Brent Coon usually handles cases that involve explosions. But even in a comparatively dry contract law case, he found a way to bring in drama. Brent Coon's cases usually involve explosions — oil ...

As we reflect on 2013, two California decisions stand out as especially noteworthy. While both cases involved real estate contracts, their impact will be felt on nearly all contracts in California. In ...

I have previously written about the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on force majeure provisions in a commercial contract. A force majeure clause may excuse a party from performing its ...

(Reuters) - In both style and substance, JPMorgan Chase Bank and Tesla Inc have radically different conceptions of their $162 million dispute, opens new tab over warrants that the electric carmaker ...

It is widely but incorrectly believed that commercially sophisticated parties are free to make whatever contracts they choose. Contracts contain a “procedural” part and a “substantive” part. The ...

A Florida federal court denied a preliminary injunction to Bottom Line Systems, LLC against a former employee who resigned to join a direct competitor, where the company didn’t prove a substantial ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Hillsborough Circuit Judge Richard Nielsen is being attacked by conservative bloggers ...

PROVIDENCE — The war by cities and town against a year-old Rhode Island law indefinitely extending the wages and benefits in expired union contracts played out in a remote court setting on Monday.

The Douglas County board voted to not renew contracts with two law firms assigned to juvenile court cases Tuesday. One commissioner said "something went wrong."Video: County board votes against ...