By: Jonathan H. Freiberger Folks enter into brokerage agreements all the time. The most familiar situation involving brokerage agreements are those related to the sale of real property. Litigation over …
By: Jonathan H. Freiberger Generally speaking, a party is bound by the terms of a contract[1] to which it is a party. Wu v. Uber Technologies, Inc., 2024 WL 4874383 …
Under New York’s rules of contract interpretation, “when parties set down their agreement in a clear, complete document, their writing should be enforced according to its terms.” Riverside S. Planning …
Clients often ask if their oral agreement is enforceable. To support their claim, they point to emails and text messages as evidence of such an agreement. As this Blog has …
Under New York’s rules of contract interpretation, “when parties set down their agreement in a clear, complete document, their writing should be enforced according to its terms.” Riverside S. Planning …
It is well settled that parties are free to contractually shorten a limitations period as long as their intent to do so is clearly stated and the time period is …
It is the end of summer. With Labor Day around the corner, people will be taking vacations or visiting family. Many will be traveling by airplane, train or cruise ship. …
On November 18, 2018, this Blog wrote about Brown v. Cerebus Capital Management, LP, 2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 32782 (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County Oct. 30, 2018) (here). Brown involved the …
It is well settled that New York has a “long and strong public policy favoring arbitration,” such that the “courts [will] interfere as little as possible with the freedom of …
Commercial contracts often include a liquidated damages clause that provides for the payment of a predetermined amount of damages in the event of a breach by one of the parties. …
