5, 2016), the Delaware Chancery Court was required to interpret purchase price dispute...more

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