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Mitu Gulati

Damages as a Function of Fault: Willful Breach in M&A Contracts

CO-AUTHORS Theresa Arnold, Amanda Dixon, Hadar Tanne, and Madison Sherrill

PUBLISHER

Boston College Law Review

DATE

2021

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

G. Mitu Gulati

Citation

Theresa Arnold et al., Damages as a Function of Fault: Willful Breach in M&A Contracts , Boston College Law Review (2021).

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