Liquidated damages provisions in commercial and residential real estate contracts play a vital role when a transaction goes south, and should be given careful consideration when negotiating a real ...

Construction contacts often include provisions that provide for pre-determined or “liquidated” damages in the event of a breach. Such provisions can provide certainty to the parties as to the ...

In this article, we look at liquidated damages in construction contracts and factors you should consider to ensure that the ...

In their Commercial Division Update, George Bundy Smith, an arbitrator and mediator with JAMS, and Thomas J. Hall, a partner with Chadbourne & Parke, write that a party challenging the validity of a ...

Real estate leases are, by their nature, bets the parties are placing on what the future may hold. Both landlord interests and tenant interests try to hedge their bets by inserting clauses to produce ...

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The liquidated-damages clause in a lease regarding the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis has been declared unenforceable by the Minnesota Court of Appeals. On Dec. 11, in Lagoon Partners, LLC v. Silver ...

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