This case involved the purchase of a patent license agreement out of bankruptcy of several related companies. For purposes of illustration the facts have been modified by describing the sale out of bankruptcy of a patent license agreement from just…
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- "as is where is"
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- dental practice sale
- Description of business assets purchased
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- nondisclosure agreement
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- notice provision
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- offset or setoff provision
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- owner liability for company breach of financing deal
- personal goodwill
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- piercing veil of acquisition subsidiary
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- products line exception
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- ratifying unassumed contract by post-closing action
- reformation
- reformation of contract
- reliance
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- revenue and profit projections
- sale leaseback
- sale of assets of business
- sale of business to ESOP
- securing buyer's note
- securing deferred purchase price
- security agreement
- seller's age discrimination claims
- seller's federal injunctions
- seller's warranty claims
- shareholder release
- stay bonus
- step-down provision
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- success fee
- successor liability
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- target's stock options
- tax benefit sharing
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- tort misrepresentation in M&A
- tortious interference with prospective economic advantage
- trade secret misappropriation
- trade secret misappropriation by former seller employee
- transitory services contracts
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- unemployment tax rate liability
- union fringe benefits
- union liabilities
- waiver of contractual provision
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