March 13, 2025
Lawyer Training: M&A Cartoon Addresses Fraud-Related Contract Provisions
I’ve previously sung the praises of Rick Climan & Keith Flaum’s M&A training cartoons, and they’ve recently come out with a new program that’s definitely worth checking out. This time, Rick & Keith are joined by their Hogan Lovells colleague Jane Ross to address fraud-related provisions in acquisition agreements. Topics addressed in this 15-minute video include:
– The legal definition of “fraud”
– Intra-contractual fraud and whether the parties can eliminate their liability for deliberate intra-contractual fraud
– Extra-contractual fraud and non-reliance clauses
Rick, Keith and Jane do a terrific job distilling some pretty complex concepts and I think both new and more experienced lawyers will find their presentation to be entertaining and informative. The video ends with a promise that modifying the definition of fraud and negotiating fraud indemnities will be addressed in a subsequent session, so stay tuned!
– John Jenkins