Category: M&A Provisions
The ‘Materiality Scrape’ Provision
Published by Bloomberg LawMarket Trends: What You Need to Know Over the past almost 15 years covered by the ABA studies, materiality scrapes have morphed from being a somewhat uncommon provision, seen in about 14% of transactions in 2005, to something near-ubiquitous in M&A purchase agreements, now included in 93% of transactions...
Trends in M&A Provisions: Disclosure Schedule Updating
Published by Bloomberg LawMarket Trends: What You Need to Know Over the past several years, an express right, or obligation, of sellers to update disclosure schedules between signing and closing is becoming less common. Instead, more M&A agreements are staying silent on the point. In addition, where disclosure schedule updating is contemplated...
COVID Impact as a Standalone Indemnity in M&A Transactions
Introduction The COVID virus has ushered in unprecedented and challenging times for our country and the global community. From the deeply personal pain and suffering caused by the virus as a health pandemic to behavioral adjustments in the consumer population at large (“social distancing,” etc.), to every day, but very...