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Recent Québec Court of Appeal Decision Highlights the Importance of Clear Drafting for Earnouts

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Ambiguous drafting of earnout provisions in M&A agreements is a perennial source of post-closing disputes. What may have seemed clear to parties in the heat of negotiations can often become less so as time passes,...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Affirms Denial of Arbitration, Rejects Arbitration Provisions in “Battle of the Forms” Between Buyer and Seller in...

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The case involved the sale of mist eliminators (demisters) from MECS Inc. to Axiall Canada Inc., an owner of a Canadian manufacturing facility. A key issue involved the terms of the parties’ contractual relationship as formed...more

Butler Snow LLP

Contractual Waivers of Punitive Damages are Enforceable Under Mississippi Law (at Least Sometimes)

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In 4-Way Electric Services, LLC v. Huntcole, LLC, __ So.3d __, 2023 WL 4114332 (Miss. June 22, 2023), the Mississippi Supreme Court considered a dispute between the sellers and buyer of a business that refurbishes electric...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Shines Spotlight on Boilerplate Purchase Agreement Provisions

\This December, the Delaware Supreme Court penned two decisions that shined the spotlight on purchase agreement provisions that are often afterthoughts in negotiations. In Golden Rule Financial Corporation v. Shareholder...more

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Where Is Delaware Corporate Litigation Going?

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There are always risks involved in buying a company. Until you are actually inside a company's operations, you can never be sure you know everything about it. Conversely, sellers too will bear the risk that buyer's remorse...more

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Court Of Chancery Summarizes Law On Reliance Disclaimers

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Large commercial contracts frequently try to limit a buyer’s remedies for any extra-contractual misrepresentations by the seller. Many Delaware decisions deal with disclaimers of extra-contractual representations and this...more

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