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California Appellate Report
Hanna Carroll Restaurant v. Hagestad (Cal. Ct. App. – Oct. 29, 2026)
By Shaun Martin
Lest there be any doubt that some people in Orange County have lives far different from mine, this opinion puts that uncertainty to rest.Here are its facts, with my contemporary…
Best Practices Construction Law
The Drawing Changed. Did You Catch It? A Hard Lesson for Contractors About Revised Plans
Every contractor has seen it. A revised drawing hits your inbox. You open the sheet, look for the clouds, figure out what changed, and move on. But what if something…
Traverse Legal Expert Articles
Airbnb Terms of Service, Section by Section: What Hosts Need to Know
Airbnb terms of service hosts need to understand the contract before they can judge a dispute, appeal, or payout problem. The terms are the rulebook for the platform relationship. They…
ContractsProf Blog
Friday Frivolity: Frustrated Dubliner Sues Public Bus Service for €2.75
Sometimes a contracts claim is so small that it falls between the cracks of the mainstream media. But no claim is too small -- or too contracts-adjacent -- to escape…
New York Commercial Division Practice
Committed to What, Exactly? First Department Affirms $15 Million Backstop Fee in Financing Dispute
When sophisticated parties to a restructuring agreement provide that a fee is triggered if a debtor “raises, or "commits to raise” alternative financing, does the word “commits” require a binding…
Missouri Lawyers Media
COA: Trial court erred when it failed to rule on motion to amend petition
By Correy E. Stephenson, Special To Missouri Lawyers Media
Home>Top News>COA: Trial court erred when it failed to rule on motion to amend petitionCourt of Appeals, Southern District (File photo) Listen to this article In Brief The Missouri Court…
Lathrop GPM
New York Federal Court Dismisses Franchisee Fraud Claim but Allows Site-Approval Contract Claim to Proceed
By Lathrop GPM
A federal court in New York dismissed with prejudice franchisee Salam Hospitality LLC’s fraud claim under the New York Franchise Sales Act but declined to dismiss its breach-of-contract claim against…
The Indian Lawyer Blog
CAN GOVERNMENT ADJUST DUES FROM AN UNRELATED CONTRACT? SUPREME COURT ON CONTRACTUAL RECOVERY
A State that believes a contractor has been overpaid on one project cannot simply help itself to the contractor’s bills on another. In M/s Awadhesh Singh Gautam v. State of…
India Legal
Madras High Court declines interim stay on Ajay Devgn’s Drishyam 3 amid remake rights dispute
The Madras High Court has declined to restrain the release and exploitation of the Hindi version of Drishyam 3, starring Ajay Devgn and Tabu, in a dispute concerning competing claims…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Establishing Breach of Contract Due to Cardinal Change
The government may sometimes unilaterally direct the contractor to perform additional work outside the scope of the changes clause of a government contract. Such an order for alterations is a…