In Sonenshine Partners, LLC v. Duravant LLC, 2021 NY Slip Op. 01135, the court held that an exchange of e-mails--when combined with a contract on a related topic, could serve as the basis of an unjust enrichment claim. An unjust enrichment claim is available to a party to receive...

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The virus that causes COVID-19 has ushered in unprecedented times for our country and our global community. Certainly, the pandemic is impacting the way M&A transactions are looked at, papered, implemented, and even priced. This article identifies some of the higher-level, pandemic-related considerations evolving in the private...

IN BRIEF Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, parties to M&A transactions are likely to use earnouts more frequently.What are the complex components of a well-structured earnout, and what are some best practices for designing earnouts to minimize disputes?

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IN BRIEF The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shift from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market in the space of a few months and has changed the M&A deal process.How should deals can be structured to allocate the risks between buyers and sellers in a post-COVID-19 world?