Based upon recent case pronouncements by both New York's highest court and federal courts, the doctrine of promissory estoppel should be invoked with selectivity, particularly when used to undermine ...

A developer was not entitled to compensation under theories of promissory estoppel or unjust enrichment/quantum meruit where he could not prove promises from the property owner to compensate developer ...

A recent court decision explained the circumstances under which a plaintiff may assert a claim for promissory estoppel and whether a private right of action exists for a certain alleged violation of ...

In the past, New York Courts have demonstrated a willingness to apply the theory of promissory estoppel, to overcome the legal requirements of the Statute of Frauds. The Restatement (Second) of ...

From Chehade v. Foley & Lardner, LLP, decided today by Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman (N.D. Ill.): The following facts are accepted as true for the purpose of resolving Defendant's partial motion to ...

An interesting opinion in a case involving a form of legal insurance (from the National Association for Legal Gun Defense) for self-defense cases. From Nat'l Ass'n for Legal Gun Defense, LLC v.

Luis Villa pointed me to a paper that I had already downloaded, but had yet to read. At his prompting, I went through it this morning (My vacation had already been interrupted by a night of sick ...

Rajasthan High Court held that the State could not unilaterally impose an annual lease rent condition after completion of an ...