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Breach of Contract

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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain.

Court Affirms $1.6B Judgment in Bahamas Mega Project Dispute

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/21/2025

A New York appeals court has affirmed a $1.6 billion award for the developer of a Bahamas mega project against various subsidiaries of China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the world’s largest construction company...more

Fraud Claims Found to Be Duplicative of Contract Claim Because of An Overlap in Facts and Circumstances and Damages

Freiberger Haber LLP on 3/24/2025

In Crawford v. Integrated Asset Mgt. Servs., LLC, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 01352 (2d Dept. Mar. 12, 2025) (here), the Appellate Division, Second Department reversed the denial of the defendants’ motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’...more

General Release That Was Entered Because of Defendant’s Fraudulent Misrepresentations Held Not To Be Enforceable

Freiberger Haber LLP on 2/4/2025

We have written frequently about the substance and scope of general releases. In New York, “a valid release constitutes a complete bar to an action on a claim which is the subject of the release.” If “the language of a...more

The American Rule Stands? Appellate Court Remands for Prevailing Party to Segregate Between Recoverable and Non-Recoverable Fees

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/22/2023

Another week, another fee-shifting case. This ones involves a 28-unit condo project in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston (see 2017 Yale Development, LLC v. Steadfast Funding, LLC, 2023 WL 3184028 (Tex. App. May 2,...more

The Title Reporter — Winter 2023

Rivkin Radler LLP on 1/6/2023

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry •A federal district court in New York granted summary judgment in favor of a title insurance company and its...more

Does An “As-Is” Clause In My Contract Preclude A Claim For Breach Of An Express Warranty? - The Bullet Point: An Ohio Commercial...

McGlinchey Stafford on 5/11/2021

Easement by estoppel- DeepRock Disposal Solutions, LLC v. Forté Prods., LLC, 4th Dist. Washington No. 20CA15, 2021-Ohio-1436- In this appeal, the Fourth Appellate District affirmed as modified the trial court’s...more

Am I Entitled To Specific Performance?

McGlinchey Stafford on 2/18/2021

Specific Performance Jad Rentals of Youngstown, LLC v. Cox, 7th Dist. Mahoning No. 19 MA 0096, 2021-Ohio-304- In this appeal, the Seventh Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s decision, agreeing that the buyer...more

Texas Appellate Court Clarifies Scope Of Remand

McDermott Will & Emery on 9/9/2020

The Texas Fourth Court of Appeals found that a new trial on misappropriation and fraud claims must include a non-appealed breach of contract claim arising from the same set of facts. Title Source, Inc. v. HouseCanary, Inc.,...more

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