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Vendors, Keep Your Promises

BY Debra Devassy Babu
September 02, 2014

A recent decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court addressed the enforceability of a provision commonly found in vendor program agreements ' that a transaction presented by the vendor to the lessor/financier is valid and enforceable. The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the clause under Minnesota law, creating important precedent for vendor liability under long-standing principles of contract law.

Background

Under the contract (the “Agreement”) between Lyon Financial Services, Inc. (“Lyon”) and Illinois Paper and Copier Company (“Illinois Paper”), Lyon obtained the right to finance transactions for Illinois Paper's commercial customers, with Illinois Paper supplying the copying equipment that was financed, and providing maintenance on the equipment. In the Agreement, Illinois Paper represented that “all lease transactions presented to [Lyon] for review are valid and fully enforceable agreements.” Pursuant to the Agreement's terms, transactions submitted to Lyon under the Agreement are non-recourse to Illinois Paper, unless the latter breaches its representations and warranties.

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