Big Bank vs Systems Inc Contract Dispute Big Banks president also threatens legal action.

What potential causes of action could you foresee him bringing in court? Possible causes for Big Bank legal action: Misrepresentation Data processing systems were the fastest around Systems Inc. never missed a deadline When one party to a contract is not given full or accurate information by the other party about the contract subject matter, misrepresentation occurs. In the case of misrepresentation in the formation of a contract, the law allows a rescission of the contract. Rescission means the contract is set aside. Misrepresentation occurs when a seller makes inaccurate statements about its product or fails to disclose pertinent information about its product that would affect someones decision to enter into the contract. To be a basis for rescission, the misrepresentation must have been one regarding a material fact. A material fact is the type of information that would affect someones decision to enter into the contract. Although misrepresentation can result simply because of inaccurate information, fraud is the knowing and intentional disclosure of false information or the knowing failure to disclose relevant information. Fraud has the same elements of proof as misrepresentation, with the added element of knowledge that the information given is false. Unconscionable Section 2c of Big Bank, Systems Inc. In the event the conversion process is stopped, cancelled, or suspended by Big Bank, Big Bank Agrees to pay Systems Inc. all labor costs, expenses, and charges incurred by Systems Inc. in preparing to perform under this Agreement Some contracts are not actually contracts for criminal or illegal activities, but the terms of the contract are grossly unfair to one party. A contract that gives all the benefits to one side and all the burdens to the other is an unconscionable contract. The standards for determining whether a contract is unconscionable are the public policy standards for fairness that cover all types of contract provisions and negotiations. This contract could be interpreted as being heavily weighted to protect Systems, Inc. Gross disparity in the values exchanged is an important factor to be considered in determining whether a contract is unconscionable Would he be successful? Why or why not? I believe this contract would be difficult for either party to contest or defend in court due to its unclear expectations and vague wording. I am confident a sit down and talk time with the Big Bank president would persuade him that court is not the best approach to resolving this opportunity for either party. The vague wording of the contract in Limited Liability section 8a gives Systems Inc. 30 uninterrupted power outage days before the contract could be considered void. An ice storm could also be considered an act of God, providing additional support for Systems, Inc. The most Big Bank (aka Participating Bank) could be reimbursed for would be for service charges received from Systems Inc. for the twelve month period prior to the alleged damage. What are Big Banks potential damages? If performance is not excused and there is a valid contract, the no breaching party can recover for damages from the nonperforming party. The purpose of such compensatory damages is to put the no breaching party in the same position he or she would have been in had no breach occurred. In addition to compensatory damages, no breaching parties are entitled to collect the extra damages or incidental damages involved because of the breach some parties agree in their contracts on the amounts they will pay in the case of nonperformance. Damages agreed upon in advance are liquidated damages, and the contractual clauses containing them are enforceable as long as they are not excessive and compensatory damages are not awarded in addition to the liquidated damages. In some cases, the no breaching party may be able to collect consequential damages. Consequential damages are damages that result because of the breach and generally involve lost business, lost profit, or late penalties. Big Bank would need to prove there was an actual breach of contract, which with this contract written in its

current state, leaves much to be interpreted. What facts have to be alleged and proven? What is the result of a contract that is rescinded? Can Big Banks president rescind the contract? Systems, Inc. Gross disparity in the values exchanged is an important factor to be considered in determining whether a contract is unconscionable Would he be successful? Why or why not? I believe this contract would be difficult for either party to contest or defend in court due to its unclear expectations and vague wording. I am confident a sit down and talk time with the Big Bank president would persuade him that court is not the best approach to resolving this opportunity for either party. The vague wording of the contractin Limited Liability section 8a gives Systems Inc. 30 uninterrupted power outage days before thecontract could be considered void. An ice storm could also be considered an act of God, providingadditional support for Systems, Inc. The most Big Bank (aka Participating Bank) could be

reimbursed for would be for service charges received from Systems Inc. for the twelve month periodprior to the alleged damage. What are Big Banks potential damages? If performance is not excused and there is a valid contract, the nonbreaching party can recover fordamages from the nonperforming party. The purpose of such compensatory damages is to put the nonbreaching party in the same position he or she would have been in had no breach occurred.In addition to compensatory damages, nonbreaching parties are entitled to collect the extradamages or incidental damages involved because of the breachSome parties agree in their contracts on the amounts they will pay in the case of nonperformance.Damages agreed upon in advance are liquidated damages, and the contractual clauses containingthem are enforceable as long as they are not excessive and compensatory damages are not awarded in addition to the liquidated damages.In some cases, the nonbreaching party may be able to collect consequential damages.Consequential damages are damages that result because of the breach and generally involve lostbusiness, lost profit, or late penalties. Big Bank would need to prove there was an actual breach ofcontract, which with this contract written in its current state, leaves much to be interpreted.What facts have to be alleged and proven?What is the result of a contract that is rescinded? Can Big Banks president rescind the contract? Under what circumstances can a contract be rescinded by either party?What facts have to be alleged and proven? What is the result of a contract that is rescinded? Big Banks president also threatens legal action. What potential causes of action could you foresee him bringing in court?Would he be successful?Why or why not?What arguments could Systems Inc. raise in its defense?Contract PerformanceOnce parties have contracted, they have the obligation of performance.Performance Is Due Section 3 The input data shall be transmitted by Big Bank to Systems Inc. in a format acceptable to Systems Inc. Big Bank is solely responsible for the accuracy and delivery of all information to be provided to Systems Inc. for processing. Performance is due according to the times provided in the contract. In some contracts, however, prescribed events must occur before performance is required. These events are called conditions. Conditions precedent are events that give rise to performance. Big Banks failure to perform their data transmission responsibility caused Systems Inc. to be unable to perform their part in the contract.Standards for PerformanceThe contract details what the parties are required to do for complete performance.Systems Inc. was unable to completely perform their portion of the contract requirements due to Big Banks negligence in formatting acceptable data to Systems Inc. and for requiring fo

ur approvalsbefore changes could be made to data fields without those four individuals being available to reviewchange requests.ImpossibilitySometimes, all conditions of a valid contract are met but performance of the contract is excused. Under common law, the parties are excused from performance if performance has become mpossible. Impossibility means that the contract cannot be performed by the parties or anyone else.Big Bank provided bad data, required data conversion approvals, approval personnel were not available.What facts could you cite to support an argument that Big Bank be responsible for some of these issues and/or not in compliance with the contract?In this situation, amicable resolution of problems is greatly preferred by your company. Would this betrue in all contract disputes?An amicable resolution is usually the most expedient and cost effective method of remedyingcontract disputes. This requires a willingness from both parties to make these arrangements occur.When parties are unable to work together (contested divorces) such resolutions may not be an option.In what situations and why would you decide to move to litigation over amicable resolution?Divorce, Blatant, dileberate misrepresentation, fraudThere are three types of contract performance: complete, substantial, and material breach. Describethe differences (and similarities) among the three, and explain some of the legal ramifications for oneor more of these types of performances. (e.g., what happens if one party performs completely but the other party performs only substantially?)Give examples from outside readings or experiences in your career or personal business life.What are the two most important concepts from this exercise that will help you in future contract negotiations? (All students must answer this question for full credit in this project.) In: Business and Management Business Law You are the manager of a large data processing project. Your company, Systems Inc., worked veryhard to obtain a contract with Big Bank to do their conversions from their recent acquisition, Small Bank. The bank met with several companies to discuss who would do the best work on the contract. During your meeting with Big Bank, you told them that you had never missed a conversiondeadline. At the time, your company had never missed a conversion deadline, but the company had only done three conversions. You also told them that your data processing systems were the fastest around. After months of negotiation, Big Bank signed the contract. The president of Big Bank said,We like fast, and you guys are fast. We choose you." ou started work on the data conversion immediately (ahead of contract). According to the contract, your team was responsible for ensuring that the new banks data were converted to Big Banks data processing system. The contract involved six large conversions. The first involved converting Big Banks savings accounts, the second its checking accounts, the third its investment portfolio, the fourth its credit card, the fifth its mortgage portfolios, and the six its large business loans. Your teamcompleted four of the six conversions without a problem. The fifth task, the largest and most important, has encountered numerous problems. Some problems have been based on personnel issues on your part and other issues have been based on the banks failure to provide you with necessary information. One issue resulted when the conversion was delayed for over one week. The data to be converted were formatted differently than the banks previous specifications provided. For that reason, the data conversion fields needed to be changed. A provision in the contract required your company to receive four peoples approval before making any changes to the conversion data fields, and one of those four people, Glenda Givealot, was out of the country doing missionary work

in an area of the world that did not have cell phone reception. Another issue resulted when theconversion was supposed to occur. Because of the change in the timeline, the conversion schedulehad to change. The weekend the conversion was rescheduled to occur, an ice storm struck the statewhere your data processing computers were housed. Your facility lost electricity for 3 days and the conversion was delayed again until power could be restored.From system Inc Your: company president wants this situation resolved amicably. He also wants tomaintain the contract with the bank, as he sees the potential for a large amount of business with thebank in the future if this contract proves successful. Corporate counsel believes that the bank justneeds to be shown that they are out of compliance with the contract just as we are and that both parties are to blame. He wants you to start negotiations with the bank to modify certain provisions of the contract to make expectations clearer. From big bank: The banks president, who is a known hothead, was furious. He called you afterpower was restored and yelled, We are rescinding this contract! He also threatened to take the case to court to seek damages.Below is the list of questions you should work together to answer in this thread. Feel free to come up with more to answer together if you need them. 1. Can Big Banks president rescind the contract? Under what circumstances can a contract be rescinded by either party? What facts have to be alleged and proven? What is the result of acontract that is rescinded? 2. Big Banks president also threatens legal action. What potential causes of action could you foresee him bringing in court? Would he be successful? Why or why not? What arguments could Systems Inc. raise in its defense? What are Big Banks potential damages? 3. Review the facts provided and the sample contract. What provisions of the contract could you cite to support an argument that it is not in Big Banks best interest to rescind the contract? What factscould you cite to support an argument that Big Bank be responsible for some of these issues and/ornot in compliance with the contract?4. In this situation, amicable resolution of problems is greatly preferred by your company. Would thisbe true in all contract disputes? In what situations and why would you decide to move to litigation over amicable resolution?5. There are three types of contract performance: complete, substantial, and material breach.Describe the differences (and similarities) among the three, and explain some of the legalramifications for one or more of these types of performances. (e.g., what happens if one party performs completely but the other party performs only substantially?) Give examples from outsidereadings or experiences in your career or personal business life.6. What are the two most important concepts from this exercise that will help you in future contractnegotiations? (All students must answer this question for full credit in this project.)The only situation I can think of where either party may rescind is where there is a mutual mistake. Amutual mistake occurs when the parties to a contract are both mistaken about the same material factwithin their contract. They are at cross-purposes. There is a meeting of the minds, but the parties aremistaken. Hence the contract is voidable. Collateral mistakes will not afford the right of rescission. Acollateral mistake is one that 'does not go to the heart' of the contract. For a mutual mistake to bevoid, then the item the parties are mistaken about must be material to the contract.The classic case of mistake is Sherwood v. Walker. Seller Walker owned breeding cows, worthbetween $750.00 and $1,000.00 and barren cows, worth about $80.00. Buyer Sherwood inspectedan apparently barren cow, Rose 2nd of Aberlone, and decided to buy her. A price was agreed on 5.5cents per pound but before the exchange of money and cow, Walker found Rose was pregnant and refused to part with her. The court said that if both parties thought the cow was barren (a questionfor the jury), the contract was voidable on grounds of mutual mistake.As to the effect it depends on which party assumed the riskRestatement of Contracts 154. When a Party Bears the Risk of a Mistake

A party bears the risk of mistake when1. the risk is allocated to him by agreement of the parties, or2. he is aware, at the time the contract is made, that he has only limited knowledge with respect tothe facts to which the mistake relates but treats his limited knowledge as sufficient, or3. the risk is allocated to him by the court on the ground that it is reasonable in the circumstances todo so.Read more: Under what circumstances can a contract be rescinded by either - JustAnswerhttp://www.justanswer.com/businesslaw/3tpo4-circumstances-contract-rescinded-either.html#ixzz1pkbWEYMmA legal threat is a statement by a party that it intends to take legal action on another party, generallyaccompanied by a demand that the other party take an action demanded by the first party or refrainfrom taking or continuing actions objected to by the demanding party.Contents [hide] * 1 Nature of legal threat * 2 Types of legal threat * 2.1 Ceaseand-desist * 2.2 Demand letter * 2.3 Effect of legal threat * 3 See also * 4 External links |[edit] Nature of legal threatLegal threats take many forms. Common to all is that the party making the threat will take some formof action of a legal nature. Most common is the threatened initiation of a lawsuit against the secondparty. Other threats might include an administrative law action or complaint, referring the other party to a regulatory body, turning the party into the legal authorities over a crime or civil infraction, or the like. Legal threats are often veiled or indirect, e.g. a threat that a party "shall be forced to consider itslegal options" or "will refer the matter to legal counsel."[edit] Types of legal threat[edit] Cease-and-desistMain article: Cease and desistA cease and desist (C&D) letter is a formalized legal demand that a party stop ("cease") and refrain("desist") from an activity that the demanding party finds objectionable, generally couched in formal language accusing the activity of violating the law. The objected-to activity may be most anything, although cease-and-desist letters are particularlycommon among certain areas of the law:* alleged intellectual property infringement (e.g. patent infringement, trademark infringement,copyright infringement, etc.)* alleged defamation such as libel and slander* harassment, nuisance, and other torts* violation of certain agreements to not engage in certain commercial conduct (e.g. with respect to competition, territories, etc.)[edit] Demand letterMain article: Demand letterA civil recovery demands letter.A "demand letter" is a formalized demand by a party that another party pay money or take certainacts, often accompanied by a claim that the second party has engaged in illegal conduct, with animplicit or explicit threat that the demanding party will take some form of legal action[edit] Effect of legal threatFor the most part a legal threat is of no legal significance other than a matter of negotiation tactics;however, in certain instances a legal threat does have some legal significance. Among other things alegal threat may do the following:* Establish notice - the party receiving the threat, and the party making the threat, are "on notice" of the circumstances and cannot later deny they were unaware.* Constitute extortion, blackmail, or some other crime or tort involving improper threats of harm: forexample, it is considered unethical, and in some cases a crime, to threaten to report criminalconduct to the police unless a settlement is reached.* In some circumstances, a claim (veiled or not) that a party will take action based on alleged violation of the law gives rise to a right by the receiving party to bring an action for declaratory judgment that it has not broken the law: for example, if the holder of a trademark claims that a partyis infringing a trademark, that party may bring suit asking a court to declare that there is in fact noinfringement. In addition to their legal significance, legal threats may create a number of practical results:* Intimidating a party into acquiescing to the demand, whether or not there is a legal basis for it, outof fear of litigation expense, negative publicity, loss of entitlement (e.g. losing a business license), orother negative consequence* Alerting a party to illegal conduct it was unaware of, or that it did not realize was illegal or objectionable* Risking public disclosure of the threat, thereby portraying the party making the threat in a bad light(see the Streisand effect)You are the manager of a large data processing project. Your company,

Systems Inc., worked veryhard to obtain a contract with Big Bank to do their conversions from their recent acquisition, Small Bank.. The bank met with several companies to discuss who would do the best work on the contract. During your meeting with Big Bank, you told them that you had never misse d a conversion deadline. At the time, your company had never missed a conversion deadline, but the company had only done three conversions. You also told them that your data processing systems were the fastest Around. After months of negotiation, Big Ban k signed the contract. The President of Big Bank said, We like fast, and you guys are fast. We choose you. You started work on the data conversion immediately (ahead of contract). According to the contract, your team was responsible for ensuringthat the new banks data was converted to Big Banks data processing system. The contract involvedsix large conversions. The first involved converting Big Banks savings accounts, the second its checking accounts, the third its investment portfolio, the forth its credit card, the fifth its mortgageportfolios and the six its large business loans. Your team completed four of the six conversions without a problem. The fifth task, the largest and most important, has encountered numerousproblems. Some problems have been based on personnel issues on your part and other issues have been based on the banks failure to provide you with necessary information. One issue resulted when the conversion was delayed for over one week. The data to be converted was formatteddiffer ently than the banks previously specifications provided. For that reason, the data conversion fields needed to be changed. A provision in the contract required your company to receive four peoples approval before making any changes to the conversion data fields, and one of those fourpeople, Glenda Givealot, was out of the country doing missionary work in an area of the world thatdid not have cell phone reception. Another issue resulted when the conversion was supposed tooccur. Because of the change in the timeline, the conversion schedule had to change. The weekendthe conversion was rescheduled to occur, an ice storm struck the state where your data processing computers were housed. Your facility lost electricity for three days and the conversion was delayedagain until power could be restored. 1 Can Big Banks President rescind the contract? Yes, based on that there was never a meeting of the minds on essential terms.Under what circumstances can a contract be rescinded by either party? A contract can be rescindedby the parties' mutual agreement or unilaterally by a party upon proper grounds.. In turn, an "action for rescission" is actually a suit to enforce the rescission by seeking appropriate relief, i.e., a return tothe status quo, based upon rescission.What facts have to be alleged and proven? 1 Systems Inc. met the conversions deadlines on theirprevious conversions. 2 Systems Inc. has the fastest data processing, confirmed by the Presidentof Big Bank. 3 The mortgage portfolio conversion was delayed 10 days. 4 That one of the people who has to sign-off on changes was out of the country and out of contact.What is the result of a contract that is rescinded? Rescission is a remedy that disaffirms the contract.The remedy assumes the contract was properly formed, but effectively extinguishes the contract abinitio as though it never came into existence; and its terms cease to be enforceable. 2 Big Banks President also threatens legal action. What potential causes of action could you

foresee him bringing in court? Breach of contract based on performance Would he be successful? Why or why not? I dont think he would. Big Bank also did not perform well, they failed to provide Systems Inc. necessary information, and they did not have a plan in place inthe event a key decision maker was not available to sign-off when a change to the conversion fieldswas needed.What arguments could Systems Inc. raises in its defense? That Big Bank did not provide all the necessary information and proper planning for changes to conversion fields, and are out ofcompliance with the contract. What are Big Banks potential damages? There could be monetary damages as well as a hit on their reputation.3. Review the facts provided and the sample contract. What provisions of the contract could you citeto support an argument that it is not in Big Banks best interest to rescind the contract? I agree with Charles on this answer, but to add to the argument that it is not in Big Banks best interest to rescindthe contrac t, is Paragraph 8a. Limitation Of Liability, where it states: Big Bank is under no duty to make any payments to Systems Inc. for any period exceeding five (5) consecutive business days in which the Services are not performed by Systems Inc. as a result of a natural disaster or other phenomenon mentioned above. This includes: inclement weather, interruptions in telephone or electrical service. As a result of the ice storm, they were shut down for (3) consecutive days , therefore, Systems Inc. is not responsible for the delay and Big Bank would still have to honor thecontract.What facts could you cite to support an argument that Big Bank be responsible for some of theseissues and/or not in compliance with the contract? Again, I agree with Charles on this question, and you can add to it, from paragraph 2b under Conversion Of Big Banks Information that: Systems Inc. reserves the right to postpone conversion of Big Bank's information files if Big Bank is late indelivering its conversion inputinformation or if any other circumstances arise that might jeopardize the successful completion ofBig Bank's information conversion or the processing of the Big Bank's following day's transactions for any other customers of Systems Inc. 4. In this situation amicable resolution of problems is greatly preferred by your company. Would this be true in all contract disputes? No, sometimes the two parties just cant work things out, or there may have been gross negligence on the part of one party.In what situations and why would you decide to move to litigation over amicable resolution? Thereare countless reasons why litigation commences. Some of the manageable reasons are:Stubbornness/Pride, Lack of Knowledge/Understanding, Passion/Emotions, Failure toCommunicate, and Greed. Big banks President was angry so he could go to court because of emotions running high, etc.5. There are 3 types of contract performance: complete, substantial and material breach. Describe the differences (and similarities) among the three, and explain some of the legal ramifications for oneor more of these types of performances. (For example, what happens if one party performscompletely but the other party performs only substantially?) Give examples from outside readings orexperiences in your career or personal business life.6. What are the two most important concepts from this exercise that will help you in future contract negotiations?A contract is a relationship between, generally, a buyer and seller defined by an agreement abouttheir respective rights and responsibilities, a contract is also a document that describes such anagreement about those rights and responsibilities. In Phase I of the Contract Management Process, the pre-award phase, where the contract begins, the key actions are too: clearly state yourobjectives, identify the sources and nature of uncertainties about achieving those objectives, definingand assessing

risks, and making a decision about an appropriate course of action. Therefore, themost important thing I feel in developing contracts is communication. Listen to you client, listen and understand their expectations, as the buyer, understand limitation, and follow through on obligationsto make for a successful outcome. There must be clear and concise understanding of the Ts andCs by both parties and well as a complete understanding of the deliverables and expectations, who is responsible for what and when. These actions go a long way in building trust, an important part ofthe client/supplier relations.Negotiations are about shifting risk, who will bear the most risk in a contract. So, it is important to beprepared, know your strengths and weaknesses as well as you opponents strengths andweaknesses, understand the objectives, what you hope to get out of the negotiation with minimum risk.Can Big Bank's president rescind the contract? Yes, but this is an involved process and both partiesneed to agree to modify it. This is because both parties had problems fulfilling their parts of thecontract. Also, an organization (the Big Bank) can cannot eradicate the business contract, becausesince their party did something improper (that seems to be them whom input the data incorrectly).Under what circumstances can a contract be rescinded by either party? This can happen when anoffer to tender is provided by the party that wants to rescind. The offer to tender means therescission or needs to make an offer to release back all benefits they got while under the contractWhat facts have to be alleged and proven and what is the result of a contract that is rescinded? Thefacts needed are to prove that the other group involved did something indecorous. A contract canalso be broken if both groups involved fashioned the same error in making the document.2. Big Bank's president also threatens legal action. What potential causes of action could youforesee him bringing in court? He and his company could try to sue for breach of contract.Would he be successful? No, I don't think he would be.What arguments could Systems Inc. raise in its defense? That we completed the first four tasksahead of schedule, wanted to complete the sixth one to (but haven't yet because of problems with #5). And, that the original problem with 5 was caused by them and if this hadn't occurred the work could have been done on time and without the power going out for three days (remember they don'tseem to know about any problems or delays caused by your personal problems.What are Big Bank's potential damages? The funds lost from the conversion, but I don't think thiswould occur.3. Review the facts provided and the sample contract. What provisions of the contract could you cite to support an argument that it is not in Big Banks best interest to rescind the contract? It would cost them money for what has already been done (about 4/5th of it), and since we have already done thework and are familiar with its system and its people it would take a lot of time and money for a new company to take over (not only if they had to re-do the entire process, but also all of the revenuefrom both current (they would have to bank elsewhere) and future (same reason) clients. Also, billingetc., would not be completed in a timely manner (more funds lost).What facts could you cite to support an argument that Big Bank be responsible for some of theseissues and/or not in compliance with the contract? They did not give us the correctly formatted data,and they could not get the signatory guarantee on time (this was both caused by their organization).4. In this situation, amicable resolution of problems is greatly preferred by your company. Would this be true in all contract disputes? No it is not.In what situations and why would you decide to move to litigation over amicable resolution? If acontract is not re-written or altered and if there is a lot of money owed but not paid (including profitslost while not working on other projects while doing this unfunded one).5. There are three types of contract performance: complete, substantial, and material breach. Describe the differences (and similarities) among the three, and explain some of the legalramifications for one. Complete performance of a contract simply means that the contract wascompleted. Material breach occurs when a party does not do an obligation of the contract that itmomentous enough that it the other party could sue them for damage. So, like the complete performance, some of the contract was done, but unlike the first, not all of it.Substantial performance is a the opposite of material breach. It's used as defense to when anotherclaims you have substantially or significantly broken as in (material) a contract. So, unlike thesecond it is to prevent successful suing or

claims by the plaintiff and like the first and second(Complete, material breach), some of the contract was done but not all. But, it is essentially andreally stating that anything not done was immaterial or irrelevant and what was needed for thecontract was done either exactly how it was supposed to be because whatever changes did happenthey didn't affect the outcome or goals implied in the contract.6. What are the two most important concepts from this exercise that will help you in future contract negotiations? One and the most relevant one is that if contracts have time specifications, they needto have back up clauses, or at least a plan written in place or attached to it, because of unforeseencircumstances such as the electrical problem or the signature problem. Also, it is important to know contract law better before initiating or being part of (especially signing) any type of business contract.1. Can Big Bank's President rescind the contract? A: No. Rescission requires that the parties must be able to be returned to the position they were inbefore the contract was made. Here, one parties has substantially performed 5/6ths of the contract. Therefore, rescission will not be permitted.Under what circumstances can a contract be rescinded by either party?A: Unilateral rescission is affirmatively permitted upon clear and convincing evidence of fraud, mistake, illegality, coercion, duress, and as a defense upon a preponderance of evidence that thecontract is adhesive or unconscionable.What facts have to be alleged and proven? What is the result of a contract that is rescinded?A:* Fraud: material misrepresentation intended to induce justifiable, detrimental reliance and causingdamages.* MIstake: material error of fact by one party, where the other party knew or reasonably should haveknown of the first party's mistake.* Illegality: contract violates public policy (constitutional, statute or regulation).* Coercion: One party removes the other party's voluntary assent though actual or threatened force or intimidation.* Duress: One party's voluntary assent is lost due to extrinsic circumstances (e.g., intoxication,illness, injury).* Adhesion: contracting circumstances provide no opportunity to negotiate and the only option is toaccept or reject.* Unconscionableness: Overwhelmingly greater bargaining power combined with unreasonablyfavorable terms.2. Big Bank's President also threatens legal action. What potential causes of action could you foresee him bringing in court?A: Breach of contract for failure to perform the express contract terms.Would he be successful? A: No, because (1) bank prevented Systems from obtaining a good faith modification necessary toperformance by not having a key person available to approve the change, and (2) Systems suffered an unforeseeable external delay which discharges or permits a delay in performance under thetheory of Force Majeure, or alternatively commercial impracticability.Why or why not? What arguments could Systems Inc. raises in its defense?A: Force Majeure: "Act of God" preventing timely performance; prevention, as explained above.commercial impracticability, where contract is made practically impossible to perform due to notreasonably foreseeable event.What are Big Bank's potential damages?A: ASsuming Bank has a case (which it doesn't), lost profits due to the delay in Systems' breach.3. Review the facts provided and the sample contract. What provisions of the contract could you citeto support an argument that it is not in Big Banks best interest to rescind the contract?A: There is no sample contract.What facts could you cite to support an argument that Big Bank be responsible for some of these issues and/or not in compliance with the contract?A: Thoroughly explained in my previous answers.4. In this situation amicable resolution of problems is greatly preferred by your company. Would thisbe true in all contract disputes?A: All contracts imply a covenant of good faith by each party. Parties that fail to negotiate in goodfaith cannot recover and can be assessed damages for preventing the other party/ies from obtainingthe benefit of the bargain.In what situations and why would you decide to move to litigation

over amicable resolution?A: Litigation is necessary where negotiation would be futile, or where the other party's actions represent a palpable fraud or intentional disablement or prevention making performance orcompletion impossible.5. There are 3 types of contract performance: complete, substantial and material breach. Describethe differences (and similarities) among the three, and explain some of the legal ramifications for oneor more of these types of performances. (For example, what happens if one party performs completely but the other party performs only substantially?) Give examples from outside readings orexperiences in your career or personal business life.A: Complete: Performance to the letter of the contract, results in the parties being satisfied and thushaving no claims against the other. Example: vendor offers hot dog for $2.00. Customer pays consideration, receives and consumes hot dog -- is satisfied with product consumed.Substantial performance: performance that satisfies the material provisions of the contract, if not theexact terms and conditions. Example: homeowner hirescontractor to build room addition. Addition isconstructed according to specifications, but hardwood floor is 1/2" plank with a 1/4" plywood base,rather than 3/4" on 3/8" plywood base.Breach: absolute failure to perform material contract term. Same facts as substantial performance, above, except that floor is wood veneer over 1/4" plywood base.6. What are the two most important concepts from this exercise that will help you in future contractnegotiations?A: This question is subjective. I cannot answer, because I haven't learned anything new.finis.NOTICE: My goal here is to educate others about the law. I am always available to answering yourfollow-up questions after you click Accept however, if you do not click Accept, the website gets paid, and I receive nothing. This is true, even if you are on a subscription plan. So please click Accept, so that I will be able to continue to provide this service for others in the future.