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In response to a request from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to interpret the scope of California Civil Code section 1668 and its rule that parties may not contract away liability for “willful injury to the person or...more
Examining the issue of trade secret misappropriation when parties have contractually limited their liability from breach, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court’s dismissal of the case,...more
What’s missing from your company’s form agreements? Using form agreements allows companies to achieve efficiencies, consistency, and preferred contract language, but reliance on the standard terms that have become routine in...more
The Situation: The French Supreme Court recently considered whether a limitation of liability clause could be enforced against a third party to a contract claiming compensation for a breach of contract that caused it damage....more
Introduction - In the recent case of Innovate Pharmaceuticals Ltd v University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation [2024] EWHC 35 (TCC), the English High Court has determined that a limitation of liability clause in a...more
A party seeking to unseat a verdict by JNOV “bears a heavy burden under North Carolina law.” Only a “scintilla of evidence” is needed to support the elements of the prevailing claim. But as the Business Court reminded in...more
xIn Jewels by Iroff, Inc. v. Securitas Tech. Corp., No. 1:23-CV-556-TWT, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172391, a Georgia federal court addressed a suit against a security/alarm company arising from a break-in at a jewelry store where...more
A federal court in Louisiana last week refused to enforce a limitation of liability provision included in an extra work order holding that it was trumped by the parties’ subcontract (see Planet Construction v. Gemini...more
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (“Court”) addressed in an April 27th Order issues arising out of an environmental services agreement. See Thiele Kaolin Company v. Environmental Resources...more
Limitation of liability provisions are standard in almost every contract and are essential in helping the contract parties limit their risk. These provisions typically contain a broad disclaimer of consequential damages and a...more
Changes in the construction law and favorable government policy continue to spur Vietnam's construction industry. Vietnam is the third-largest country in Southeast Asia. Due to favorable government policy and an abundance...more
With a significant and coherent body of case law on construction disputes, Singapore is a hub for resolving many construction disputes across the Asia-Pacific region. Singapore is a vibrant country in Southeast Asia. With...more
The Philippines construction industry is expected to grow with the introduction of the "Build, Build, Build" initiative and the amendment of a number of laws that would loosen restrictions on foreign investment. The...more
The construction industry in Indonesia has long been considered the backbone of the country's economic and social development, and regulations are being continuously amended to ease complexity and expedite processes for...more
In recent years, the construction industry in India has emerged as an attractive destination for foreign investment. To support this heightened interest, the government of India has enacted an attractive foreign direct...more
Australia is a highly advanced mixed economy, but investors – often drawn to the country's economic stability and resilience – should be aware of certain clauses that typically appear in construction contracts. Australia...more
A common feature of some contracts, including construction and design contracts, is a limitation of liability clause that limits or "caps" the amount of potential damages a party faces in the event of a breach. Although...more
DAK Americas Mississippi, Inc. v. Jedson Engineering, Inc. et al, No. 1:18cv31-HSO-JCG, 2019 BL 208838 (S.D. Miss. June 6, 2019) - This dispute arose out of the design and construction of a concrete storage slab at DAK’s...more
My last article pointed out a situation where parties conflate contractual indemnity and damages clauses. The standard language in Dunce’s Caps’ contract provided for an indemnification of “any and all losses arising from...more
In a recent decision, the Texas Supreme Court upheld a contractual waiver of punitive damages despite a finding of fraud by the seller in the sale of a supposedly new aircraft that instead contained used and repaired engines....more
That was the issue presented to the Appellate Division, First Department in Electron Trading, LLC v. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, which was an appeal from the grant of defendant’s motion to dismiss a contractual claim seeking...more
Zirkelbach Constr., Inc. v. DOWL, LLC, 2017 Mont. Lexis 591 (Mont., Sept. 26, 2017) - In interpreting a state statute which makes contractual limitations on a party’s liability unenforceable in certain instances, the...more
In a recent decision on contractual interpretation of limitation of liability clauses, an ambiguous limitation of liability clause was found to be enforceable and ‘wasted expenditure’ was held to be distinct from ‘loss of...more