A New CISG Decision from Arizona
Many U.S. lawyers are unaware that the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods – or CISG – might apply to the contracts they negotiate on behalf of their clients. A recent federal district court decision from Arizona, Kümpers Composites GmbH v. TPI Composites (Judge Susan M. Brnovich), provides a nice occasion…
Continue ReadingParol Evidence and the CISG
In MCC-Marble Ceramic Center, Inc., v. Ceramica Nuova d’Agostino, S.p.A. (1998), the Eleventh Circuit held that the American parol evidence rule does not apply in cases governed by the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Article 8(3) of the Convention instructs courts, in determining the intent of the parties to…
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