By: Jeffrey M. Haber It should go without saying that people make mistakes. After all, people are human, and humans make mistakes. When people draft a document, especially a lengthy …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber As readers of this Blog know, to form a contract, the following elements must be present: an offer, acceptance of the offer, consideration, mutual assent (or …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber On October 27, 2022, the New York Court of Appeals decided 34-06 73, LLC v. Seneca Ins. Co., 2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 06029 (2022) (here), a …
By Jonathan H. Freiberger In this Blog’s August 23, 2021, article, entitled “Second Department Finds Release Binding Despite Plaintiff’s Claim About Not Understanding the English Language”(the “Prior Article”), we discussed, …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber As a general matter, when a contract fails to conform to the agreement between the parties due to the mutual mistake of the parties however induced, or …
In order for the conduct of business to proceed in an orderly fashion, folks need to be confident that, in general, the contracts that they enter into, particularly when “the …
