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Seller of company not responsible for buyer’s post-closing failure to obtain electroplating permit

Seller was the owner of Target, a business located in Palo Alto, California that specializes in the electroplating of metal components for industrial use. On June 19, 2014, Seller executed a letter of intent to sell all of Seller’s shares

Posted in Buyer beware, compliance with all applicable laws, due diligence, land use issues, representations and warranties, stock purchase agreement

Israeli pharma buyer’s fraud claim against seller of Mexican pharma company tossed out by court

In 2015, Buyer, an Israeli pharma company purchased Target, a Mexican pharmaceutical company, from Sellers, and the intellectual property used by Target from a Sellers affiliate. The total sale price came to $2.3 Billion. After the closing, Buyer claimed that

Posted in compliance with all applicable laws, extra-contractual fraud, fraud in business sale, indemnification cap, representations and warranties

Court permits stock buyer of company to sue sellers for pre-closing pension-insurance problems

Target is a manufacturer based in Kentucky with customers worldwide. In July 2016, Buyer purchased Target from Sellers for approximately $87 million. Sellers sold Target to Buyer through a stock purchase agreement dated July 11, 2016. Some Target employees worked

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Court permits business asset buyer’s product liability carrier to sue the seller for indemnification

This lawsuit stems from a dispute over an April 9, 2012 asset purchase agreement between the buyer and seller. Pursuant to the agreement, the buyer purchased a set of assets from the seller, including the design of the seller’s exercise equipment. The

Posted in asset seller's liabilities, compliance with all applicable laws, excluded liabilities, representations and warranties

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