Collateral warranties are not contracts according to a Supreme Court ruling that overturns a position established eleven years ago by the Appeal Court. Scott Stiegler, Bradley Linday and Xara Kaye of Vinson & Elkins say that parties wanting to capture the benefits of adjudication might now include express adjudication clauses in collateral warranties.
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