Damages are an essential part of any breach of contract claim. Understanding the monetary value of the client’s claim is just as important as understanding the elements or likelihood of success of ...

The Appellate Division, First Department's decision in Cole v. Macklowe 1 highlights an interesting issue of contract law: if a party asserting a breach of contract claim establishes that it suffered ...

Last week’s decision goes against James D. Heister and Christina L. Marvel, two mathematics teachers who were deprived of $4,312 and $3,467 respectively under their agreements with Talbot County ...

A contractor’s risk of being assessed liquidated damages for delayed performance looms large on any public or private contract. Conventional wisdom has always held, however, that a contractor need not ...

Q: Why is the amount I can recover when someone breaches a contract not what I can recover if I get hurt in a car accident? Either way, I have losses. Shouldn’t I be able to recover for any harm? — ...

McCarter & English sought to recover punitive damages from a former client for allegedly refusing to pay legal fees. The Connecticut high court stipulated common-law punitive damages are not available ...

Georgia athletics is taking Missouri football defensive end Damon Wilson II to court in a novel, nearly first-of-its-kind case over an NIL contract dispute. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Dan ...

The general aim of awarding damages for breaches of contract is to compensate the aggrieved party for losses suffered due to the other party’s breach of the contract between them. However, if you are ...