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Trying 'Best-Efforts' Cases

This article offesr concrete tips ' based on the authors' experience from several recent trials ' for defending a best-efforts case.

28 minute read April 26, 2013 at 02:24 PM
By
Jerome L. Epstein And Michael A. Hoffman
Trying 'Best-Efforts' Cases

Contractual best-efforts clauses are commonly used when it is not possible or desirable to spell out or quantify every detail of a party's required performance. But these notoriously ambiguous clauses are also a recipe for costly, drawn-out litigation and potentially catastrophic judgments.'

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