Defense of Bank in Breach of Purchase and Sale Contract Dispute
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Defense against contractual indemnification claims by Residential Funding Company LLC, the successor to a major financial services company, which went bankrupt in 2012, in seeking indemnification against dozens of companies, post-bankruptcy. The case included cutting-edge legal issues such as indemnification, causation and materialization, as well as issues regarding which contract applies, and successor liability. This high-stakes, high-profile case was resolved for client on favorable but confidential terms.
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