Giving Two Contract Provisions Their Intended Meaning
- Jan 6 2025
By: Jeffrey M. Haber Under New York law, written agreements are construed in accordance with the parties’ intent. “The best evidence of what parties to a written agreement intend is …
Category: contract terms
Award of Attorney’s Fees With No Basis In Contract, Statute Or Court Rule Reversed On Appeal by The Second Department
- Dec 16 2024
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In almost every litigation, the question that clients most often ask is whether they can get back their attorney’s fees. As we have explained in past articles …
Second Department Holds That Material Term of Contract For Sale of Real Property (i.e., the Property Description) Was Too Indefinite To Enforce
- Dec 29 2023
By Jonathan H. Freiberger This BLOG has written numerous times on issues related to contract formation. See, e.g., [here], [here], [here], [here] and [here]. Briefly stated, “[t]o create a binding …
