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Tuesday’s argument in Great Lakes Insurance v.Raiders Retreat Realty offers a breather between the divisive disputes about the CFPB and voting rights topping the headlines at the advent of the October ...
As the hour of this morning’s argument in Great Lakes Insurance v Raiders Retreat Realty progressed, it seemed to become more and more clear how the justices will resolve this case. The question – ...
In a 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held on February 21, 2024, that choice-of-law clauses in marine insurance contracts are presumptively enforceable under federal maritime law.
Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, Case No. 22-500 (Feb. 21, 2024) - On February 21, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United ...
Despite the insurance contract's clear and unambiguous New York choice of law clause, the Third Circuit vacated and remanded permitting the district court to consider whether Pennsylvania state ...
“The ensuing disuniformity and uncertainty caused by such an approach would undermine the fundamental purpose of choice-of-law clauses in maritime contracts: uniform and stable rules for maritime ...
Contracts, by their nature, often involve shifting risk from one party to another. Most of the time, provisions that shift ...
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that a receiver can recover over $137,000 in alleged preferential payments from a Utah funder, despite forum and choice-of-law clauses in merchant cash advance ...
A defendant's post-contract offer to use California law in a dispute directed to another state does not salvage an otherwise unenforceable forum selection clause, the Second District Court of ...
On February 3, 2025, the California First District Court of Appeal held that a party to an arbitration agreement cannot rely on a choice-of-law provision to wire around the federal Ending Forced ...
New York Choice-of-Law Clause Does Not Bar Chapter 93A Claims in Reinsurance Dispute. by: David G. Thomas, Angela C. Bunnell.
A federal judge ruled that Illinois' biometric privacy laws will apply in the case over California law. ... of service Delgado agreed to when she used Meta’s products contain a California ...