California Corporate & Securities Law

 In 1995, the California Supreme Court held that a plaintiff pursuing a claim for interference with a prospective contractual or economic relationship had to plead that the defendant's conduct was wrongful.  Della Penna v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.,...

Huy Fong Foods, Inc. makes Sriracha pepper sauce and for nearly three decades Underwood Ranches, L.P. supplied the peppers for Huy Fong's sauce. Although the parties operated under written agreements for the first decade of their relationship, they...

Often parties to a contract will agree that a third party will make the final call as to whether an obligation has been performed or an amount to be determined post-closing. In California, it has long been held that the parties may agree that the...

California Civil Code Section 1550 provides that only four elements are "essential" to the existence of a contract:

Many terms associated with contracts and contract formation are of latin origin:

Out of Exodus?

Terminus was the Roman deity in charge of boundaries.  At the end of the old year, Romans would celebrate the festival of Terminalia in his honor.  The English word "terminate" is derived from this ancient god's name.  

Section 16600 of the California Business & Professions Code provides that except for certain statutory exceptions "every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent...

California courts generally will apply Section 187 of the Restatement Second of Conflicts of Laws when deciding choice of law questions.  Nedlloyd Lines B.V. v. Superior Court, 3 Cal. 4th 459, 465 (1992). Until now, it hasn't been known whether a...