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Oct 5, 2016 contract-law severability public-bidding civil-code conditional-obligations right-to-top

When a Right to Top Fails: Severability and Conditional Obligations in Share Sales

A Supreme Court ruling clarifies how severability clauses and conditional obligations determine bidder rights when a preferential right is voided.