Agreements to Negotiate in Good Faith Can be Enforceable
Time-honored precedent holds that “[a]n agreement to reach an agreement is a contradiction in terms and imposes no obligation on the parties thereto.” Thus, as I discussed in a prior post, a letter of intent (LOI) will not be binding if it does not contain all of the material terms of the contemplated agreement. But what happens if there is an open material term, and the parties agree to “negotiate in good faith” towards resolving that outstanding matter? That is exactly the situation addressed by the Delaware Supreme Court in Siga Technologies, Inc. v. Pharmathene, Inc.… Keep reading