Although legal terminology can make reading and understanding a contact challenging, the principals involved are straightforward. A contract written on a cocktail napkin is just as valid as one ...

In a recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision, the court explained several useful principles of contract interpretation and also provided insight into the methods the court uses to resolve ambiguous ...

This accessible, practical and well-written book compares and introduces principles of contract law from common law and civil legal systems. It focuses on English, German, French and Dutch law, at ...

A contract is an agreement between two parties that creates an obligation to perform (or not perform) a particular duty. A legally enforceable contract requires the following elements, all of which ...

Vice Chancellor Lori Will's recent post-trial decision in Avgiris Brothers v. Bouikidis, C.A. No. 2021-0741-LWW, 2022 Del. Ch. LEXIS 282 (Del. Ch. Sept. 30, 2022), is a useful reminder of the benefits ...

In 2000, M&G Polymers purchased the Point Pleasant Polyester Plant in Apple Grove, WV. At that time, M&G entered into a collective-bargaining agreement and a related Pension, Insurance, and Service ...

In cases involving contracts between U.S. companies, courts frequently allow a nonsignatory to a contract to enforce an arbitration provision in the contract against a signatory, when the signatory to ...